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

 Why was the study was

done?

 Does this project address

any community concerns?

 Is the project part of a

program? If so, include
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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)
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three bullets, one point
per bullet

 What was the purpose of the

research project?

 If possible, include
references to the
community’s questions and
scientific relevance of the
project
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add a map showing the study area – highlight the distance from
information gathered?

 Why and how were the

sites chosen?

 Was the community

involved in choosing
sites? Identify sites of
community importance.
  How was the information
gathered and analyzed (eg.
methods, equipment)?
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 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
to five bullets, one point
per bullet

 Use one or two slides

 What are the study

results?
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a second slide if you
have additional findings

 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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 Use two or three concise

bullets

Why are the results

important to:

Community partners?
Community livelihoods?
Community concerns?
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 Use two slides

 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
or the
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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
the project affect the
way we protect/manage
land and water (broadly
or specifically)?

 How does the project fit

into other ongoing
projects/programs in the
area?
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communityanygroup shot)
community
support you had for the
project: time from people or
organizations, logistics support,
networking assistance,
equipment, etc.
 Give special thanks to
community groups and people
you worked with
 List funding sources, if
applicable

Include logos from partner

Include
organizations
logos from partner organization