24. 1
K.Kaplan, Nature 494, 391-393
(2013)
“Talks offer scientists a chance
to show off their work, but it
is difficult to make an impact.”
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35. 1
K.Kaplan, Nature 494, 391-393
(2013)
“Talks offer scientists a chance
to show off their work, but it
is difficult to make an impact.”
✞
✝
☎
✆
Experience is the best way to learn
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36. Outline
1 Fundamentals on communication
2 How to structure a presentation
Introduction
Results
Conclusions
3 Avoiding loosing the audience attention
Presentation errors
Speaker’s errors
4 Software
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37. Outline
1 Fundamentals on communication
2 How to structure a presentation
Introduction
Results
Conclusions
3 Avoiding loosing the audience attention
Presentation errors
Speaker’s errors
4 Software
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38. What’s the goal of giving a talk?
Communication!
key steps
1 what is the message that I
want to deliver?
2 express your message in a
“language”that the audience
can understand
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39. What’s the goal of giving a talk?
Communication!
key steps
1 what is the message that I
want to deliver?
2 express your message in a
“language”that the audience
can understand
visual spoken body
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40. What’s the goal of giving a talk?
Communication!
key steps
1 what is the message that I
want to deliver?
2 express your message in a
“language”that the audience
can understand
visual spoken body
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41. What’s the goal of giving a talk?
Communication!
key steps
1 what is the message that I
want to deliver?
2 express your message in a
“language”that the audience
can understand
visual spoken body
✞
✝
☎
✆
everything for the sake of delivering the message!
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42. The“attention”time evolution
grasping the audience attention
Susan McConnell (Stanford): “Designing effective scientific presentations”.
Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training, 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
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43. The“attention”time evolution
grasping the audience attention
very good introduction and
conclusions
Susan McConnell (Stanford): “Designing effective scientific presentations”.
Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training, 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
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44. The“attention”time evolution
grasping the audience attention
very good introduction and
conclusions
structure your presentation
Susan McConnell (Stanford): “Designing effective scientific presentations”.
Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training, 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
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45. The“attention”time evolution
grasping the audience attention
very good introduction and
conclusions
structure your presentation
avoid mistakes to drive away
attention
Susan McConnell (Stanford): “Designing effective scientific presentations”.
Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training, 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
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46. The“attention”time evolution
grasping the audience attention
very good introduction and
conclusions
structure your presentation
avoid mistakes to drive away
attention
Susan McConnell (Stanford): “Designing effective scientific presentations”.
Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training, 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
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47. Outline
1 Fundamentals on communication
2 How to structure a presentation
Introduction
Results
Conclusions
3 Avoiding loosing the audience attention
Presentation errors
Speaker’s errors
4 Software
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48. Structure your presentation...
in a“dump-bell”+“saw”shape
∗Susan McConnell (Stanford): “Designing effective scientific presentations”.
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60. Introduction
Motivations
why is your research
important?
in 2007 cancer caused 7.9 million
human deaths
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61. Introduction
Motivations
why is your research
important?
State of the art
what is known on the field?
in 2007 cancer caused 7.9 million
human deaths
α-123, β-456, γ-789
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62. Introduction
Motivations
why is your research
important?
State of the art
what is known on the field?
what is the challenge?
in 2007 cancer caused 7.9 million
human deaths
α-123, β-456, γ-789
heavy side effects
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63. Introduction
Motivations
why is your research
important?
State of the art
what is known on the field?
what is the challenge?
Your system
clearly define you system
in 2007 cancer caused 7.9 million
human deaths
α-123, β-456, γ-789
heavy side effects
LAH4
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64. Introduction
Motivations
why is your research
important?
State of the art
what is known on the field?
what is the challenge?
Your system
clearly define you system
where is the innovation?
in 2007 cancer caused 7.9 million
human deaths
α-123, β-456, γ-789
heavy side effects
LAH4
His target selectively
cancer cells
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65. Introduction
Motivations
why is your research
important?
State of the art
what is known on the field?
what is the challenge?
Your system
clearly define you system
where is the innovation?
why should it work?
in 2007 cancer caused 7.9 million
human deaths
α-123, β-456, γ-789
heavy side effects
LAH4
His target selectively
cancer cells
Hojo at al., Journal, 2005.
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66. Introduction
Motivations
why is your research
important?
State of the art
what is known on the field?
what is the challenge?
Your system
clearly define you system
where is the innovation?
why should it work?
anticipate your conclusions
in 2007 cancer caused 7.9 million
human deaths
α-123, β-456, γ-789
heavy side effects
LAH4
His target selectively
cancer cells
Hojo at al., Journal, 2005.
highly efficient against cancer cells
low toxicity towards healthy cells
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74. Acknowledgments
The Boss
Prof.Dr.
Hokuto No
Ken
Collaborator A B
Dr. Totoro Dr. Doraemon
Prof. Uni of
Nowhere
Prof. Dr.
Simon’s Cat
Undergrad
students
Arale
Gacchan
Norimaki
Financial support by Making Money Agency
Thank you for your attention
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75. Conclusions
once again: repetita iuvant!
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76. Conclusions
once again: repetita iuvant!
✄
✂
✁“intermediate”conclusions
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89. Having“style”
a simple rule of marketing
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90. Having“style”
a simple rule of marketing
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91. Having“style”
a simple rule of marketing
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92. Having“style”
a simple rule of marketing
key concepts
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93. Having“style”
a simple rule of marketing
key concepts
keep it simple, keep it clean
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94. Having“style”
a simple rule of marketing
key concepts
keep it simple, keep it clean
if it doesn’t help the understanding, then it’s useless
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96. Master Slide
“Must have”elements
frame
leave empty space for beamer
misalignment
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97. Master Slide
“Must have”elements
frame
leave empty space for beamer
misalignment
title
keyword or short sentence
resuming the slide
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98. Master Slide
“Must have”elements
frame
leave empty space for beamer
misalignment
title
keyword or short sentence
resuming the slide
footers
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99. Master Slide
“Must have”elements
frame
leave empty space for beamer
misalignment
title
keyword or short sentence
resuming the slide
footers
page number
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100. Master Slide
“Must have”elements
frame
leave empty space for beamer
misalignment
title
keyword or short sentence
resuming the slide
footers
page number
your name
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101. Master Slide
“Must have”elements
frame
leave empty space for beamer
misalignment
title
keyword or short sentence
resuming the slide
footers
page number
your name
your mail (*)
affiliation (*)
short title of the talk (*)
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102. Master Slide
“Must have”elements
frame
leave empty space for beamer
misalignment
title
keyword or short sentence
resuming the slide
footers
page number
your name
your mail (*)
affiliation (*)
short title of the talk (*)
headers
status-bar (*)
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103. Colors
choose a good contrast
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110. Colors
choose a good contrast
DOs
small room:
light background/dark text
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111. Colors
choose a good contrast
DOs
small room:
light background/dark text
big room:
dark background/light text
113. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
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114. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
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115. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
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116. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
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117. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
B
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118. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
B
C
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119. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
B
C
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120. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
B
C
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121. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
B
C
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122. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
B
C
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123. Animations
use extensively... but responsibly!
DOs
the eye catches
changes
A
B
C
DON’Ts
fancy animations
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129. Images and Graphs...
...are the most important elements!
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142. Images and Graphs...
...are the most important elements!
DOs
good quality graphs
clearly VISIBLE:
lines/dots
units and numbers on axis
labels
highlight the important parts
146. Images and Graphs...
...are the most important elements!
DOs
good quality graphs
clearly VISIBLE:
lines/dots
units and numbers on axis
labels
highlight the important parts
DON’Ts
white background ⇒ no yellow!
150. Images and Graphs...
...are the most important elements!
DOs
good quality graphs
clearly VISIBLE:
lines/dots
units and numbers on axis
labels
highlight the important parts
DON’Ts
white background ⇒ no yellow!
155. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
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156. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
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157. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
long, complicated (passive) sentences
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158. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
long, complicated (passive) sentences
reading the speech from paper
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159. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
long, complicated (passive) sentences
reading the speech from paper
lack of emphasis, unclear pronunciation
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160. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
long, complicated (passive) sentences
reading the speech from paper
lack of emphasis, unclear pronunciation
avoiding visual contact with the audience
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161. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
long, complicated (passive) sentences
reading the speech from paper
lack of emphasis, unclear pronunciation
avoiding visual contact with the audience
tips and tricks
prepare the opening carefully
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162. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
long, complicated (passive) sentences
reading the speech from paper
lack of emphasis, unclear pronunciation
avoiding visual contact with the audience
tips and tricks
prepare the opening carefully
present key ideas at a slower pace
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163. Speaker’s errors
attention-killer mistakes in the speech
”it’s common knowledge...”
jargon, abbreviations or difficult words
long, complicated (passive) sentences
reading the speech from paper
lack of emphasis, unclear pronunciation
avoiding visual contact with the audience
tips and tricks
prepare the opening carefully
present key ideas at a slower pace
final, positive, sentence that repeats the message of your talk
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164. Outline
1 Fundamentals on communication
2 How to structure a presentation
Introduction
Results
Conclusions
3 Avoiding loosing the audience attention
Presentation errors
Speaker’s errors
4 Software
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168. Software
“porting”problems
i ¯h ∂
∂t Ψ(r,t) = HΨ(r,t) −→ =
tips and tricks
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169. Software
“porting”problems
i ¯h ∂
∂t Ψ(r,t) = HΨ(r,t) −→ =
tips and tricks
if possible, use your own computer
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170. Software
“porting”problems
i ¯h ∂
∂t Ψ(r,t) = HΨ(r,t) −→ =
tips and tricks
if possible, use your own computer
have ready a pdf-copy for the“worst case scenario”
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171. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
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172. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
2 select your ”minimum essential data”
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173. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
2 select your ”minimum essential data”
3 good quality graphs
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174. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
2 select your ”minimum essential data”
3 good quality graphs
4 structure your talk: “dumpbell+saw”
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175. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
2 select your ”minimum essential data”
3 good quality graphs
4 structure your talk: “dumpbell+saw”
5 very good introduction and final conclusions
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176. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
2 select your ”minimum essential data”
3 good quality graphs
4 structure your talk: “dumpbell+saw”
5 very good introduction and final conclusions
6 style it simple and clean
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177. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
2 select your ”minimum essential data”
3 good quality graphs
4 structure your talk: “dumpbell+saw”
5 very good introduction and final conclusions
6 style it simple and clean
7 avoid mistakes that drive away attention
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179. Conclusions
take home messages:
1 consider: your message, the audience, the available time
2 select your ”minimum essential data”
3 good quality graphs
4 structure your talk: “dumpbell+saw”
5 very good introduction and final conclusions
6 style it simple and clean
7 avoid mistakes that drive away attention
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