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What Makes for a Good Research Presentation?Tom CarseyUniversity of North Carolina Chapel HillOriginally presented on 9-13-02 while at FSU. Thanks to Bill B., Will, Sara, Charles, and Paul for suggestions at that time. Revised in January of 2007 Three Components to a Good Talk Preparation Before the Talk Giving the Talk Q A Preparation Before the Talk Ask about the room, allotted time, and “norms” for your talk Consider the audience (general or not) For job talks – no “works in progress” Generally, you need to present a solo-authored project (typically from the dissertation) Never run long Anticipate equipment problems Have a back-up plan in place Practice, Practice, Practice (seriously, practice several times) Giving the Talk Know your work inside and out Data, methods, measures, descriptive statistics, literature, etc. Don’t give handouts at the beginning Audience will read them rather than listen to you Ask that questions be held until the end Less important to hit a home run than it is to avoid striking out Avoid jargon Substance over Methods Giving the Talk (cont.) Get to the point (really nail that first 2 minutes) Give them a road map and keep on it It is O.K. to preview the findings It’s not a murder mystery Bad jokes are worse than no jokes Why should the audience care? Tell a story about politics Have a Conclusion What did we learn? Where does it fit? Giving the Talk (cont.) Really explain your graphs, figures, and tables E.g. what is the x-axis? What does each number mean In other words, really explain your results (don’t leave them guessing) Do not read long wordy slides Don’t even have long wordy slides Long quotes are often a waste of time and space Giving the Talk (cont.) You can’t tell them everything, so tell them something well Graphs often say more than tables PowerPoint slides and/or overheads need to be readable Don’t do this (Table) Or this (Text) Or this (Graphics) Giving the Talk (cont.) Graphs often say more than tables PowerPoint