Presenting Your Ideas Creative Inventions and Robotics

Presenting Your Ideas
Creative Inventions and Robotics

www.build-it-yourself.com
Which Lemonade Stand would you visit?
Which Book would you pick off the shelf first?
Motion is
prohibited
here.
Which sign is clear?

Which sign is concise?
Which sign is convincing?
Ugly
Average
Way Cool
• Ugly
• Inconsistent
• Out of bounds
• Ugly
• Inconsistent
• Out of bounds
• Average
• Boring
• In bounds
• Ugly
• Inconsistent
• Out of bounds
• Average
• Boring
• In bounds
• Way Cool !!!

• Creative order
• 3rd dimension
• Ugly
• Inconsistent
• Out of bounds
• Average
• Boring
• In bounds
• Way Cool !!!

• Creative order
• 3rd dimension
Conclusions:
1. Building a solution that works is
important. But if you do not present
your ideas clearly, concisely and
convincingly, you may not get the
attention you deserve.
2. The way you present your ideas will

often drive how your buddies will think.
Is your design …
1. Clear?
2. Concise?
3. Convincing?
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Creative Inventions and Robotics
Public Speaking Lecture Notes from MIT Artificial Intelligence Prof. Winston
The Formula
S = f { K , P, t }
Public speaking is a function of

mostly knowledge,
partly practice and
just a bit of talent.
Presentation Structure
1) State Vision, Promise, or Goal
2) What have you done? Action. Results
3) Summarize the take away's.

(Question and answer)
When we Webcast lessons or when we are selling Build-It-Yourself,

keep your presentation or lecture as short as possible.
10 slides, 30 – 60 seconds per slide.
Leave lots of time for Q&A.
Presentation Attributes ( 5 S’s )
Statement
Stories Symbols
SurPrize Salient
Presentation Tricks
1) Use memorable key words
2) Repeat, reinforce
3) Ask questions
?
Your
4) Put ideas in context Idea
5) Tell stories.
nce upon a time …
Rules vs. Innovation
1. Order vs. Chaos and Anarchy
2. Cook book vs. Blank piece of paper
3. Laws vs Freedom
4. Build from templates/modules vs. Build from scratch
Set clear goals and give developers freedom to reach goals.

Follow guidelines that enable a team to edit a solution.
Developers must know the logic behind basic rules
that govern a development team.
1. Respect teammates
2. Respect lab
3. Don’t do anything you would be embarrassed to
share with anyone.
4. Follow file naming conventions.
5. Follow BIY design templates.
6. Modularize solutions.
7. Follow 4D Project Management process.
Do the art masterpieces follow a formula?

1. Focus
2. Alignment
3. Balance
4. Rhythm, Harmony, Repetition
4 Principles of Design
1. Alignment
2. Balance, Proportion, Scale
3. Rhythm, Harmony, Repetition
4. Focus, Dominance, Emphasis, Hierarchy
Alignment, Order
Balance
Rhythm, Harmony, Repetition
Focus, Dominance, Emphasis, Hierarchy
Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus

1. Alignment
2. Balance
3. Rhythm
4. Focus
Website Design
1. Engage
2. Focus
3. Consistent, intuitive navigation
4. Professional, memorable design
Website Design
Focus
1. Know what your website's call to action is.
2. Each page should have a goal which is relative
to the website's main message or call to action.
3. Make content clear, concise and compelling.
4. Sell with an ‘edgy’ memorable picture or a
phrase.
5. Inform with pictures and text.
6. Eliminate random content and cluttered pages.
"Less is more.“
Website Design
Consistent, intuitive navigation
1. Enable users to find content quickly with
minimum clicks.
2. Anchor navigation bars.
3. Make a single header and footer for all pages.
Website Design
Professional, memorable design
1. Understand each page's message in less than 2
seconds.
2. Make readers want to drill down.
3. Contrast foreground/background.
4. Coordinate colors.
5. No more than 3 fonts, 3 colors or 3 font sizes
6. Make a reader's eye flow logically through a
layout.
7. Every webpage should look like it comes from
the same site.
8. Design for multiple browsers, devices, and
screen sizes

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Presenting Your Ideas

Creative Inventions and Robotics

Which sign is clear?

• Way Cool !!!

• Way Cool !!!

2. The way you present your ideas will

Creative Inventions and Robotics

Public speaking is a function of

1) State Vision, Promise, or Goal

2) What have you done? Action. Results

3) Summarize the take away's.

When we Webcast lessons or when we are selling Build-It-Yourself,

Presentation Attributes ( 5 S’s )

1) Use memorable key words

Set clear goals and give developers freedom to reach goals.

4. Follow file naming conventions.

5. Follow BIY design templates.

7. Follow 4D Project Management process.

Do the art masterpieces follow a formula?

Rhythm, Harmony, Repetition

Focus, Dominance, Emphasis, Hierarchy

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

Design Principles in Famous Art (Design vs. Art)

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