EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Writing and Presenting Research

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EFS 698C: Week 7 Notes
 

I. Writing Abstracts: What does a reader expect from an abstract? Review samples one at a time and judge.

II. Writing textbook (Williams) reports: present & discuss your selected lesson

III. Formal Presentation

 Basics

• Clear topic, audience, and purpose

• Structure

–Introduction

–Body

–Conclusion

• Comprehensible, engaging speech, especially at the beginning and end

• Complementary visual support

• Impression of interest and confidence

IV. The Six P's of Presentations: 6Ps.pdf

V. Present and discuss your examples--what do you admire in a particular speaker's style

    A. Presentation of the video clip

    B. modeling of an aspect of the speaker's style (tell us in advance what you're trying to do)

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Homework: 

1. Prepare a short presentation for the next class on a topic related to your research or development project. It should be 5-8 minutes and include a PPT or other visual support. Be sure to practice it several times before class so that you can focus on performance. Remember to have a clear and well-performed introduction so that your audience is attracted and also has some idea what they're going to hear. It should be targeted at an audience you actually expect to present to--you can tell us who that audience is before you present.

2. Meeting: work on a current piece of writing and send up to 10 pages OR preview slides and other issues for the class presentation next week

3. Abstracts: bring in two examples (printouts) of abstracts from your field--one you think is good, and one you think has problems. Don't indicate which is which--we'll try to guess.