Points on giving a professional
presentation
Don’t use black on red!
Or red on blue
Always use a font people can read.
Don’t put too many words on a slide. Use short bullets
that convey the essence of what you want to say, but still
force people to listen to you. This is very important
because most people can read faster than you can talk, will
finish before you, and will get bored.
Making better slides ->30 pt for titles
• The fonts are readable – minimum of 24 pt. for
anything.
• I’ve never heard complaints about fonts being too large.
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The words are fewer.
Bullets are used for emphasis.
Simple, but not generic.
Not too much on any slide.
More hints about good presentation
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Tell a story!
Don’t read (unless you must).
Don’t memorize.
Use a nice template.
Avoid the use of light colors.
Choose two or three colors; more is not better.
Graphics, pictures, animations help.
But only if they advance the story.
Cite them.
• NEVER exceed your time limit. (~ 1 spm)
• Be excited about your work.
Even more hints for a good talk
• Have someone else check your slides.
• Remember, you are the topic expert.
• Prepare for questions.
– If you don’t understand, ask to repeat or
rephrase.
– If you can’t answer, rephrase into a question
you can answer.
– It’s ok to say “I don’t know.” (once)
– Thank questioner or compliment question (if
appropriate).
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Department of Food Science
Rutgers University
BAD SLIDE –WHY?
We are a department with a basic science orientation that is
student-centered and committed to excellence in education,
research, and service. Our core values encompass the
development of human potential by providing a collegial
environment that fosters the professional growth of our
students, staff and faculty; and the creation of new
knowledge through innovative and
collaborative approaches to research, teaching, technology
transfer, and consumer outreach. Guided by these values,
we work together with academia, industry, government, and
consumer groups to strengthen the global food science
community.
Department of Food Science
Rutgers University
BETTER SLIDE
We are a department with a basic science orientation that is
student-centered and committed to excellence in education,
research, and service. Our core values encompass the
development of human potential by providing a collegial
environment that fosters the professional growth of our
students, staff and faculty; and the creation of new
knowledge through innovative and
collaborative approaches to research, teaching, technology
transfer, and consumer outreach. Guided by these values,
we work together with academia, industry, government, and
consumer groups to strengthen the global food science
community.
Best slide:
Department of Food Science
Who we are, what we do:
excellence
basic science
create knowledge
student-centered
develop human potential
strengthen the global food science community
For more, see www.foodsci.rutgers.edu
A bad slide by none other than…..
Someone actually made this slide…. Why is it bad?
Bad slide
Table 3 Growth kinetic data for four strains of A. acidoterrestris under different pH conditions at 37.5ºC.
Strain N1100
pH
3.0
4.0
5.0
L
17.8ad
16.8abd
14.3abd
Strain N1102
μ
1.4ade
1.4be
0.4ad
L
18.6bd
15.6abd
18.8bd
Strain N1139
μ
1.8ad
1.6abd
1.9bd
L
13.0abd
11.8ad
ND
Values are a reflection of experiments done in triplicate.
L = lag time (hours); μ = maximum growth rate (1/hours x 10-2).
Means in the same row (for the same kinetic parameter) with no superscripts (a,b,c) in common are significantly different (P <0.05).
Means in the same column with no subscripts (d,e) in common are significantly different (P <0.05).
ND = lag time not determined from DMFit software.
μ
0.8ad
0.6ad
0.2ad
Better slide
Maximum growth rate µmax at 37.5ºC
pH
Strain
N1100
Strain
N1102
Strain
N1139
ATCC
49025
3.0
1.4aab
1.8aa
0.8aa
1.9aa
4.0
1.4bb
1.6aba
0.6aa
1.9aba
5.0
0.4aa
1.9ba
0.2aa
0.5aa
μ = maximum growth rate (1/hours x 10-2).
Means in the same row with no superscripts in common are significantly different (P
<0.05).
Means in the same column with no subscripts in common are significantly different (P
<0.05).
Values are a reflection of experiments done in triplicate.
Don’t just
• Every talk needs an ending
• Gives you a chance to summarize
• People pay attention to conclusions
– But never use the words “conclusion” or
“summary” and then keep going.
Thanks for your attention!