2 December 2005 Advanced Topics in Big Data Tips for the Presentation Prof. Beat Signer Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel beatsigner.com Department of Computer Science Vrije Universiteit Brussel beatsigner.com

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 2 February 18, 2025 Engage With Your Audience ▪ Talk to the audience and not to your laptop screen ▪ do not read your talk from paper ▪ Always know what is on the next slide ▪ enables more vivid transitions between slides ▪ A quick demo, movie or application screenshot can often help to clarify an approach ▪ contact authors for additional material

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 3 February 18, 2025 Use Available Resources and Tools ▪ Resources and tools that might be used in addition to slideware ▪ overhead projector ▪ blackboard ▪ paper handouts ▪ laser pointer/highlighter ▪ ...

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 4 February 18, 2025 Presentation of Your Topic ▪ Put the presented research paper in the right context (topic) ▪ Do not just summarise the paper ▪ selection and focus on important parts might be necessary due to time constraints (30 mins) ▪ Investigate additional resources ▪ possibly use additional information (not from the paper) in the introduction ▪ check the content that is referenced in the paper ▪ are the authors still working on the topic and are there some follow-up publications?

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 5 February 18, 2025 Presentation Content ▪ Use distinctive titles ▪ e.g.project name in title rather than five slides with the same title 'Related Work' ▪ Do no overload your slides with long sentences ▪ audience cannot read overloaded slides and at the same time listen to you ▪ Use graphical features carefully ▪ a fancy slide background might reduce the readability ▪ too many colours and different fonts can be distractive ▪ no "misuse" of animations or sounds ▪ Slides should support your talk rather than being a script that you read from the screen

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 6 February 18, 2025 Presentation Content ... ▪ Make sure that you do not have too much content ▪ rehearsal ▪ be ready to dynamically shorten your talk (e.g.optional slides) ▪ If you copy content from the paper (e.g.figures) make sure that they are readable–otherwise redo them ▪ Avoid "empty" slides like the classical "Questions?" slide at the end of a presentation! ▪ the last slide is likely to be shown during the entire Q&A session and should be used for your give-away message (conclusions) ▪ Prepare some backup slides which might support you during the Q&A session or can be added if you finish too early

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 7 February 18, 2025 Delivering the Presentation ▪ Presentation style ▪ the audience will be more attentive if they see that you are motivated to give the presentation ▪ be enthusiastic! ▪ think about your body language - eye contact with the audience ▪ Preparation ▪ a good preparation gives you more confidence and freedom during your presentation ▪ practice, practice, practice, ... ▪ check the equipment the week before you give your presentation - does your laptop connect with the projector (resolution)

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 8 February 18, 2025 How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 9 February 18, 2025 Presentation Zen

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 10 February 18, 2025 The 110 Techniques of Communication and Public Speaking

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 11 February 18, 2025 Some Tips for the Audience ▪ Of course, the first and most important thing is that you listen to the interesting talks and learn some new things ▪ Other things you might observe during the presentation ▪ is the structure of the talk clear? ▪ what about the presenter's presentation style ▪ even if you should not comment about these things, you might always ask yourself how you might have done things differently or learn new things from good presentations ▪ Ask questions and give comments after the presentation

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 12 February 18, 2025 Homework ▪ Watch the presentation "Creating Effective Slides: Design, Construction and Use in Science" by Jean-luc Doumont for some more tips ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBXuTIPJQk Jean-luc Doumont

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 13 February 18, 2025 References ▪ Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presen- tation Design and Delivery, G. Reynolds, New Riders (3rd Edition), December 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0135800911 ▪ TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking, C. Anderson, Headline Book Publishing (1st edition), January 2018 ISBN-13: 978-1472228062 Confessions of a Public Speaker, Scott Berkun, O'Reilly and Associates (1st edition), December 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1449301958

Beat Signer - Department of Computer Science - [email protected] 14 February 18, 2025 References ... ▪ D. JP Phillips, How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwpi1Lm6dFo ▪ D. JP Philipps, The 110 Techniques of Communication and Public Speaking ▪ https://www.ted.com/talks/david_jp_phillips_the_110_techniques_of_com munication_and_public_speaking ▪ Jennifer Gonzalez, How Presentation Zen Fixed My Bad PowerPoints ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkrl1j0IW-c ▪ J.-l. Doumont, Creating Effective Slides: Design, Construction and Use in Science ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBXuTIPJQk