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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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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)
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Avoid unnecessary detail (equations)
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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!