Presentations

Presentations

Blas MOLA-YUDEGO, Sara PINEDA-ZAPATA

Introduction

By giving presentations, you will have an opportunity to introduce your research and yourself. It is an efficient way to form your research network. Besides, your research fruits will be delivered to audiences and you get feedback from the discussion. In this part, we will talk about how to give an oral presentation and how to visualize the presentation. During the lectures, we will discuss how to deliver your research message to audiences and how to use visualization tools (PowerPoint/Prezi).

Objectives

  • To understand the fundamental elements of an oral academic presentation
  • To understand the principles of the assertive evidence method

Materials

Complementary

Example for slide structure from the Penn state university, following the “effective” structure (title slide+hook slide+story slides (claim+evidence)+take away slide) link here

How stories captivate? Tomás Pueyo TED presentation about how to transform a presentation into a story.

Tasks

Task 1 Watch the videos on Academic presentations: IntroductionStructureSlides and Delivery

Task 2 Read the instructions about how to create an academic presentation 

Task 3 Watch some examples using the assertive evidence method on hip replacement  and on wind turbines

Task 4 Select your presentation topic and think about your presentation structure following the information provided in the material.