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HANOI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ELECTRONICS

Oral Presentations

Lecturers : Dr. Tran Van Huong

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 This part discusses:

• How to prepare for a presentation

• Components and format of a scientific talk

• Visual aids

• How to present your talk

• How to deal with questions and answers

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 Before the Talk

• Prepare your talk well ahead of time.

• Practice, practice, practice.

• Get to know your audience.

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 Components and Format of a Scientific Talk

Components

To present a good talk within a given timeframe, you

need to:

• Identify the most important information

• Illustrate it in well organized and seemingly attractive

slides

• Present the information clearly to your audience

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 Components and Format of a Scientific Talk

General Format

As an overview for your presentation:

• Tell your audience what you are going to tell them

• Tell them

• Tell them what you have to tell them

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 Organize your slides and include:

Optional: Title slide

First slide: Overview of the talk

Second slide: Introduction and background

Subsequent slides: Present what you studied and how you

studied it. Present your results.

Final slides: Present your conclusions and the main

points that support it.

Optional final slides: Use a credit slide in which you

acknowledge those who worked with
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 Visual Aids

• Know how to use visual aids

• Prepare visual aids well ahead of your talk.

• Make looks attractive

• Keep exhibits simple

• Think graphically

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 Background and Color for Slides

• When presenting the talk, there is no substitute for

clear, graphical visual aids.

• To create seemingly attractive slides, pay attention to

how other people present colors, fonts, graphics on

slides that are easy on your eyes.

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 Background and Color for Slides

• Avoid bright colors, avoid red/green (or blue/orange)

color contrasts, as some people are color blind to

these.

• Look for high contrast between background and

writing or figures. Choose dark text against a light

background or vice versa.

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This is OK This is OK This is OK

This is not OK This is not OK

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 Preparing for the talk
Time limit

Oral presentation guideline 11:

Stick to the time limit

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