1. Giving great talks BISC 800

2. Something to remember Time % info retained 0 100 20

3. How do you learn how to give great talks? Go to great talks!

4. Preparation Visual material Delivery After the seminar Outline

5. 1. Preparation When and on what Audience Length Audio-visual equipment available Context Room What do you need to know ahead of time?

6. 1. Preparation The golden rule of seminar structure –Tell them what you’re going to tell them –Tell them –Tell them what you told them (i.e. you need a start, a middle and an end!)

7. 1. Preparation Introduction –Start with a ‘bang’ –Set up the problem –[Show an outline]

8. An example of outline Introduction Methods Results Conclusions

9. A better example of an outline What are cleaning symbioses exactly? Meet the players Costs & benefits of being cleaned Cleaner and client preferences Ecological consequences of cleaning symbioses

10. And another… Three key questions Are larger mates preferred? Are larger mates better? Are larger mates more costly? Yes

11. And another… Goal: To blah blah…

12. 1. Preparation Body : your results Conclusion –Recap main findings –Put them into context Introduction –Start with a ‘bang’ –Set up the problem –[Show an outline]

13. 1. Preparation Preparing notes –Never full script: you will read it –Cue cards instead –Number them! Make sure your talk is correct duration –1 slide/ minute Check the room before the talk

14. 2. Visual material

20. Blue Fish Red Fish

21. So what has driven coral decline? % sites with more coral more coral than than macroalgae macroalgae 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 197719801983198619891992199519982001Disease

22. Conclusions Major ecological changes in past 25 years Major ecological changes in past 25 years Rates of decline of coral rival highest known Rates of decline of coral rival highest known HURRICANES HAVE NOT DRIVEN CHANGE HURRICANES HAVE NOT DRIVEN CHANGE Disease and climate change have, at least in part Disease and climate change have, at least in part Any hope for the future? Any hope for the future?

25. 2. Visual material Write large –24 pt text, 36-48 pt title Clear font –Arial, Helvetica Clear labels on figs High contrast Attractive pics Uncluttered graphs Minimize text Write too much text which takes up a lot of space Info not needed Irrelevant text Too much animation Serif fonts: Times Poor contrast CAPITALS FOR EMPHASIS Spellling mistakes Do Don’t

26. PAPP-A Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A Produced by placenta to promote placental growth Used as first trimester marker for Down’s syndrome for decades Has also been found to be associated with preterm delivery, preeclampsia, IUGR, stillbirth Upregulated in healing skin Marker for cardiovascular disease Linked to bone mineral density

27. PAPP-A Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A Produced by placenta First trimester marker for Down’s syndrome Associated with pregnancy complications Has roles outside of pregnancy

28. Equations?

30. 3. Giving the seminar ‘Personal appearance’/ Delivery –Voice –Speed –Posture –Pointers –Clothes –Eye contact

31. 3. Giving the seminar Using the AV –Figure out how it works ahead of time –Point to the screen –Move to one side –Introduce graphs

32. 4. After the seminar What do you do if: –Someone keeps banging on about the same point? –You don’t follow someone’s argument? –You don’t understand someone’s accent?

33. Assignment 8-10 min presentation using powerpoint Your own research Will be videotaped on November 1 and 8

34. What will I be looking for? Presentation Structure Clarity Visual appeal Length Delivery Flow Enthusiasm Posture

35. Literature searches

41. Bibliographic databases