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Presentation Guidelines
TIPS FROM YTREBERG:
- Respect the clock. Your talk should be within 10% of the alloted time, e.g., if your talk is supposed to be 10 min then it should be between 9-11 min -- no exceptions.
- Speak to your audience. Find out the level of your talk and then create your talk accordingly. If a talk a supposed to be at the advanced undergrad level (really common) then you will not be able to get into the advanced details of the research.
- An outline slide is typically not needed. Every outline slide tends to look the same so why bother? Especially for a short talk having such a slide is a waste of precious time.
- Use color to emphasize points and provide structure. Use color in the same way that you would use bold, underline or italics in a document. Don't use color just to make your presentation more beautiful.
- Give the audience a single take home message. You should have one lesson that you really want them to learn. If they learn other things that is great but this one thing is essential. Once you decide on that thing make sure you teach it to them.
- One minute per slide. If you put more than 2 min of information on a slide people tend to lose focus. If you put less than 30 seconds of information on a slide then people don't have time to properly absorb the information. So, one minute per slide is a good rule of thumb.
LINKS:
http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_61/iss_12/49_1.shtml
2008 Physics Today article that is definitely worth reading.
http://www.phys.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=87912
Links provided by Prof. Berven on the University of Idaho physics website.
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Handouts/VGs/talkoverview.html
Very
short. At the very least, you should read this one. Contains my
favorite presentation quote: "tell 'em what you're gonna to tell 'em,
then tell 'em, then tell 'em what you've told 'em".
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/REU/talk_guide.html
Overall guidelines for undergraduates. Also, include example PowerPoint files -- a great starting point.
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Supp/dazzle.html
Good overview of proper presentation.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/wci/hints.html
Short, discusses the proper use of color.
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html
Longer, but quite comprehensive.
http://www.tos.org/resources/publications/sci_speaking.html
Long, but good.
Scientific Writing Guidelines
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/ug/research/paper.html
Short, but summarizes the important points.
http://classweb.gmu.edu/biologyresources/writingguide/ScientificPaper.htm
More detailed overview of the different parts of a scientific paper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_writing
Wikipedia entry for scientific writing. Good overview.
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