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How to Avoid Giving a Poor Engineering Presentation: Tips and Tricks - Prof. Kenneth E. Lu, Study notes of Engineering

Guidelines on how to avoid giving a poor engineering presentation. It covers various aspects such as structure, use of visual aids, color, animation, delivery, and data presentation. The document also emphasizes the importance of being organized, concise, and prepared.

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Uploaded on 08/16/2009

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How to give a Bad presentation

Overview

IntroductionDiscussion: how to give a poor presentationpresentation conclusion

Use bullets to distinguish between ideas, and be consistentwith capitalization – are there three or four ideas/points here?

Color

  • Don’t get fancy with color – make sure it is

legible!

  • What the above line states is: “Don’t get

fancy with color – make sure it is legible!”

  • Background images can be distractive!

conclusion

  • Introduction• Discussed how not to give a presentation •^

conclusion

-^

conclusion Conclusions should restate the main points – if you hadonly one slide to say what you need to say, that is whatthe conclusion slide should be.

HOW TO GIVE AN

ENGINEERING

PRESENTATION

Ken Lulay

PRESENTATIONS - BACKGROUND • Un-communicated Ideas are Fruitless• Purpose of presentations

  • Inform your audience –

Sell your project, yourself

Sell your project, yourself

  • Types of engineering presentations
    • Technical seminars– Management– Clients

ORGANIZATION (CONTENT)

  • Introduction/overview (very general)
    • provides overview (what will you discuss)– what is the purpose of your project/presentation -^

Background (general)

-^

Background (general)^ – sets the stage– provides necessary education

  • Main discussion (specific)• Conclusion/review (very specific)

DELIVERY

  • Do not be distractive• Speak clearly and sufficiently loud •^

Use good eye contact (look around)

-^

Use good eye contact (look around)

  • Keep within time restrictions• Practice with a friend, four times!

DATA PRESENTATION

  • Be concise• Use graphical representations •^

Avoid unnecessary detail (equations)

-^

Avoid unnecessary detail (equations)

Average Rainfall in Portland, Oregon

and Salem, Oregon

1980-

70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 Measured Rainfall (inches)10.0^ 0.

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Measured Rainfall (inches)

Portland, OR Salem, OR

MISCELLANEOUS

  • MS PowerPoint• Font size

depends upon room size and projection

depends upon room size and projection

  • this is 28 point,

32 point,

36 point

  • no less than about 22 point!
    • Expect the unexpected!

Questions?