Slides Guideline For A Technical Presentation

From: "Saved by Windows Internet Explorer 8" Subject: Slides Guideline For A Technical Presentation Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:05:20 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01CB79AC.4AC76B30" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7600.16543 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01CB79AC.4AC76B30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~michalis/TECHWRITING/presentation-20.html =EF=BB=BF Slides Guideline For A Technical Presentation The=20 Slide-Structure of a Technical 20-min Presentation
By Michalis = Faloutsos=20
Thanks to Michael Samidi

General guidelines:=20

Expect 1.5-2 minutes per slide on average. However, I have seen = people go=20 through faster and slower. which leads us to the next point.=20
Time yourself. Try it out loud. You can think much faster than you = can=20 talk.=20
Have one major message per slide. Don't combine intuition, = motivation=20 problem and solution all in one.=20
Be constistent with the title of the slide. If it is "Motivation" = you can=20 not say how your method works. If it is "My algorithm" you can not = sumarize=20 for the first time other people's work.=20
A talk is an advertisement. You are not expected to go into = details.=20 Though you can give the flavour or highlight the difficulties = involved.=20
Don't hesitate to make high level statements like "Our algorithm = works=20 better than previous ones" in writing (assuming there is a plot or = evidence of=20 course that you can relate or show).=20
Start from high level and go to detail. "Warn" people of what you = are=20 trying to say.=20
Know your audience: its scientific level, and its interests.=20
Add some humour if possible. However, avoid making a comment that = can a)=20 insult someone in the audience, b) make fun of your work. =

A=20 Suggestion for the Structure of the Slides=20

Clearly this is not the only way. But it has worked for me. Every = talk is=20 different. However, if you don't have a lot of experience, this may be a = good=20 starting point. Note: Especially for my students: Please start from = this=20 structure and write one or two phrases per slide that will summarize the = main=20 point of each slide.=20

1. Title 1 slide

2. What is the problem 1 slide

3. What is the solution/contribution 1 slide

4. Motivation/Importance 1 slide

5. Roadmap 1 slide

6. Background/Model/Definitions/Previous Works 1-3 slide

7. Your innovation and contribution:=20

top-down=20
details in separate slides=20
proof
1-3 slide

8. Experimental results/Proofs 3-5 slide

9. Conclusions 1 slide

10. Future Work 1 slide

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1. Title	1 slide
2. What is the problem	1 slide
3. What is the solution/contribution	1 slide
4. Motivation/Importance	1 slide
5. Roadmap	1 slide
6. Background/Model/Definitions/Previous Works	1-3 slide
7. Your innovation and contribution:=20 top-down=20 details in separate slides=20 proof	1-3 slide
8. Experimental results/Proofs	3-5 slide
9. Conclusions	1 slide
10. Future Work	1 slide