G492

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G492 Powerpoint 29 September
2009
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• PRESENTATION PROCEDURES
• 1. You will have 15-20 minutes for your
  presentation and questions. Allow time for
  questions, in the middle or end.
• 2. The talk should be related to your G492
  project. Possibilities
• A. Explain one idea from your paper.
• B. Present a published paper that is
  relevant to your paper, making the connection to
  your own topic.
• C. Explain what you are trying to do in
  your paper and ask for advice.
• D. Talk about the background to your
  paper-- the industry setting or the policy
  history, for example. (This is straightforward,
  but can be hard to make interesting.)

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• 3. Give everybody a one-page handout (not more
  pages than one). Include the title, date,
  your name and your email address.
• 4. If you use Powerpoint, do not use more than 8
  slides. Avoid using Powerpoint simply to show an
  outline of your talk.
• 5. After each talk, each member of the audience
  will write a few comments. Presenters will
  collect the comments at the end of class and
  check off names on the class list.
• 6. I will send comments and grades to you a
  week or two after your talk.

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• Presentation Tips
• 1. Dont include too many numbers in what you
  say.
• 2. Maybe write Don't say Um!!!'' on your notes.
• 3. Keep your notes short--- headings, and
  quotations or numbers if you have them.
• 4. Use a handout as a take-away with info, not as
  an outline or a slide collection.
• 5. Think of a speech as like telling a story to a
  friend.
• 6. Look at the audience, not at your feet, your
  notes, or the ceiling.
• 7. Maybe keep your feet as if you've nailed your
  shoes to the floor. But some speakers do better
  walking around.
• 8. Look at your audience, not at the screen.

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• POWERPOINT PITFALLS
• 1. The rigid sequence problem for the audience.
• 2. The rigid sequence problem for the presenter.
• 3. Bullet lists without logic.
• 4. Non-data ink.
• 5. Too many bells and whistles.
• 6. Slides with no information.
• 7. Reduced human interaction.