M8 Flashcards
It is always best to know the people who will be listening/
watching your presentation. This way you can tailor fit your presentation best on
how they would find your research relevant.
know your audience
It is always nice to include your audience in your presentation. Talk to them. Make eye contact. Ask rhetorical questions. Inject humor, if needed. This will make your presentations more alive and
interesting.
Make your presentations interactive.
Focus your discussion on the context of your study. Why
is it significant and how can your study help make decisions or formulate new
policies or directions?
highlight your study
While PowerPoint slides can help in your presentations, it should only contain those which are vital for emphasis and should not serve as your idiot board. Always go back to the rules in using PowerPoint slides.
Use PowerPoint sparingly.
People will only remember three points at the most, so try to
simplify your report. Avoid jargon. Make sure to make your paper completely
flawless, grammatically, as well.
keep it simple
Use graphs, charts, and tables. These can also add interest
to your audience as these can simplify complicated, lengthy discussions on the
research. Also try using infographics.
visualize your data
People don’t want to be dictated on what to think, so suggest, make recommendations based on your findings, but never tell them
that your study is the best solution.
recommend, don’t prescribe
provide exact values and illustrate results efficiently as they enable
the researcher to present a large amount of space. The data, usually shown as specific
numerical figures, are arranged in an orderly display of rows and columns to aid in
comparison. Therefore, the readability of both the results and analyses of variance is
enhanced.
tables
These are placed above the table
title number and title
this refers to columns and rows
caption subhead
It contains all the data under each subhead
body
It indicates if the data is secondary and it should be acknowledged
source
portrays the visual presentation of data using symbols,
such as lines, dots, bars or slices. It depicts a trend of a certain set of measurements
or shows comparison between two or more sets of data or quantities
graph or chart
uses bars to compare categories of data. It may be drawn vertically
or horizontally.
bar graph
best to use when comparing means or percentages between
distinct categories. The categories are measured independently and compared with one
another.
vertical bar graph