INSTRUCTIONS

This PowerPoint template is designed to guide researchers who are presenting their
research results to community members, policy makers and media representatives.
Please fill out the template to ensure your presentation is easy to understand,
interesting and provides the most valuable information to your audience.

Choose a simple, professional looking colour, theme, background image

and transition between slides.

Limit the content of each slide to a few plain language bullet points with a
visual (such as a photo or a map) and expand while you’re presenting.

Fonts should be simple and easy to read from the audience’s viewpoint.
Stay away from novelty font.

**Delete this slide before presenting**

 Project Title (max 5 words)
If community members were part of the project, encourage them to co-present

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your project

Logo
 REPEAT PROJECT TITLE
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
 Use one to three short Click the icon to add a
points in plain language relevant image

 Why was the study was

done?

 Does this project address

any community concerns?

 Is the project part of a

program? If so, include
logo
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 List three key

findings, one point
per bullet

 How do the findings

relate to the
audience?

 How do the findings

relate to the health
of the environment
and/or community?
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 Who was involved? (include relevant affiliations)

 Was there community involvement? (please explain)
Click the icon to add a  Use three bullets, one point
relevant picture from your per bullet
project
 What was the purpose of the
research project?

 If possible, include
references to the
community’s questions and
scientific relevance of the
project

 Where was the
information gathered?
 Why and how were the
sites chosen?
Click the icon to add a map showing
the study area – highlight the
distance from the community, if
applicable

 Was the community

involved in choosing
sites? Identify sites of
community importance.
  How was the information
gathered and analyzed (eg.
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relevant picture
 How was the community
involved in
collecting/analyzing data (if
applicable)?

 How was local and traditional

knowledge included (if
applicable)?
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 Use a maximum of four relevant picture from your
to five bullets, one point project
per bullet

 Use one or two slides

 What are the study

results?
Click the icon to add a  Use a second slide if you
relevant picture from your have additional findings
project
 Use a maximum of four to
five bullets

 One points per bullet

 Explain how the results link

to traditional knowledge
ONLY if you directly
involved traditional
knowledge holders in the
process
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relevant picture from
your project
 Use two or three concise
bullets

Why are the results

important to:

Community partners?
Community livelihoods?
Community concerns?
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relevant picture from your  Use two slides
project
 Include timelines

 What are the next steps for

this study and/or findings?

 How will the community be

involved in next steps (if
applicable)?
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 How do the results inform the overall program or adaptive

management strategies?

 How do the results contribute to other monitoring

programs and future research?
  Are there any future
meetings about the project
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relevant picture (eg.
website screenshot)
 Who can community
members contact with
questions/comments?

 Where can additional

information be accessed:
websites, contact people,
copies of reports, etc.?
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 How can the results of relevant picture from your
the project affect the project
way we protect/manage
land and water (broadly
or specifically)?

 How does the project fit

into other ongoing
projects/programs in the
area?
Click the icon to add a  Acknowledge any community
relevant picture from your support you had for the
project: time from people or
project (eg. a community
organizations, logistics support,
group shot) networking assistance,
equipment, etc.
 Give special thanks to
community groups and people
you worked with
 List funding sources, if
applicable

Include
Include logos
logos from
from Include
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logos from
from
partner
partner partner
partner
organizations
organizations organizations
organizations