1. Exercise and Anxiety Seminar: Fall 2014
Seminar Design
Exercise and Anxiety Seminar:
Fall 2014

2. Set up Naming your PowerPoint FirstnameYearSeminarname.ppt
e.g: Cliff14ExerciseandAnxiety.ppt
Use the PowerPoint version for the presentation that you send to me
.ppt ending only
newer versions (.pptx) don’t work on the web

3. Set up Early Delivery of Papers Start looking in the first week
If you can send them to me by the 2nd
3 Papers
Topic Paper (lots of graphs/not review)
published within the last 2 years
2 Background papers
to help tell the scientific story
can be older
can be reviews

4. Tell a Story!

5. Tell a Story!
A Story has
1. beginning, 2. middle, 3. end
In the beginning
Introduce the characters (ideas)
Tell what the problem is
Tell what is known so far
Background papers
Explain why we care – why is it important
Tell what isn’t known!

6. Tell a Story! The Middle Methods and Results
Why the methods solve the problem
Connect each Result
with an idea from the beginning
with other Results
Tell the story of the Results
in a logical order
logically impels the narrative

7. Tell a Story! The End List the Original Ideas Are they still valid?
Explain Ideas/Results
in relation to the problem
in relation to other student’s notion of the problem or solution
Drive Discussion
Discuss the Next Step
Is there a new problem?

8. introduction Delivery Presentation not Read Slides have bullet points
Not sentences

9. introduction Background Story
Background Material enhances group understanding
Woven into Larger Story
Purpose of Research clearly explained

10. Methods
Delivery
Clear Visuals
Advanced Techniques explained

11. Results Graphic Results used and explained clearly Clear Visuals
Choose papers with lots of graphs
Get graphs form the official journal website
don’t use the .pdf graphs
can be grainy
Analysis of Statistical approach and data
Logical Order of presentation
Order should help tell a story

12. Discussion Take Home Messages Clearly Outlined
Analysis of Scientific Value of each idea
Integration of ideas into a story
Background & Topic Papers
Messages interwoven
Discussed together
Stimulated Group Discussion