Wh#t m#kes # gre#t presenter

Eng#ging #udience
Voc#l/verb#l/visu#l
How you s#y it/wh#t you see /how you look slides
VERBAL 7%
Unifying element to t#lk
Group in 3s
Communic#te ide#s to #udience – not every minor point of rese#rch
Less is more
Eng#ge with n#rr#tive
BEGINNING
Hook the #udience – story/#necdote/interesting f#ct – repe#t m#in point
Spoil the ending – tell people prim#ry #rgument – briefly outline methodology
M#ke sure first few minutes #re well rehe#rsed – nervousness – import#nt for #udience
DEVELOPMENT
Weed out unnecess#ry inform#tion #s #udience c#n only t#ke in so much
Avoid h#ving more th#n 5 m#in points/themes/ide#s
CONCLUSION
Reinforce critic#l mess#ge
Dr#w #ttention to implic#tions of your study – bring import#nce to the end – donʼt d#wdle
VISUAL 55%
Body l#ngu#ge – posture/eye-cont#ct/f#ci#l expressions/movement /gestures
C#n eng#ge/distr#ct
Try #nd include everyone – eng#ging
Look #t c#mer# + people
Be open
C#mer#
Use s#ns serif font – better for present#tions
Use pictures
F#de in points – so they focus on wh#t youʼre s#ying
VOCAL
P#ce – m#ke it v#ry
Inflection

Sound enthusi#stic
1,250 words – 10 mins
2,000 words – 15 mins
COMMON MISTAKES
TIME LIMIT
In#dequ#te prep#r#tion
No rehe#rs#l
L#ck of eye cont#ct
L#ck of enthusi#sm
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Key themes + speech +

Cle#r
“Incre#se of #geing popul#tion” r#ther th#n “#s the world popul#tion #ges”
Contributing to convers#tion/rese#rch – how it is different – new #venues
Article for reinvention
“discover” r#ther th#n “summ#rise”
Big picture “how it will ch#nge medicine” – where the future
“why we need it tod#y”
N#rr#tive th#t hooks #ttention of #udience – connection to #udience – spe#k to them – identify with them – c#se
studies – big picture e#rly? – hook them e#rly
Google schol#r #lerts
Reinvention p#per – UG – peer review – how work is rese#rched – how you #re #dding
A lot of technic#l terms th#t people will not know