Transcript bob601wi09-3-present-suggest

CSE 601 Winter 2009
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~bmathis
Dr. Bob Mathis
[email protected]
Office, by appointment: DL 250
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Power Point Slides
• Different approaches / technology
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PowerPoint
Google Presentations
Open Office
Keynote
• Not too much on a slide, easily readable
• More than just bullet points
– Tell a story and use illustrations
– Make points, but don’t read to the audience
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Speaker’s Notes
• Add to the slides (in a separate field) as you
make them
• Presenters/notes pages can be printed
• Presenter's view when projecting
• Possibly separate note cards
• Don’t read from your paper
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Conclusion Slide
• Don’t let the screen go blank
– Special final slide or repeat title
• Don’t end with bibliography or references
• Questions probably won’t happen unless you
do something special
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Suggestions for Presentations
• Technology
– Try your laptop in various classrooms to
practice with different projectors
– Practice with something on CD or USB
• Check copying of included files (like movies)
– Use different presentation programs
– Work with friends’ different computers
• Visual interest
• Content
Suggestions for Presentations
• Technology – at ease in background
• Visual interest
– Presentation programs have lots of options
• Themes, fonts, graphics, layouts, transitions, etc.
• Learn from other presentations, play on your own
• Don’t over do use of features or variety
– Focus on helping make content interesting
and convey message
• Content
Suggestions for Presentations
• Technology – at ease in background
• Visual interest – support your message
• Content
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Presentation is like telling a story
Detail can be available in another format
Draw the audience in and keep them interested
Have a recognizable conclusion (concluding slide)
– Practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, …
Suggestions for Presentations
• Content – like a story – three acts
– Set-up, conflict, resolution
– Context, pro’s and con’s, who’ll win
– Statement of issue, what impact, what to do
• 10 minute presentation – just a few slides
– Make those slides count
– Each has an important part of the message
• PowerPoint slide sorter view – story board
Story Board
• Development technique in movie making to
block out the scenes and plan production
• Kind of graphical outline
• Chronological and top-down logic may help
you develop the content, but
• Then think about the way and order to tell
the story (doesn’t have to be the same)
Reorder for Your Emphasis
• Traditional format of the syllogism:
– All men are mortal.
– Socrates is a man.
– Therefore, Socrates is mortal.
• Potential alternate presentation order:
– Socrates is a man
– Therefore, Socrates is mortal
– You know that because all men are mortal
7-10 Slides Should Be Enough
• Have the technology be in the background
– Supporting your message
• Keep the audience interested
– What is their background and interests
• Think about the goals of your presentation,
not about making a PowerPoint presentation.
Top Ten List: Great Presenters
10. Speak clearly so that you can be easily understood.
9. Communicate with passion, and don't be afraid of using emotion
as a tool to persuade.
8. Be in control of your nerves and your body language.
7. Use your voice as a tool to communicate, and don't be used by
your voice.
6. Engage in effective eye contact to build relationships with your
audience.
5. Utilize technology as a tool, not as a replacement for your
presentation.
4. Create clear pictures in the listener's mind.
3. Engage your audience through the power of storytelling.
2. Connect on a personal level with your audience.
1. Practice, practice, practice!
Other Topics
• Great presentations
– Written, presentations, web site, resume
• Google documents, web sites, spread sheets,
calendars, blogs, and so forth – groupware
CSE 601 Web Site Directions
• CSE 601 students used to have to make a web
site where they posted their paper and talk
slides – that is not required this quarter
• To make a web site in your CSE directory:
– Create a directory named WWW and give it public
permissions.
– Make a file named index.html and give it public
permissions.
– This is the starting point for your web site linking
other files
(possibly in that directory) with public permissions.
Resumes
• Resumes sell you and can also cause you
problems
– Almost all companies have some prevision in
their employment agreements that you can be
fired for misrepresenting yourself
• Accurate history of employment
– Have reference and contact list for yourself
• Strengths, weaknesses, lessons learned
• Understand new job & how past prepared
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What to Put on Your Resume
• Super programmer
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Faster than a speeding bullet (low mussel velocity)
Able to leap (tall?) buildings
More powerful than a locomotive (on a toy train set)
Walk on water (if suitably frozen)
• Internet expert (lots of browsing and games)
• Java | Unix | C++ | Oracle | MS Server EXPERT
– How to tell
– How to justify (certifications)
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Improve Your Resume – I
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Emphasize results! (action verbs)
Be targeted.
Use keywords! (electronic sorts for keywords)
Show business savvy. (Microsoft Word)
Add a 'Summary of Qualifications' section.
One page is best. (initially)
Make it visually appealing.
Don't lie! Don’t try to exaggerate your skills.
Use a clear job title. (IT Systems Analyst,
instead of Tech lll)
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Improve Your Resume – II
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Be complete. No abbreviations or acronyms
Make points fast.
Justify Experience.
Be perfect. Proofread carefully.
Make it readable.
Avoid graphics or gimmicks.
Don't state salary.
No tag lines. Employers know you'll provide
references if they request them
• Don't advertise negative information.
• Update often.
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