David L. Jaffe, MS
Lathrop Library Classroom 282
Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50pm PST

Dave's Presentation Tips

• General:

  Assume the audience is totally unfamiliar with your project

  Practice your presentation for timing

  Decide out where team members stand when speaking and not speaking

  Use a laser pointer or mouse cursor to draw attention to a part of the slide

  Show images of concepts you are trying to describe

  Add one short video

  Share presentatin responsibilities among all team members

  Be concise, you don't have to mention every project detail

  Speak loudly, with emotion and confidence

  Don't run over the alloted presentation time limit

  Use large, readable high contrast text on slides

  Don't be redundant

  Don't be redundant

  Avoid cliches like the plague

  Define uncommon terms and abbreviations

  Don't put hands in pockets or fold arms

  Assume the role of a professional rather than a student

  Dress like a professional

• Slide Format & Style:

  Use black sans-serif text

  Employ consistent font style, font-size, background, and design elements across all slides

  Design a professional-looking deck

  Create high contrast between text and background

  Select large text size to insure readability on classroom monitors

  Use bullet points rather than narrative text

  Use "callouts" to point to image elements

  Note bibliographic references as concise footnotes or in ()

• Presentation Content - Student teams' presentations should include the following elements:

  1. Start with Introduction of team members (with photos), team name, and project title
  2. Include "Perspectives in Assistive Technology", Winter Quarter 202x, Mid-term or End-of-term Presentation
  3. Add an introduction to the community project partner (with photo)
  4. Include an agenda outline
  5. Brief description / statement of the problem / challenge
  6. Mention magnitude of problem addressed by this project
  7. Discuss the interview with the community project partner
  8. Identifiy existing solutions and discuss their limitations
  9. Identify and state need
  10. List a summary of design criteria
  11. Mention brainstorming activities: description and visualization of design concepts considered
  12. Describe top designs: technical feasibility, engineering difficulty, estimated cost, user acceptance, functionality, performance, safety considerations, tradeoffs, etc
  13. Highlight current project activities and status, prototypes built, and challenges encountered
  14. Include multiple images of prototypes, user interactions, and fabrication activities
  15. Describe pans for the remainder of the quarter
  16. Include a "Thank You" slide at the end

• Content Goals: - Adapted from Ross Venook

  A well-defined and complete problem statement

  A well-communicated mention of the problem's magnitude and the people affected

  An overview of the problem and existing devices / products and why they are lacking

  A clear statement of the project objective / aim

  A presentation of the brainstormed design concepts

  A timeline of activities for achieving the project goals

• Presentation Goals: - Adapted from Ross Venook

  Full command of content knowledge

  Slide text was legible & interesting and graphics helped communicate message

  Entire presentation was concise, clear, and understandable

Updated 10/23/2024

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