Effective Strategies for Technical Presentations
Learn key strategies for successful technical presentations including preparation, slide design, organization, and delivery tips. Understand the importance of being organized, focusing on ideas, practicing, and engaging your audience effectively.
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CMSC 635 Technical Presentations
Keys to Presenting Prepare Be organized Focus on the ideas Practice!
Preparation Know the material Know the background Make slides PowerPoint OpenOffice LaTeX (beamer package is good)
Slides Phrases, not treatises Readability Not too much per slide (read in slide sorter) Fonts & colors Slides are a guide, not a script! Pictures are good, diagrams better Use equations sparingly Know your pace (I m 1-2 minutes/slide) Avoid content-free eye candy
Organization Typical organization Introduction Background / Related Work Method / Results Conclusions Give your audience the roadmap Tell them what you re going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them.
Introduction Why is the problem important Big picture of contribution & results ~5 minutes
Background / Related Work Other work in area Highlights Group related 1 to several papers per bullet Other work you build on More details on 1-2 1-2 slides each to understand your work
Method / Results Give idea of method Details in paper Diagrams, diagrams, diagrams Show important results Demo, video or pictures If demo, have backup video If video, use common codec Bulk of talk (~10 minutes)
Conclusions Clear contributions (1 slide) Tell them what you told them Importance Future work (1 slide) Mix of next steps and blue sky Thanks (1 slide) People & funding Questions
Practice What you ll say Transitions Timing Clarity
