Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut Effective Technical Presentations Norman W. Garrick University of Connecticut

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut A presentation is story telling Organizing Your Ideas Be clear about what the story-line is Remember a story has a BEGINNING – MIDDLE – END Use an outline to help keep you organized Don’t leave your audience behind

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut Know your audience What do they know? What do they want? What do YOU want then to know? What do they expect?

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut Put it on paper Use an outline - not a full text Don’t Read the text

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut Say that again Use repetition Say it more than one way

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut Body language Yes, you can use your hands! Please don’t play with your keys Let the audience see your enthusiasm for the subject

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut Some Graphics are Worth a Thousand Words some…. fugetaboutit Visible Simple Understandable Relevant

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut

Converse with Your Audience Remember that a presentation is a two way conversation Look at your audience Pay attention to what the audience is saying to you

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut

Prepare and Practice Prepare Practice, Practice, Practice

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut CE 4710/5710 Case Studies in Transportation Engineering Fall 2009 Name: Class Section: Cities for Case Study First ChoiceSecond ChoiceThird Choice Bogotá, Columbia Basel, Switzerland Cambridge, MA Curitiba, Brazil Freiburg, Germany Portland, OR Seattle, WA Stockholm, Sweden Washington, DC Explain reason for your first choice (one or two paragraphs please)

Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut 1.Bogotá, Columbia 2.Basel, Switzerland 3.Cambridge, MA 4.Curitiba, Brazil 5.Freiburg, Germany 6.Portland, OR 7.Seattle, WA 8.Stockholm, Sweden 9.Washington, DC