Presentation techniques
Master 2
UPMC Sorbonne Universités
Why this class?
• Presentation is a major step of your work
• What are the other two?
– 1: The work itself
– 2: Convincing the “reviewers”
• Possible “publicity” of your work
– Get feedback before submission
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Types of presentations
• Support type
– Oral presentation
– Poster presentation
– None…
• Presence type
– In front of public
Through video conference
What is your target audience?
Who is interested in your work?
• At best, a few people in the audience
– Even when it should be for their own interest (e.g., classroom)
• Who has the necessary background?
– You…
Give a good impression
• You should master your subject
– Although it is not always possible…
• If you don’t, people will notice
• Prepare your material before
– Start your computer beforehand
Eye contact
• Video…
10 BODY LANGUAGE TIPS
But…
• The previous guy is a specialist
• What about us?
• At least
– Avoid staring at the slides
– Try to move a bit (when possible)
Your audience has limited capacity
• Concentration decreases with time
– 1 hour à 1∼2 ideas
– 2 hours à 0.5 idea
• Further information after the talk
– People really interested show up
Nice example
Nice example
400 hours of preparation
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Talks != Papers
• In the talk, only the most important points
– Details are in the paper
• Forget equations whenever possible
• Look at the following two slides
– Personal experience
Catch the attention
• Catch the attention of your public
• Figures help a lot
– Of course, if well done…
• The first minute is crucial
Opening slide
STEAL THIS PRESENTATION
But…
• We are talking about technical presentations
• Too much innovation might kill
• Still, we can do some tricks J
Catch the attention
• Catch the attention of your public
• Figures help a lot
– Of course, if well done…
• The first minute is crucial
backwar ds…
Figures help a lot! First minute is crucial!
Check and recheck!
• Verify typos end other mistakes
• Mistekes are vary, vary bed for your work
– In both papers and slides
• Suggestion
– Be careful from the beginning
Control your voice
• Neither too
loud
nor too quietQuality of figures
Let people see your slides
Strange situation
Further recommendations
• Going back and forward
• Excuse-me, but I did not prepare well…
• If you are nervous, forget the pen
• Water for longer presentations
Let’s do it together
• Help me fill the previous list
Some fun
• Video…
PREPARING THE SLIDES
Font style
• Calibri
• Arial
• Century Gothic
• Comic Sans MS
• Tahoma
• Brush script
• Courier New
• Edwardian Script
• Times New Roman
• Garamond
Font size
• 72 points
• 48 points
• 32 points
• 20 points
• 16 points
10/20/30 rule
• Video…
HOMEWORK
Homework
• Prepare 6 slides for the following paper
– J. Rexford and C. Dovrolis, "Future Internet architecture: Clean-slate vs. evolutionary
research," Communications of the ACM, September 2010.
• Rules
