How to do a Good Presentation

Think of the “story” you want to tell the audience. Focus on that. Make your colleagues lives easier by highlighting the main contributions of the paper. 

You should present the most interesting points of the paper. You won’t have time to present everything, focus on what’s really important for others to know. They can read the details later.

Don’t be afraid to interact with the audience. You should promote discussion and make it an interesting presentation.

Be critical. You should present your point of view about the paper, describing the positives and the negative aspects.

Each presentation should last 20 minutes (including time for questions).

In case you need guidance on how to prepare and deliver your presentation, see these slides (lesson one, lesson two) on how to make awesome presentations from the Multimedia Content Creation course.

Here’s a summary of guidelines:

• One idea per slide;
  
• Minimalistic content;
  
• Five or six words per idea;
  
• Use images;
  
• Do not read the slides!
  
• You are the presentation, not the slides;
  
• Slides reinforce the idea through an emotional response;