Effective Delivery of Oral
Presentations
Neilanjan Nandi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Drexel College of Medicine
Principles & Methodologies for Research in Medicine
July 15th, 2014
Objectives
Understand what differentiates an excellent oral presentation apart
from an average one
Learn the distracting habits that prevent your audience from being
vested in your presentation
Oral Presentation
Planning:
Organization Hones Your Message
Slide:
Content & Layout Matters
Trade In:
Ideal Oral presentation differs from Written Scientific Method
Presentation:
Practice Helps Avoid Personal Sabotage
Planning: Know Thy Audience ...And Your Venue
Classroom
Conference Hall
Students
Fellow Physicians
Non-Clinician Scientists
Teleconference
Laymen
Planning: Be Aware of Your Time Limit
How much time ?
Before, After or During Lunch ?
Planning: Organize Your Thoughts on Paper
Decide On What Is Important
Pen to paper at least ONE clear
objective you want your audience to
take away from your presentation
Allow this to focus the content you
include on your slides
Exclude Excess & Unneccesary Detail
Planning: Organize Your Thoughts on Paper
Traditional Scientific to Oral Presentation
Audience Attention Deficit Disorder?
Your Excellent Ideal
Or…Normal?
Niemanstsverdriet JW. How to give a successful oral presentation. How to make a successful poster. Schuit Institute of Catalysis. Eindhoven University of
Technology. March 2000.
More Logical Oral Presentation
Your Excellent Ideal
Planning
Know Thy Audience …And Your Venue
Be Aware of Your Time Limit
Organize Your Thoughts on Paper – FIRST !
Intermediate conclusions enhance audience comprehension
Slide:
K IContent
S S
&
& Layout
K I Matter
L L
Keep It Simple & Stupid
Keep It Large & Legible
Slide: Content & Layout Matter
Again, choose your content based on your objectives
Avoid clutter
NO large paragraphs of text, Space text apart
Utilize legible color legends for bar graphs & charts
B&W will only confuse everyone
Utilize Powerpoint & KeyNote to your advantage
Animations
Transitions
BUT DON’T OVERDO IT
Isolate important data in a table with highlights or colored shapes
Only use High res images
Slide: Avoid Clutter - BAD
These are the first validated grading systems for SB cleansing
and may be utilized in a variety of ways including assessment
of SB prep adequacy for WCE and for the evaluation of future
SB purgatives. Our results reflect real world applications of
these grading systems. As in clinical practice, investigators did
not receive pre-study training. Prior studies have
demonstrated that intense training improves grading system
reliability. Notably this study demonstrated inter-reader
results similar to a widely used validated scoring system for
colon cleansing (Aronchick).
Slide: Avoid Clutter - BETTER
First validated SB grading systems useful for:
- Assessment of SB prep adequacy for WCE
- Evaluation of future SB purgatives
Notably, investigators did not receive pre-study training
- Intense training improves grading system reliability
Inter-reader results similar to a widely used validated scoring
system for colon cleansing (Aronchick)
Slide: Color Legends
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Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
BAD
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Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
BETTER
Slide: Color Shapes Highlight Important Data
Slide: High Rez is Bez
Slide: Content & Layout Matter
Again, choose your content based on your objectives
Avoid clutter
NO large paragraphs of text, Space text apart
Utilize legible color legends for bar graphs & charts
B&W will only confuse everyone
Utilize Powerpoint & KeyNote to your advantage
Animations
Transitions
BUT DON’T OVERDO IT
Isolate important data in a table with highlights or colored shapes
Only use High res images
Presentation: Anxiety
REMEMBER: Anxiety is normal
Learn deep breathing techniques…Woo-saaaaaaw
Meditate
Go to the bathroom early, NOT at the last minute. Seriously.
Propanolol
Presentation: Be Prepared
Backup Media
USB
CD-ROM
Cloud
Email
Laptop
Visit the lecture hall in advance
Ensure any necessary A/V equipment has been set up in advance
Bring water
Be prepared to present without your slides
Presentation: Practice Makes Better
Practice ALOUD
Practice STANDING UP
Practice IN FRONT OF A MIRROR
Practice via WEBCAM
Presentation: Tips
Make eye contact
OR
Look over their heads
Be deliberate but moderate your use of hand gestures
Control your rate of speech
Presentation: Control the Highlights
Announce your main objective
Illustrate each sub-objective or conclusion
Declare your Intermediate Conclusion(s)
REPEAT
Summary: Recap the Intermediate Conclusion(s)
Presentation: The “Q&A”
ALWAYS repeat the audience member’s question
Allows everyone to hear
Allows you to know you understand their question
Gives you time to think !!!
Handle ‘The Pest’
Tell them you will help answer their question after the session
When you don’t know: YOU DON’T KNOW !! – Be Honest
Get their email or contact info
Follow up with them
You never know who might be asking
Presentation: Personal Sabotage
DO NOT
Restate your title, name, etc
Waste YOUR time with a lengthy meaningless opening filler
Dim the lights all the way
Say ‘Uh’
‘Draw’ all over the screen with the laser pointer
Talk too fast
Be montonous
Presentation: Personal Sabotage
DO NOT
Pace or Fidget excessively
Select confusing audiovisual aids
Show off your PSAT vocabulary
Read your presentation from your slides
FORGET to acknowledge your contributing authors, mentors,
and resources
Objectives
Understand what differentiates an excellent oral presentation apart
from an average one
Learn the distracting habits that prevent your audience from being
vested in your presentation
Oral Presentation
Planning:
Organization Hones Your Message
Slide:
Content & Layout Matters
Trade In:
Ideal Oral presentation differs from Written Scientific Method
Presentation:
Practice Helps Avoid Personal Sabotage
Your Excellent Ideal
Presentation: Personal Sabotage
DO NOT
Restate your title, name, etc
Waste YOUR time with a lengthy meaningless opening filler
Dim the lights all the way
Say ‘Uh’
‘Draw’ all over the screen with the laser pointer
Talk too fast
Be monotonous
Pace or Fidget excessively
Select confusing audiovisual aids
Show off your PSAT vocabulary
Read your presentation from your slides
FORGET to acknowledge your contributing authors, mentors,
and resources
REFERENCES
Balistreri WF. Giving an effective presentation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr.
35:1-4,2002.
Niemanstsverdriet JW. How to give a successful oral presentation. How to
make a successful poster. Schuit Institute of Catalysis. Eindhoven
University of Technology. March 2000.
American College of Physicians. Preparing an effective poster presentation.
http://www.acponline.org/residents_fellows/competitions/abstract/prep
are/pos_pres.htm
Neilanjan Nandi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Drexel University
219 N Broad St, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215)762-8012
Neilanjan.Nandi@drexelmed.edu