1. purposes: scientific, business, diploma
How to make good talks
purposes:
scientific, business, diploma

2. Communication is a part of scientific work
Even greatest ideas are useless if you don’t share them.
Thanks to your talks:
your ideas are formed
you communicate them to others
you get feedbacks
you meet new people
you get new ideas
ALWAYS try to go on stage with your ideas no matter how minor they may seem to you!
Communication is a part of scientific work

3. Is it necessary to learn how to give a talk?
Many think there’s no sense in learning a good style of presentations. Just get ready with slides, list results, give a conclusion and answer questions.
It’s easy!!!
But is it???
Only very few people can give a good talk even if they have what to say!
Is it necessary to learn how to give a talk?

4. Preparation of a good talk
To prepare a one-minute talk requires several hours of pre-work
what is the purpose of it?
what to include (what –not)?
what sort of slides do I need?
how to give my talk?

5. The aim of your talk is… …not to Impress the audience
Tell everything you know
Give all the points in detail

6. The aim of your talk is… To make the audience listen to you
To deliver the message
To make the audience study the topic further
To give them enough information to estimate the problem

7. Your real audience…
Has never heard about you
Doesn’t care what you are talking about
Has just had lunch and would like to nap a bit
Your target is to wake them up and grab all their attention

8. The idea must be repeated
Constantly deliver your idea within the whole speech
Remember: people have different level of perception. When some have already forgotten what you said, others have just caught it.
You work for all these different people.

9. Your preparation Your first steps are: Select only one main idea
Try to understand what the audience wants from you
State the aim of your talk
Make a clear structure of your presentation

10. One slide – one minute Ten minutes of your talk – ten or twelve slides
Number of slides
One slide – one minute
Ten minutes of your talk – ten or twelve slides

11. What’s there on the slides
Mostly visuals (they are more informative than words)

12. Simplicity
Explain your idea in a few words so that everyone could understand it
Support your words with slides
Address to the whole audience but not a part of it.

13. Organization
The audience must any minute know what you are now talking about
Roadmap: we were there, we are here, we will be there
Divide your talk into certain parts with their own subtopics.

14. Structure Introduce yourself What? State a problem What for?
What? The main result
How? Details
What? Conclusion

15. Introduction
That’s the main pert of your presentation. If you fail to attract the audience with your first words, you may leave immediately: they have already made their impression of you and will hardly change it.

16. Main idea
Decide what the audience must “take” from your speech and what just may. Never let them choose this main idea by themselves. You are the only leader here. They are just your guests, so you must entertain them but rule the holiday as you want it.

17. Remember:
You know perfectly well what you are talking about. The audience may hear about it for the first time.
Give examples.
Emphasize the most important points with the help of your voice, intonation, signal words.

18. Conclusion Once again give the main points.
Mention any possibilities of using your idea by the audience.
Outline your further work on this topic.

19. Don’ts I didn’t have enough time to…
I had some problems with my computer…
I have now time to tell you about it.
I’m not sure you’ll catch…
I suppose that’s a wrong place to tell about…

20. Enthusiasm…
“Nothing important would be obtained without enthusiasm” Ralf Emerson
If you don’t adore your presentation, don’t expect it from your audience.
Always smile and be positive.
Don’t be shy.
The audience always feels the mood and confidence of the speaker.

21. Do’s Learn not the speech but only the plan of it.
Speak loudly, clearly, not to yourself but to the audience.
Speak not very quickly.
Use gestures and move.
Choose a nodded person from the audience and address your speech to him/her.

22. Respect the audience
Be sure, people really can read. So, never read your slides.
Keep eye-contact.
Speak with pauses for the audience to have time to realize what you’ve just said.

23. Questions
Be ready to hear and answer not only sensible questions, but also silly and sometimes even aggressive.
Always be polite. That’s your best protection.
Never leave any question without an answer.

24. Finish Clearly point out the end of your speech.
Thank everyone for attention.
State your main idea once again.
If time is over, move to the conclusion. Apologize for not coping with time.
Never try to give the whole presentation when the time is over: the audience is tired and won’t listen to you.