Giving a Great Science Talk Garrett ApuzenIto Dept
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Giving a Great Science Talk Garrett Apuzen-Ito Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawaii Effective speaking is important for anyone who has gained knowledge & formed an opinion and wants others to know about it Speaking is crucial in many professions outside of academia In SCIENCE speaking--like publishing--is part of the process. Science is about making discoveries and telling the world about it.
Giving a Great Science Talk I. Vital Elements II. Mechanics of the Presentation III. Speaker Performance
I. Vitals Elements
I. Vitals Elements FIRST AND FOREMOST: Your purpose is to… Communicate, Convince, and Teach WMDs! audience walks away understanding It. Ifisyour essential that YOU know your main points, gains new appreciation for points. You should have 1 -3 main (or is convinced of) them, and remembers points noyour more them, then you’veand done job. . No matter how you do it (almost). Now here’s the main point
How Many Points Should You Make?
Elements of a formal science talk: I. Motivate & Introduce the Scientific Questions, Problem, or Hypothesis, and Outline Your talk II. Strategy, Methods &/or Data III. Results and Interpretations IV. Conclusions } Tell ‘em what your gonna tell ‘em } Tell them. } Tell ‘em what you told ‘em
This format represents a system of logical reasoning. An underlying thread along which your story progresses. I. Motivate & Introduce Science Questions, Problem, or Hypothesis & Outline Talk } II. Strategy/Methods/Data III. Results/Interpretations IV. Conclusions
More generally … a “science-related” talk is organized as: I. Motivate and Introduce the Topic/Goal II. Define Strategy and Concepts III. Explain New Information, Ideas, Evidence IV. What “You” Learned (1 -3 main points) } Tell ‘em what your gonna tell ‘em } Tell them. } Tell ‘em what you told ‘em
I. Motivate & Introduce the Goals, Question, Problem, Hypothesis & Outline your talk 1 st Your audience needs to know WHY your talk is work listening to. “Tides are important because…” 2 nd Your audience needs to know the goals (question, problem, or hypothesis your addressing) 3 rd Outline your talk. i. e. , tell you’re audience what your going to tell them. “The problem I’d like to address is…”
I. Motivate & Introduce the Goals, Question, Problem, Hypothesis & Outline your talk II. Strategy, Methods &/or Data The strategy had better be appropriate for addressing your goal/question/problem/hypothesis “I will measure the level of high tide each day”
I. Motivate & Introduce the Question, Problem, or Hypothesis, & Outline your talk II. Strategy, Methods, &/or Data III. New Information, Results , Interpretations New Info or Results. Graphs show trends of data. Objective outcomes of analyses are presented. Judgements made about the significance of the results “Monday the tide covered the rock Tuesday it reached the tree Tomorrow…. Uhm, can you swim? ”
I. Motivate & Introduce the Question, Problem, or Hypothesis, & Outline II. New Information, Strategy, &/or Data III. New Information, Results, Interpretations IV. What “You” Learned, Conclusions Recap and clearly state your 1 -3 points. “Got it? ? ”
Build a Theme by Re-emphasizing the Goals random bunch of (albeit jewels of) information I. Motivate & Introduce the Goals/Hypothesis/Question II. Strategy/Methods/Data III. New Information/Results Establish the thread that ties all the pieces together IV. What you’ve learned/Conclusions
Tell a Story. Take your Audience on an Adventure • Take your audience from the starting point (A), • lead them forward step-by-step • along your journey of discovery to your conclusions I. Motivate & Introduce the (point B) B Goals/Hypothesis/Question Tell ‘em what you told ‘em II. Strategy/Methods/Data III. New Information/Results Tell them. IV. What you’ve learned/Conclusions A Tell ‘em what your gonna tell ‘em
Giving a Great Science Talk I. Vital Elements II. Mechanics of the Presentation III. Speaker Performance
First Lets Cover II. Presentation Mechanics
II. Presentation Mechanics
II. Presentation Mechanics: TIMING 12 -minute research (i. e. , for final projects) talk (about 1 minute per slide) I. Motivate & Introduce the (1 -2 minutes) Goals/Hypothesis/Question A II. Strategy/Methods/Data (3 -5 minutes) III. New Information/Results (3 -5 minutes) B IV. What you’ve learned/Conclusions B (1 -2 minutes) A
II. Presentation Mechanics
Image Content: How much content is appropriate for a single slide, considering that this is the 1 st time your audience has see it?
Image Content: How much content is appropriate for a single slide, considering that this is the 1 st time your audience has seen it?
Image Content: How much content is appropriate for a single slide, considering that this is the 1 st time your audience has seen it? Enough to get 1 -2 points across
BUT if you want to show a lot of information for comparison. .
DON’T take giant steps and flood them with it all at once
But build the content with baby steps. . .
allow your audience to follow as you build…. .
more information gradually….
Until you reach the full content.
Oh, and about showing PLOTS… Remember you are asking your audience to absorb the plot in ~1 minute. Take the time to describe each axis of the plot and point out the key trends that they are supposed to catch
Tell a Story. Take your Audience on an Adventure B so that successively, the talk progresses steadily along the story line and move them forward should take the audience from where you left them in the previous slide A Each slide
Image Layout: Balance the size of text and images
87 Sr/86 Sr 3 He/4 He Is this better? 30 20 10 0 0. 7060 0. 7050 0. 7040 0. 7030 0. 7020 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 1/2 Square-Root Seafloor Age (m. y. )
Is this better? 3 He/4 He 30 20 10 87 Sr/86 Sr 0 0. 7060 0. 7050 0. 7040 0. 7030 0. 7020 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Square-Root Seafloor Age (m. y. 1/2)
How much text is appropriate for each slide?
About as much as they can read in ~1 minute. AND it helps to support text with images.
What about Colors? Black and White can be adequate
Use colors to distinguish, emphasize, clarify, & add a bit of life
IF they are used APPROPRIATELY! Keep ‘em tasteful and professional
What about Powerpoint Animations and Tricks? Use them to add a “bit” of variety, illustrate a point, &/or for emphasis. For example…. . But its better to error on the conservative so as not to cause a DISTRACTION
II. Presentation Mechanics
Giving a Great Science Talk I. Vital Elements II. Mechanics of the Presentation III. Speaker Performance
Speaker Performance Voice Movement • PROJECT • Use deliberate hand gestures • Vary pitch, vary speed • Moving around to reach out to audience • Punctuate with pauses (avoid monotone) • Minimize nervous tics Attitude • Be natural • Be enthusiastic • Smile Occasional Humor Helps
Pointing specifies & focuses attention Systematic Fault Patterns on Earth
Speak accurately. 12 minutes is not time for meaningless words/non-words… “Uhhh” “Like” “Uhmm” “Ya-know”
Remember: Describe the axes and point out key features. You MUST budget time for this. 3 He/4 He 30 20 10 87 Sr/86 Sr 0 0. 7060 0. 7050 0. 7040 0. 7030 0. 7020 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Square-Root Seafloor Age (m. y. 1/2)
Answering Questions • Repeat or summarize the question; if needed (paraphrase it to your advantage) • Answer simple factual questions simply & factually • Answer the question being asked • Never bluff. If you don’t know the answer, say so… strategically. “I’ll have to give that some more thought…. ” “Good question, I hadn’t thought of it in that way before. Lets discuss this further. ”
LAST BUT NOT LEAST PRACTICE 1 PRACTICE 2 PRACTICE 3
Giving a Great Science Talk B Tell ‘em what you told ‘em Tell them. Tell ‘em what your gonna tell ‘em A
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