Presenting Data - Undergraduate

These are my slides for my 'presentation on presentations' to Saint Louis University undergraduate students - seniors who are preparing to present their capstones at the end of each semester. These slides have been updated for Spring 2022.

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1. PRESENTATIONS PRESENTING CAPSTONES EFFECTIVELY CHRISTOPHER PRENER, PH.D. SLU SOCIOLOGY SOC 4840: CAPSTONE SPRING 2022
2. AGENDA CAPSTONE / PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentations Can Be Painful 2. Design Matters 3. Focus on Content 4. Presentation Day 5. Presentation Tools
3. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL 1
4. THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL
5. THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL
6. 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
7. 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
8. 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
9. 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
10. 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
11. 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
12. 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL THE COGNITIVE STYLE OF POWERPOINT
13. THE COGNITIVE STYLE OF POWERPOINT 1. PRESENTATIONS CAN BE PAINFUL EDWARD TUFTE
14. DESIGN MATTERS 2
17. ▸ Use animation thoughtfully, and sparingly ▸ Use simple slide transitions to ease movement between slides 2. DESIGN MATTERS DESIGN TIPS
18. ▸ Use animation thoughtfully, and sparingly ▸ Use simple slide transitions to ease movement between slides… otherwise changes feel abrupt 2. DESIGN MATTERS DESIGN TIPS
19. ▸ Use animation thoughtfully, and sparingly ▸ Use simple slide transitions to ease movement between slides 2. DESIGN MATTERS DESIGN TIPS
20. ▸ Use animation thoughtfully, and sparingly ▸ Use simple slide transitions to ease movement between slides… otherwise changes feel abrupt 2. DESIGN MATTERS DESIGN TIPS
21. ▸ Use animation thoughtfully, and sparingly ▸ Use simple slide transitions to ease movement between slides… otherwise changes feel abrupt ▸ Pick a simple stock theme with clean fonts, high contrast design (dark background and light font or light background and dark font) ▸ Simple slides - avoid too many boxes, colors, and words 2. DESIGN MATTERS DESIGN TIPS
22. 2. DESIGN MATTERS COLOR & ACCESSIBILITY
23. 2. DESIGN MATTERS COLOR & ACCESSIBILITY
24. 2. DESIGN MATTERS COLOR & ACCESSIBILITY
25. 2. DESIGN MATTERS COLOR & ACCESSIBILITY
26. 2. DESIGN MATTERS COLOR & ACCESSIBILITY
27. FOCUS ON CONTENT 3
28. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT PRESENTATION DESIGN This is a work fl ow - a routinized process for approaching a task. DELIVER CREATE ORGANIZE PLAN
29. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT PRESENTATION DESIGN Treat presentations just like papers - make a plan for when it is due, how it will be given, how much time you have, and who your audience will be. DELIVER CREATE ORGANIZE PLAN
30. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT PRESENTATION DESIGN Just like papers, you want to make an outline fi rst before you ever open presentation software. Plan each slide in advance. DELIVER CREATE ORGANIZE PLAN
31. “TYPICAL” CAPSTONE PRESENTATION 1. Title Slide 2. Agenda Slide 3. Literature Review • Aim for synthetic slides by topic rather than a slide per source • Follow the argument of your paper - your literature review needs structure and an argument! • Avoid bulleted lists of sources 4. Discussion & Conclusion 5. Acknowledgements
32. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT PRESENTATION DESIGN After you’ve got a good outline and a presentation template picked out, you can begin creating individual slides. DELIVER CREATE ORGANIZE PLAN
33. PRESENTING LITERATURE 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT
34. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT PRESENTING LITERATURE You can take screenshots of the title, authorship, and publication info for individual articles and present those as an image.
35. ▸ The image to the right is pixelated ▸ It also has a white background ▸ Use Google Images to search for high quality images instead • The Tools menu allows you to fi lter by size 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT AVOID LOW QUALITY IMAGES
36. USE HIGH QUALITY IMAGES 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT
37. UNSPLASH, NAPPY, ICONS8, & NOUN PROJECT 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT
38. FAIR USE ▸ The educational fair use guidelines apply to material used in educational institutions and for educational purposes… “Educational purposes” are: • noncommercial instruction or curriculum-based teaching by educators to students at nonpro fi t educational institutions • planned noncommercial study or investigation directed toward making a contribution to a fi eld of knowledge, or • presentation of research fi ndings at noncommercial peer conferences, workshops, or seminars. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT From https://fairuse.stanford.edu/; see site for details
39. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT AVOID CHARTJUNK…
40. 3. FOCUS ON CONTENT …AND RECREATE PLOTS IF NEEDED CHANGING PROFESSIONAL INCOMES 0 17500 35000 52500 70000 1939 1947 1951 1955 1963 1965 1967 1970 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Physicians Other Professionals Plot recreated from Addams (1982)
41. PRESENTATION DAY 4
42. 4. PRESENTATION DAY PRESENTATION DELIVERY DELIVER CREATE ORGANIZE PLAN
43. ▸ Practice intensely beforehand ▸ Show up early ▸ Avoid reliance on notes ▸ Never apologize ▸ Use humor ▸ Use general-neutral speech ▸ Take questions but never condescend the questioner ▸ Express enthusiasm about your material 4. PRESENTATION DAY TUFTE’S TIPS
44. 4. PRESENTATION DAY CAPSTONE SPECIFICS ▸ 12 minute presentation with 3 minute question and answer ▸ There will be multiple rooms simultaneously presenting over Zoom or in- person ▸ If we use Zoom: • Try to practice over Zoom ahead of time with friends • Check your background and lighting ahead of time • Clean your desktop, close browser windows, close all other applications • If you get alerts on your computer, turn Do Not Disturb on
45. 4. PRESENTATION DAY CAPSTONE SPECIFICS 1. The faculty member who is in-charge of your room will enable you to share your screen. Once enabled, click “Share Screen”: 
 
 2. Then choose the screen you want to share and Slick “Share”: 

46. 4. PRESENTATION DAY CAPSTONE SPECIFICS 3. Once you’ve shared your screen, then go ahead and start your presentation. a. I recommend placing the thumbnail videos in the corner of your screen so you can still see some audience members. They won’t see themselves! 4. When you’re done, your can click “Stop Share” at the top of your screen: 
 
 

47. PRESENTATION TOOLS 5
48. TOOL SELECTION IS SECONDARY Note that if we are in person, 
 you must present off a Windows 
 computer in the classroom. macOS 
 users need to consciously prepare 
 ahead of time for this - export slides as 
 .pdf fi les OR go through PowerPoint 
 slide deck on a Windows computer 
 ahead of time.