Title of your presentation

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Title of your presentation

• Your name Geography 490
• Semester, Year

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Introduction

• This slide should be used to point to the factors
  that interested you in the topic.
• Remember that you dont have to have a lot of
  words up here.
• Photographs, or other graphics are useful.

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Research Question

• Your research question is the question that
  drives the smaller thesis statement or
  hypothesis.
• For the payday lending study you readthe
  research question was Are payday lenders
  targeting minority and poor neighborhoods?
• You may have a secondary research question as
  well.

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Hypotheses

• The hypothesis is the very specific statement
  that you tested in your 490 paper.
• For the payday lending study one was Is there a
  statistically significant difference between
  neighborhoods containing payday lenders and those
  containing a bank.
• You may also have secondary hypothesis.

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Thesis Statement

• If your paper uses a thesis statement, you should
  make it explicit to your audience.
• This is the point or points that you are arguing.
• Your argument should follow in a series of
  statements that you will support with evidence or
  the force of logic.
• Each major point in your argument should get a
  slide (title) and the bullet points are the
  evidence or logical points in support of the
  titled statement.

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Data

• If you have collected data, discuss briefly the
  location, strategy and hassles you encountered
  gathering data for your project.
• Remember data is more than just numbers.
• Problems you have with your data are also worth
  mentioning.

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Methods

• Quicklyand try not to use sentences as you see
  here, to outline the method you used to analyze
  and evaluate your data.

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Findings

• What did you findwhat were the results of your
  analysis?

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Implications

• This might be the most important slide!
• Here you answer the so what? questionthis is
  where you discuss the importance of your findings.

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Further Research

• You may, like most quality scholars, recognize
  the limits of your research and find that your
  research has generated new questions.
• You may want to mention a couple things you might
  do differently, expand upon or ask if you had
  more time, resources or abilities.

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Graphics

• Graphics are highly recommended, especially maps,
  charts and tables.
• If they are small enough, put them on a slide
  like this with a note or point of explanation.
• Otherwise give them their own slide (see next)

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Ohio in the Fall (small)
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Ohio in the Fall
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Major Rules

• Whatever you dostop looking at the slides while
  you present.
• And dont just read this to your audiencethey
  can read.
• Dont make the slides the focus of your
  presentation, but an AID to presenting your
  storythey complement what your explaining, but
  should remain ONLY complementary.

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Templates and Tips

• There are a variety of templates that you can
  use, but some serve to undermine communication
  rather than enhance them.
• See these links for tips on using PowerPoint.
• From Microsoft
• http//www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/t
  echnology/business_software/presenting_with_powerp
  oint_10_dos_and_donts.mspx
• This one is very eye-opening
• http//www.shkaminski.com/Classes/Handouts/powerpo
  int.htm
• Practical Tips
• http//mason.gmu.edu/montecin/powerpoint.html

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You may want a lighter background

• For presentations where the room is bright, some
  recommend light background and darker text.