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Baddeley and Hitch’s model of working memory.

Research about student preferences for powerpoint, resources for making better powerpoint presentations, bibliography.

We have all experienced the pain of a bad PowerPoint presentation. And even though we promise ourselves never to make the same mistakes, we can still fall prey to common design pitfalls.  The good news is that your PowerPoint presentation doesn’t have to be ordinary. By keeping in mind a few guidelines, your classroom presentations can stand above the crowd!

“It is easy to dismiss design – to relegate it to mere ornament, the prettifying of places and objects to disguise their banality. But that is a serious misunderstanding of what design is and why it matters.” Daniel Pink

One framework that can be useful when making design decisions about your PowerPoint slide design is Baddeley and Hitch’s model of working memory .

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As illustrated in the diagram above, the Central Executive coordinates the work of three systems by organizing the information we hear, see, and store into working memory.

The Phonological Loop deals with any auditory information. Students in a classroom are potentially listening to a variety of things: the instructor, questions from their peers, sound effects or audio from the PowerPoint presentation, and their own “inner voice.”

The Visuo-Spatial Sketchpad deals with information we see. This involves such aspects as form, color, size, space between objects, and their movement. For students this would include: the size and color of fonts, the relationship between images and text on the screen, the motion path of text animation and slide transitions, as well as any hand gestures, facial expressions, or classroom demonstrations made by the instructor.

The Episodic Buffer integrates the information across these sensory domains and communicates with long-term memory. All of these elements are being deposited into a holding tank called the “episodic buffer.” This buffer has a limited capacity and can become “overloaded” thereby, setting limits on how much information students can take in at once.

Laura Edelman and Kathleen Harring from Muhlenberg College , Allentown, Pennsylvania have developed an approach to PowerPoint design using Baddeley and Hitch’s model. During the course of their work, they conducted a survey of students at the college asking what they liked and didn’t like about their professor’s PowerPoint presentations. They discovered the following:

Characteristics students don’t like about professors’ PowerPoint slides

  • Too many words on a slide
  • Movement (slide transitions or word animations)
  • Templates with too many colors

Characteristics students like like about professors’ PowerPoint slides

  • Graphs increase understanding of content
  • Bulleted lists help them organize ideas
  • PowerPoint can help to structure lectures
  • Verbal explanations of pictures/graphs help more than written clarifications

According to Edelman and Harring, some conclusions from the research at Muhlenberg are that students learn more when:

  • material is presented in short phrases rather than full paragraphs.
  • the professor talks about the information on the slide rather than having students read it on their own.
  • relevant pictures are used. Irrelevant pictures decrease learning compared to PowerPoint slides with no picture
  • they take notes (if the professor is not talking). But if the professor is lecturing, note-taking and listening decreased learning.
  • they are given the PowerPoint slides before the class.

Advice from Edelman and Harring on leveraging the working memory with PowerPoint:

  • Leverage the working memory by dividing the information between the visual and auditory modality.  Doing this reduces the likelihood of one system becoming overloaded. For instance, spoken words with pictures are better than pictures with text, as integrating an image and narration takes less cognitive effort than integrating an image and text.
  • Minimize the opportunity for distraction by removing any irrelevant material such as music, sound effects, animations, and background images.
  • Use simple cues to direct learners to important points or content. Using text size, bolding, italics, or placing content in a highlighted or shaded text box is all that is required to convey the significance of key ideas in your presentation.
  • Don’t put every word you intend to speak on your PowerPoint slide. Instead, keep information displayed in short chunks that are easily read and comprehended.
  • One of the mostly widely accessed websites about PowerPoint design is Garr Reynolds’ blog, Presentation Zen . In his blog entry:  “ What is Good PowerPoint Design? ” Reynolds explains how to keep the slide design simple, yet not simplistic, and includes a few slide examples that he has ‘made-over’ to demonstrate how to improve its readability and effectiveness. He also includes sample slides from his own presentation about PowerPoint slide design.
  • Another presentation guru, David Paradi, author of “ The Visual Slide Revolution: Transforming Overloaded Text Slides into Persuasive Presentations ” maintains a video podcast series called “ Think Outside the Slide ” where he also demonstrates PowerPoint slide makeovers. Examples on this site are typically from the corporate perspective, but the process by which content decisions are made is still relevant for higher education. Paradi has also developed a five step method, called KWICK , that can be used as a simple guide when designing PowerPoint presentations.
  • In the video clip below, Comedian Don McMillan talks about some of the common misuses of PowerPoint in his routine called “Life After Death by PowerPoint.”

  • This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights a blog moderated by Microsoft’s Doug Thomas that compiles practical PowerPoint advice gathered from presentation masters like Seth Godin , Guy Kawasaki , and Garr Reynolds .

Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story , by Jerry Weissman, Prentice Hall, 2006

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery , by Garr Reynolds, New Riders Press, 2008

Solving the PowerPoint Predicament: using digital media for effective communication , by Tom Bunzel , Que, 2006

The Cognitive Style of Power Point , by Edward R. Tufte, Graphics Pr, 2003

The Visual Slide Revolution: Transforming Overloaded Text Slides into Persuasive Presentations , by Dave Paradi, Communications Skills Press, 2000

Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck: And How You Can Make Them Better , by Rick Altman, Harvest Books, 2007

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Academic presentations

Presenting your work allows you to demonstrate your knowledge and familiarity of your subject. Presentations can vary from being formal, like a mini lecture, to more informal, such as summarising a paper in a tutorial. You may have a specialist audience made up of your peers, lecturers or research practitioners or a wider audience at a conference or event. Sometimes you will be asked questions.  Academic presentations maybe a talk with slides or a poster presentation, and they may be assessed. Presentations may be individual or collaborative group work.

A good presentation will communicate your main points to an audience clearly, concisely and logically. Your audience doesn’t know what it is you are trying to say, so you need to guide them through your argument.

There are a few key points that you should consider with any sort of presenting:

  • What is the format? Is it a poster, a talk with visual material or a video?
  • What is the purpose? Is it to summarise a topic; report the results of an experiment; justify your research approach?
  • Who is your audience? Are they from your tutorial group, course or is it a wider audience?
  • What content needs to be included? Do you need to cover everything, just one topic or a particular aspect? How much detail is expected?
  • How should it be organised? This is often the trickiest part of designing a presentation and can take a few attempts.

Planning a presentation

Different people take different approaches to presentations. Some may start by doing some reading and research, others prefer to draft an outline structure first. 

To make an effective start, check your course materials for the format you need to use (e.g. handbooks and Learn pages for style guidelines). If it is an oral presentation, how long do you have?  If it will be assessed, have a look at the marking criteria so you know how you will be marked. (If you do not use the required formatting you may be penalised.) Do you need to allow time for questions?

One way to think about the content and draft a rough structure of your presentation is to divide it into a beginning, middle and end.

  • The beginning: How are you going to set the scene for your audience and set out what they can expect to gain from your presentation? This section should highlight the key topic(s) and give any necessary background. How much background depends on your audience, for example your peers might need less of an introduction to a topic than other audiences. Is there a central question and is it clear? If using slides, can it be added as a header on subsequent slides so that it is always clear what you are discussing?
  • The middle: How are you going tell the story of your work? This section should guide your audience through your argument, leading them to your key point(s). Remember to include any necessary evidence in support. You might also want to include or refer to relevant methods and materials.
  • The end: What is your conclusion or summary? This section should briefly recap what has been covered in the presentation and give the audience the final take-home message(s). Think about the one thing you want someone to remember from your talk or poster. It is usually also good practice to include a reference or bibliography slide listing your sources.

Alternatively, you could start at the end and think about the one point you want your audience to take away from your presentation. Then you can work backwards to decide what needs to go in the other sections to build your argument.

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Using the right language can really help your audience follow your argument and also helps to manage their expectations.

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Oral presentations – practise, practise, practise!

Giving a talk can be daunting. If you have a spoken presentation to give, with or without slides, make sure you have time to rehearse it several times.

Firstly, this is really good at helping you overcome any nerves as you’ll know exactly what you are going to say. It will build your confidence.

Secondly, saying something aloud is an effective way to check for sense, structure and flow. If it is difficult to say, or doesn’t sound right, then the audience may find it difficult to follow what you are trying to say.

Finally, practising helps you know how long your presentation will take. If your presentation is being assessed, you may be penalised for going over time as that would be unfair to other presenters (it is like going over your word count).  

If you can, find out what resources and equipment you will have when you present. It is usually expected that presenters will wear or use a microphone so that everyone can hear. But you will still need to remember to project your voice and speak clearly. Also think about how you are going to use your visual material.

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Making a video

There is no need to use expensive specialist equipment to make a recorded presentation. The Media Hopper Create platform allows film makers to create, store, share and publish their media content easily. You can create presentations using the Desktop Recorder on a PC or Mac.

All University of Edinburgh students are provided with an account on the Media Hopper service allowing you to record and upload media to your personal space and publish to channels. 

You can also use your mobile phone or tablet to make a video presentation. The DIY Film School is an online course covering the basics of shooting video on a mobile device, filming outdoors and indoors and how to get the best audio. Some materials from LinkedIn Learning are relevant to the DIY Film School and include editing advice.

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Poster presentations

A poster is a way of visually conveying information about your work. It is meant to be a taster or overview highlighting your key points or findings , not an in-depth explanation and discussion. Your poster should communicate your point(s) effectively without you being there to explain it.

The trickiest thing with poster presentations can be the limited space and words you have. You will need to think critically about what it is important to present.

If the poster is assessed, or is for an event such as a conference, there may be a size and format which you need to follow (e.g. A1 portrait or A0 landscape). Your title should be clear.  Aim to make your poster as accessible as possible by considering the type size and font, colours and layout. It is usually good practice to include your name and email address so people know who you are and how to contact you.

Information Services (IS) have a range of resources including help on using software such as PowerPoint to make a poster and guides to printing one.

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Standing up and talking can be intimidating; so can being filmed. Anxiety and stress can get in the way of performing effectively. 

The Student Counselling Service offer advice and workshops on a variety of topics. They have produced a helpful e-booklet about stress, why we need it and how to manage our stress levels to strike the right balance. 

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Prezi is a popular alternative to PowerPoint but is often inaccessible to disabled people. Therefore, it is recommended that Prezi is not used for academic presentations. However, if you have to use Prezi, there are some steps you can take to improve your presentation.

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Ten smart ways to ace your next academic presentation

Using examples and practical tips, Dorsa Amir explains the techniques that ensure your presentation communicates its message effectively – from slide design to structuring your talk

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As a presenter, your main job is to guide the audience through your argument in the clearest, most engaging, most efficient way possible. You must respect the audience’s time and attention. This means being mindful of how long your presentation is, what you’re including in your slides, and importantly, how it is all packaged and presented.

A great presenter is one who is intentional: each element in the presentation serves a clear function and is intended to support the audience’s understanding of the content.

Here are 10 tips to keep in mind to ensure your presentation hits the mark

1. Any time you put something on your slides, its primary purpose is to help the audience, not you

Many presenters will add copious text or other elements to help themselves remember points they want to make. However, this is usually less helpful for the audience (most of this information belongs in presenter notes, and not on the slides). Think of yourself like a director of a movie. What do you want the audience to focus on at any given moment? What features on your slides will enhance the verbal point you are making and which will distract from it? Be intentional about what you include on your slides, and only include elements that serve a clear and helpful function for the audience.

2. Condense text to the main question or key points of the slide

It may be tempting to write out snippets of the script wholesale and add them to the slides, but this often results in PowerPoint karaoke, where the audience is simply watching you read the text out loud to them. While text is certainly useful for helping to concretise points or make slides more accessible, be judicious about what you include. Each slide should make one or two clear points. It’s better to have more slides with less content than fewer slides that are jam-packed. Of course, the amount of text you include will also be determined by the type of presentation you are giving. If students will be using your slides as a study aid, for example, you may want to include more information than if you are creating a research talk for a conference.

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3. Avoid using too many colours, fonts or animations

Consider elements such as fonts, colours and animations as tools in your presentation toolkit. These elements should be used sparingly and only when they serve a clear purpose. I’m sure you’ve all attended a talk with colours bright enough to burn your retinas or crammed with “fun” fonts such as Comic Sans. Try to refrain from doing that. Animations that allow certain elements to appear or disappear along with your presentation — such as bullet points that appear as you say them — can help direct the attention of the audience. Colour contrasts are primarily helpful for visual segmentation or bringing attention to particular elements. Fonts, colours or flashy animations that are purely decorative are more distracting than helpful.

Presentation slide illustrating simple design without too many elements or colours

4. Avoid colour combinations that are hard to read

Be mindful of how colours interact with each other to either facilitate or inhibit comprehension. White text on black (or the reverse) is often a safe bet. Don’t overdecorate! (See above).

5.  If you’re showing a graph, orient the audience to the axes before plotting the data and make sure they can actually see all of it

I typically show the axes and labels first, making sure to orient everyone to the variables and how they are going to be visualised, and then I reveal the data. This ensures that everyone understands how to interpret the visualisation they are about to see. It is also helpful to restate the key prediction and tell the audience what they should expect to see if the prediction is true, and then plot the data. Use large sizes and clear fonts. I’ve heard way too many people say things like: “You probably can’t read this but…” To that, I want to say: “But you’re the one making the slide! You did this to us!” Don’t be that person.

Presentation slide illustrating need for clear, legible graphics

6.  Use high-resolution images or videos

This is especially true for presentations that will be projected onto a larger surface. If it’s fuzzy on your computer screen, it will look even fuzzier when magnified and projected. Try to integrate high-resolution images and vector graphics to avoid this. When your images contain text, delete those portions and re-enter the text in text boxes that will scale up much more clearly when magnified.

7. When illustrating results, identify one or two key graphs to make your point

The temptation is often to show the audience every single result you found, but this dilutes the overall message you are trying to send. There’s no need to visualise everything: you should focus on the key graphs that tell most or all of the story. If you have built up the presentation in the right way, when the audience see your data visualisation, they will immediately understand what you found and whether it supports your hypothesis. That’s how clear and accessible the graph should be.

Presentation slides illustrating why one or two graphs are clearer than using four

8.  Don’t overload the audience with unnecessary complex jargon or acronyms

Every time you introduce a new term or a brand new acronym (BNA), you are asking the audience to do you a favour and commit this new item to working memory. The audience doesn’t know your presentation; they don’t know what’s going to be important later and what isn’t. They’re trusting that you are only presenting information to them that is relevant and they’re doing their best to follow along. Make this process as easy and enjoyable as possible for them. Be judicious with what you ask them to remember or commit to memory. If you can explain a concept without jargon, avoid the jargon!

9. Enhance accessibility

The Web Accessibility Initiative has a great set of guidelines that I will summarise here. Use easy-to-read fonts in large sizes. Make sure there is enough contrast between colours to make them discernible. When giving virtual talks, consider turning on automatic closed captioning. If it’s feasible, provide annotated slide handouts. During the presentation itself, speak clearly and loudly, avoiding unnecessarily complex vocabulary or culturally specific idioms. Where possible, use a microphone. You should also try to verbally describe pertinent parts of visual information on your slides, such as graphics or videos.

10. Use outline slides and marker slides to segment information

Research shows that we understand and remember information better when it comes in bite-size pieces; think of chapters in a book. To incorporate this structure into your talk, break apart the presentation into smaller pieces. Always incorporate an outline slide that previews the structure of the talk and gives the audience a sense of what to expect. Also, use marker slides to communicate that a new section is beginning. And make sure to wrap up each section with a summary slide.

Example of outline and marker slides

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How to Make a Successful Research Presentation

Turning a research paper into a visual presentation is difficult; there are pitfalls, and navigating the path to a brief, informative presentation takes time and practice. As a TA for  GEO/WRI 201: Methods in Data Analysis & Scientific Writing this past fall, I saw how this process works from an instructor’s standpoint. I’ve presented my own research before, but helping others present theirs taught me a bit more about the process. Here are some tips I learned that may help you with your next research presentation:

More is more

In general, your presentation will always benefit from more practice, more feedback, and more revision. By practicing in front of friends, you can get comfortable with presenting your work while receiving feedback. It is hard to know how to revise your presentation if you never practice. If you are presenting to a general audience, getting feedback from someone outside of your discipline is crucial. Terms and ideas that seem intuitive to you may be completely foreign to someone else, and your well-crafted presentation could fall flat.

Less is more

Limit the scope of your presentation, the number of slides, and the text on each slide. In my experience, text works well for organizing slides, orienting the audience to key terms, and annotating important figures–not for explaining complex ideas. Having fewer slides is usually better as well. In general, about one slide per minute of presentation is an appropriate budget. Too many slides is usually a sign that your topic is too broad.

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Limit the scope of your presentation

Don’t present your paper. Presentations are usually around 10 min long. You will not have time to explain all of the research you did in a semester (or a year!) in such a short span of time. Instead, focus on the highlight(s). Identify a single compelling research question which your work addressed, and craft a succinct but complete narrative around it.

You will not have time to explain all of the research you did. Instead, focus on the highlights. Identify a single compelling research question which your work addressed, and craft a succinct but complete narrative around it.

Craft a compelling research narrative

After identifying the focused research question, walk your audience through your research as if it were a story. Presentations with strong narrative arcs are clear, captivating, and compelling.

  • Introduction (exposition — rising action)

Orient the audience and draw them in by demonstrating the relevance and importance of your research story with strong global motive. Provide them with the necessary vocabulary and background knowledge to understand the plot of your story. Introduce the key studies (characters) relevant in your story and build tension and conflict with scholarly and data motive. By the end of your introduction, your audience should clearly understand your research question and be dying to know how you resolve the tension built through motive.

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  • Methods (rising action)

The methods section should transition smoothly and logically from the introduction. Beware of presenting your methods in a boring, arc-killing, ‘this is what I did.’ Focus on the details that set your story apart from the stories other people have already told. Keep the audience interested by clearly motivating your decisions based on your original research question or the tension built in your introduction.

  • Results (climax)

Less is usually more here. Only present results which are clearly related to the focused research question you are presenting. Make sure you explain the results clearly so that your audience understands what your research found. This is the peak of tension in your narrative arc, so don’t undercut it by quickly clicking through to your discussion.

  • Discussion (falling action)

By now your audience should be dying for a satisfying resolution. Here is where you contextualize your results and begin resolving the tension between past research. Be thorough. If you have too many conflicts left unresolved, or you don’t have enough time to present all of the resolutions, you probably need to further narrow the scope of your presentation.

  • Conclusion (denouement)

Return back to your initial research question and motive, resolving any final conflicts and tying up loose ends. Leave the audience with a clear resolution of your focus research question, and use unresolved tension to set up potential sequels (i.e. further research).

Use your medium to enhance the narrative

Visual presentations should be dominated by clear, intentional graphics. Subtle animation in key moments (usually during the results or discussion) can add drama to the narrative arc and make conflict resolutions more satisfying. You are narrating a story written in images, videos, cartoons, and graphs. While your paper is mostly text, with graphics to highlight crucial points, your slides should be the opposite. Adapting to the new medium may require you to create or acquire far more graphics than you included in your paper, but it is necessary to create an engaging presentation.

The most important thing you can do for your presentation is to practice and revise. Bother your friends, your roommates, TAs–anybody who will sit down and listen to your work. Beyond that, think about presentations you have found compelling and try to incorporate some of those elements into your own. Remember you want your work to be comprehensible; you aren’t creating experts in 10 minutes. Above all, try to stay passionate about what you did and why. You put the time in, so show your audience that it’s worth it.

For more insight into research presentations, check out these past PCUR posts written by Emma and Ellie .

— Alec Getraer, Natural Sciences Correspondent

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On this page you will find many of the tips and common advice that we cover within our Practical Presentation Skills Workshop.

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Creating slides to accompany your presentation can be a great way to provide complimentary visual representation of your topic. Slides are used to fill in the gaps while you tell the story.

Start your presentation with a brief introduction- who you are and what you are going to talk about. 

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Think about your presentation as a story with an organized beginning (why this topic), middle (how you did the research) and end (your summary findings and how it may be applicable or inform future research). You can provide a brief outline in the introduction so the audience may follow along. 

Keep it simple with a few key concepts, examples and ideas.

Be human. Be emotional. Audiences don't like robots.

Make sure your audience knows the key takeaway points you wish to get across.

A good way to practice this is to try and condense your presentation into an elevator pitch- what do you want the audience to walk away know? 

Show your enthusiasm!

If you don’t think it is interesting- why should your audience?

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Your body language speaks volumes to how confident you are on the topic, how you are feeling up on stage and how receptive you are to your audience. Confident body language, such as smiling, maintaining eye contact, and persuasive gesturing all serve to engage your audience.

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  • Make eye contact with those in the audience that are paying attention and ignore the rest!
  • Speak slower than what you would normally, take a moment to smile at your audience, and project your voice. Don’t rush, what you have to say is important!
  • Don’t’ forget to breathe. Deep breaths and positive visualization can helps slow that pounding heart.
  • Work on making pauses where you can catch your breath, take a sip of water, stand up straight, and continue at your practiced pace.
  • Sweaty palms and pre-presentation jitters are no fun. Harness that nervous energy and turn it into enthusiasm! Exercising earlier in the day can help release endorphins and help relieve anxiety.
  • Feeling shaky? Practicing confident body language is one way to boost your pre-presentation jitters. When your body is physically demonstrating confidence, your mind will follow suit. Standing or walking a bit will help you calm those butterflies before you go on stage.
  • Don’t be afraid to move around and use the physical space you have available but keep your voice projected towards your audience.
  • Practice, practice, practice! Get to the next Practical Presentation Skills workshop in Countway Library http://bit.ly/countwaypresent and practice your talk in front of a supportive and friendly group!

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Five tips to set yourself apart.

Never underestimate the power of great communication. It can help you land the job of your dreams, attract investors to back your idea, or elevate your stature within your organization. But while there are plenty of good speakers in the world, you can set yourself apart out by being the person who can deliver something great over and over. Here are a few tips for business professionals who want to move from being good speakers to great ones: be concise (the fewer words, the better); never use bullet points (photos and images paired together are more memorable); don’t underestimate the power of your voice (raise and lower it for emphasis); give your audience something extra (unexpected moments will grab their attention); rehearse (the best speakers are the best because they practice — a lot).

I was sitting across the table from a Silicon Valley CEO who had pioneered a technology that touches many of our lives — the flash memory that stores data on smartphones, digital cameras, and computers. He was a frequent guest on CNBC and had been delivering business presentations for at least 20 years before we met. And yet, the CEO wanted to sharpen his public speaking skills.

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  • Carmine Gallo is a Harvard University instructor, keynote speaker, and author of 10 books translated into 40 languages. Gallo is the author of The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World’s Greatest Salesman  (St. Martin’s Press).

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A Few Tips on Giving Presentations

During my first quarter here at UCR, along with several other students, I was asked by one of my professors to give a class presentation on a set of readings for one of the designated weeks of the course. The presentation was on a theoretical textbook, around 250-300 pages, and my presentation had to be less than 10 minutes. Besides being up until 1 AM the night before planning the presentation, this was one of the first times I was asked to simplify a great deal of complex information into a 10-minute presentation.

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Perhaps many of you are still taking coursework and have been asked by your professors to present a paper you have written for their course. I encourage you to take these class presentations as small learning experiences to prepare you for future presentations. The small things you learn now can be in your favor in the future. 

Perhaps some of you are great at public speaking. You are an extrovert, and you do not mind taking center stage. Maybe some of you are more introverted, and you would rather keep your thoughts to yourself. Being asked to speak in public (which terrifies you) and present your work requires double the strength. When asked to speak in public, you may be the first one out the door. Whether you are an introvert or extrovert, both have their strengths regarding presentations. However, if I can borrow these terms, a practical presentation needs both extroverted and introverted qualities.

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On one hand, you need to have some sort of stage presence (i.e., you need to speak up and speak clearly). On the other hand, you need a lot of mental reflection and internal preparation in advance to ensure your presentation goes smoothly. Of course, you will develop your style in the end, but hopefully, you can strike a balance between qualities like these.  

Here are a few short points to remember as you practice giving presentations in your seminars. Hopefully, they are constructive and help you in the long run as you give more talks and presentations in your academic journey. 

1. Preparation is Key!

Someone once told me that public speaking involves 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration. In other words, when the hour comes, you do not want to wing it. In the end, it all comes down to practice. Before your presentation, take some adequate time to review your slides and notes. Create an outline of the key points that you are going to cover. Ultimately, the best way to prepare is to practice the actual presentation. Spend some time going through each slide and speaking the points as if you were standing in front of the audience. This will ensure a high level of success. 

2. Synthesize, Synthesize, Synthesize

I believe it is Albert Einstein who said something like: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Often, we have to use academic jargon. Of course, terminology is necessary, and we should use the proper terms in our respective fields. However, at the same time, to balance this, we should make sure we are communicating the central point of our argument, its main findings, and important evidence that supports it. Most times, we will not be able to cover every point due to time constraints. Thus, we need to synthesize our argument and select appropriate evidence. Unless you are given enough time to cover a great deal of information, for the most part, we need to learn how to present information clearly and effectively under time constraints. Make sure your presentation stays within the time restriction. If you only have 12-15 minutes to present your paper, ensure you can cover the whole presentation in that allotted time. 

3. Practical Handles

As you manage the presentation's time, you want to be aware of how fast you are talking. Sometimes, some presenters speak so fast that it is difficult to understand what they are saying. They may feel that they need to get through every slide, but if people need help to process what is being spoken and shown to them, how effective is the presentation? Some parts of the presentation need to be explained more slowly than others. Try to maintain a medium-pace speed while speaking.

Another point involves using notes. On one hand, having an outline at hand can be very useful to help you stay on track. But, if possible, try to avoid reading off your notes. Present the information and look at the audience as you speak, which requires memorization and practice. The more you practice, the easier it will be to recall the key points during your presentation. 

Though your seminars may be small, here are some minor points to remember when engaging a larger audience. As mentioned earlier, people develop and have their styles of presenting. So, I do not want to advise you on deportment or body gestures that make you feel too restricted. Nonetheless, useful or not, some suggest making eye contact with your audience. Others suggest pacing around to engage the surrounding audience (in other words, do not just focus on the left side of the audience). 

The old saying, “A picture is better than a thousand words,” holds to be very true when it comes to giving a presentation. When a slide goes up with too much information, it can be overwhelming for the audience. Unless the quote or information is crucial to your main point, a few bullet points and images will keep your audience engaged. For font size, I recommend 20 pt. Anything smaller may be challenging to read. Of course, many presentations in specific fields require certain illustrations (i.e., STEM fields require graphs, charts, etc.), so follow the protocol in your field. We can learn something from the STEM fields, specifically how visuals can communicate complex data or ideas in general. Our visuals do not need to be limited to graphs and charts. We can rely on several images to communicate our ideas to an audience. Let your creativity come forth here.  

5. Learn as you go!

In the end, we can only learn as we go. If you are still in coursework, please see all your class presentations as a learning opportunity. Try to learn how to condense large amounts of information in a limited amount of time (without sounding so rushed), and in the process, try to develop your style of presenting. See what works for you!

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Giving presentations in university is a part of a student’s evaluation and learning process. It has been noticed that self-learning improves by teaching others. Other than that, presentations can improve leadership skills and knowledge retention. Moreover, interesting presentation topics for university students enhance their analytical skills and knowledge.

Although we acknowledge the importance of presentations, all students are different. Considering an academic difference in student’s intelligence and skills, there is a solution. To boost students' skills and confidence, selecting the right topic is essential. Even if you have the right content, you have to engage your classmates and impress the teachers.

This can be made possible by making eye-catching slides with AI. So, in this guide, we will highlight the best topics for presentation in university . In addition, it assists you in selecting the best topic and AI presentation-maker tool.

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  • Best Presentation Topics for University Students
  • How to Choose a Good Topic for Your Presentation?
  • Your Best Presentation Maker to Express Your Ideas Better

Part 1: Best Presentation Topics for University Students

Delivering an effective presentation can enhance academic and professional success. Choosing the right presentation topic can captivate the audience and improve critical thinking skills. Read on to learn about topics for presentation in English for university students :

Topic 1: Climate Change and its Effects on Global Health

According to NASA, climate change refers to a change in weather conditions. Such climate change can be noticed by warmer, drier, and wetter weather. A few reasons for climate change include fossil fuels, burning, and greenhouse gases like CO2 and methine.

On a collective basis, start plantation drives and reduce private vehicle usage. You can also create an awareness campaign and encourage sustainable options.

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Topic 2: Ethical Dilemmas in the AI Era

The current advancements in technology put ease in daily tasks. Artificial intelligence has minimized manual labor and time consumption in many tasks. Despite the positive aspects of AI, there are many ethical challenges for humans.

Hence, ethical dilemmas require attention as there are certain harms of using AI technology. AI challenges human privacy and safety with its ability to create deepfakes. AI misguides through the display of wrong information and has put several jobs at risk.

Topic 3: The Science of Body Language

Communication is an essential aspect of day-to-day life. In this regard, language plays a significant role in spoken, written, or non-verbal gestures. Moreover, body language combines psychology and communication to amplify message delivery. Some non-verbal gestures include moving hands, eye contact, and active listening body position.

For instance, if you are leaning on a chair and staring at a wall clock. This will give another person a gesture that you are not properly listening to them.

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Topic 4: Emotional Connection Through Personal Stories

Personal stories are like art that capture the audience's attention and build emotional connection. Moreover, they promote cultural values and bring diversity to one's ideology. By reflecting on personal stories, you can put authenticity to your content. In addition, putting yourself in another's shoes develops a sense of sympathy and trust.

Furthermore, personal stories can sometimes inspire and motivate others. For some people, it removes cultural gaps and contributes to personal growth.

Topic 5: Building Self-Assurance in Public Speaking

Public speaking proves daunting for many people and sometimes triggers anxiety. The key behind this art involves self-assurance and self-monitoring. Some public speaking strategies involve thorough preparation of content that brings confidence. It's helpful to study your audience before going to present. Furthermore, imagine positivity and use non-verbal cues to embrace authenticity.

Moreover, choose the best topic for presentation in university and add relevant visuals. Also, practice in front of the mirror and take feedback from trusted people around you.

Part 2: How to Choose a Good Topic for Your Presentation?

Choosing an interesting presentation topic for university students can be tricky. Select a topic that also aligns with your interest and provides insights. Keep reading further to know how to choose a good presentation topic:

1. Identify Your Audience

The key ingredient to any successful presentation is identifying your audience's age, gender, or knowledge level. It enables you to understand the dynamics of preferences and interests. Afterward, brainstorm ideas that align with the audience's level of expertise. These can range from beginners to professionals or both.

If you have an audience of university females, a topic addressing them will work. For instance, topics like building healthy relationships or career planning will surely suit females.

2. Consider your Expertise

Choosing a topic that best aligns with your passion and knowledge is always wise. Firstly, identify your interest and conduct brief outlined research on it. Plan the relevance of the selected topic with your targeted audience. Moreover, look for topics that can add valuable insights to their knowledge.

3. Current Trends and Issues

Mostly, presenters consider trending topics for impactful and engaging presentations. You should always consider debatable topics to encourage the participation of the audience. Furthermore, choose a topic that contains fruitful consequences if discussed.

For example, "Sustainable Planning for Better Living" is debatable but doesn’t lead to violent debates. Students can also learn and implement change at individual or collaborative levels. 

Part 3: Your Best Presentation Maker to Express Your Ideas Better

Selecting an interesting presentation topic for university students plays a vital role. Likewise, grabbing the audience's attention through slides is also an essential factor in the presentation. In this regard, Wondershare Presentory is an effective software for creating presentations. It contains a variety of AI built-in features and visual resources. Presentory can make exclusive video presentations to stream online.

Surprisingly, it contains transitions, animations, and eye-catching templates. These visual aids contain highly personalized texts, images, stickers, and videos. It also allows you to import content and insert it into your presentations.

Key Features

Presentory can make your presentations more exciting and innovative. You can present the project on your device or any popular platform. To understand the functionality of this AI presentation maker, below are some of its features:

1. Polished Templates and Themes

Having an interesting topic but not the means to present it can result in an audience's lack of interest. Presentory holds stunning templates and themes if you want to align both. You can change the background and layout of presentation slides anytime during editing. Moreover, you can change backgrounds according to the context, like for meeting classrooms.

2. Professional Looking Presentation

A secret to presenting like a pro is the Teleprompter feature of this creative software. It enables you to read the script from the screen. You need to find out that you have some notes in front of you. Moreover, you can stream presentations online on popular platforms. The AI integration can automatically remove background noises for a smoother presentation.

3. AI Generated Content

Are you heading toward a deadline and still need help figuring out where to start? This AI presentation maker can generate a content outline for your presentation. You just need to insert a title or keywords related to your topic, and AI will auto-generate a relevant presentation. Moreover, it also allows you to make changes anytime and boost productivity.

4. Cloud Services

Apart from an engaging presentation, this AI-driven software puts you at ease. It allows you to share and collaborate with teams through cloud computing. You can edit and start working on a project from any device using an ID and password. Additionally, you can experience secure project creation to avoid plagiarism issues.

How to Create Presentations in Wondershare Presentory Using AI Feature

After exploring the features of Presentory, you must be thinking about how to use it. Well, for that, we have explained the detailed steps below. Follow these steps and efficiently use this AI-integrated tool:

step1 Launch Presentory and Access Create with AI Feature

First, explore the Wondershare Presentory tool by double-tapping it on your device. Afterward, press the "Create with AI" option to head to the next window. In the "Type a Topic Here" text box, type the required topic and hit the "Enter" key using your keyboard.

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step2 After Creating the AI Presentation, Choose the Templates

After that, wait a few seconds until the results are generated. Tap the "Continue" button and choose from the four available titles. These include "Futuristic," "Pearl," "Sunrise," and "Prism."

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step3 Continue Creating Presentations and Add Visual Aids

Then, hit the "Continue" button and head to customize the presentation. Using the built-in options, you can also import the presentation or add "Text" to your presentation. Moreover, you can even add "Animation" and "Transition" as per requirements.

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Step 4. Export the File to Your System

Finally, head to the top-left corner and choose the "Project" option. Next, select "Save Project As" and choose the specific location on your system to save the presentation file.

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Interesting topics for university students are crucial for learning and engagement. It's essential to select a good trending topic according to your audience and expertise. In our opinion, more than content is needed to communicate your ideas effectively.

This is why we recommend using Wondershare Presentory, an innovative tool to make graphical content. With its AI tech, it can transform your imagination into eye-capturing content. Hence, it would help if you considered this tool for productivity, engagement, and time management.

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Morehead State students earn top rankings for Academy of Science presentations  

  • 14 February 2024

The quality of preparation of Morehead State's science programs led to recognition for several Eagles.  

Ten MSU students ranked among the top scorers for research presentations at the Kentucky Academy of Science's 2023 Annual Meeting this past November 2023.  

Students whose presentations were among the top scorers selected for special recognition are:  

  • Zoe Baker, senior, biology, Scottsville, and Caitlyn Senters, senior, biology, Ashland: "Age, Growth, and Reproductive Cycle of the Highland Shiner (Notropis micropteryx) in the Rockcastle River, Kentucky." 
  • Shelbie Black, senior, biology, Somerset, and Jared Vise, junior, biology, Flemingsburg: "Life History of a Minnow: Growth and Reproduction of the Popeye Shiner (Notropis ariommus) in the Rockcastle River, KY." 
  • Julia Fitzpatrick, graduate student, biology, Lexington: "Characteristics of Kentucky sandstone rock shelters and their effects on the makeup of vascular plant communities." 
  • Brannon Jones, senior, astrophysics, Lexington: "An Updated Survey of Candidate Radio Supernova Remnants and Their Properties in Nearby Galaxies."  
  • Ethan Newsom, senior, biomedical sciences, Princeton: "Identifying DdrR-interacting proteins with two-hybrid system assays." 
  • Andrew Russell, senior, psychology, Corydon, and Brandi Stone, senior, psychology, Wooton: "Parental behavior and teen self-compassion." 
  • Mara Stout, senior, chemistry - biomedical sciences area, Shepherdsville: "The role of topoisomerases in circularized chromosome strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae."  

More than 600 students and professional scientists from across the state attended the Annual Meeting at Northern Kentucky University. Panels of scientists judged students' research presentations and offered special recognition to top scorers who earned 25 or more points on a scoring rubric.  

"The presentations at this year's meeting prove that students in Kentucky are adding to the world's body of scientific knowledge in meaningful ways," said Amanda Fuller, executive director of the Kentucky Academy of Science. "The breadth of topics explored, and the exceptional quality of the students' work, highlight the limitless potential of our state's future science leaders."  

View the complete list of students whose research presentations received special recognition at https://kyscience.org/top_scoring_students.php .  

The Kentucky Academy of Science is a nonprofit organization. Founded in 1914, the Academy aims to spark scientific communication and collaboration to improve research, education, and evidence-based public engagement in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.  

Learn more about Morehead State's College of Science by emailing [email protected] or calling 606-783-2626.  

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Big Data has the power to revolutionize healthcare. The National Big Data Health Science Conference, hosted by the USC Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) on February 2-3, celebrated its fifth year and was at the forefront of this healthcare innovation.

SOMG participated in two significant presentations at this year’s conference, which brings together luminaries from academia, industry, government, and healthcare systems to explore the transformative potential of big data in improving healthcare.  

It was exciting to engage with some of the brightest minds in research and gain invaluable insights into the growing field of medicine.

Zoe Sanders, a SOMG second-year medical student mentored by SOMG Associate Professor Dr. Jennifer Grier and Assistant Professor Dr. Debbie Barrington, shared her poster presentation titled "Severity Score Variability for Pediatric Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection Severity: A Systematic Review" and received an award for the “Best Poster Presentation from an Emerging Scholar.” The work of this team on the research project — which included second-year medical student Jacob Estrada and first-year medical student Kenny Nguyen — exemplified the dedication to excellence and innovation that defines the School of Medicine Greenville.

“Presenting our research on RSV infections and severity scoring tools at the BDHS Conference was a special experience,” said Sanders, the lead author on the presentation. “It was exciting to engage with some of the brightest minds in research and gain invaluable insights into the growing field of medicine. It is incredibly rewarding to be able to contribute to advancements in medicine, especially in the post-COVID world where big data integration offers so many new avenues for improving patient outcomes. Our findings hold a lot of promise in aiding clinicians in making informed decisions and it has been amazing to witness this project evolve from the beginning. My understanding of research has blossomed, and this project has helped to shape my future as a physician. I’m grateful for the guidance and dedication of Dr. Grier, Dr. Barrington, and the rest of the team and I know we are all eager to see where this research leads us in improving pediatric healthcare.”

Dr. Anna Blenda, Professor and Director of Research Strategy and Operations at the USC School of Medicine Greenville, also presented on the topic of the "Integration of Molecular and Clinical Data from Cancer Patients" during the Genomics Core session. Her oral presentation showcased research at the intersection of cutting-edge science and clinical applications, which was conducted by several of her mentored medical students at SOMG. The presentation included research on galectin and glycomic profiling of cancer patients, as well as the impact of DNA mutations landscape on galectin protein landscape. Additionally, the use of bioinformatics tools and AI was discussed for the integration of molecular and clinical data.

“The School of Medicine Greenville and our Office of Research place significant emphasis on medical student research, and witnessing students' work shine at a prestigious national conference is exceptionally rewarding,” said Dr. Blenda. “More than 90 percent of SOMG medical students engage in research, particularly during the summer SOARinG program after their first year of study. They are actively contributing to studies that have the potential to enhance the lives of many."

The School of Medicine Greenville is focused on improving patients’ treatments. Research projects — such as those presented at the conference, which implement Big Data tools — are poised to significantly advance medical knowledge and improve patient outcomes. Ultimately, the integration of Big Data analytics into medical research opens unprecedented opportunities for enhancing diagnostic accuracy, personalizing treatments, and predicting health trends.

The National Big Data Health Science Conference continues to serve as a beacon of innovation, inspiring stakeholders to harness the transformative power of big data in shaping the future of healthcare.  

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