Reaching out to the community Advice for an

Reaching out to the community Advice for an effective presentation Lisa Jensen & Shangmei Hou

1. Planning & preparing an interactive presentation 2. Tips for public speaking

Adult education learning principles • Autonomous and self-directed • Acknowledges experience and knowledge in the room • Goal oriented • Relevant • Practical • Demonstrates respect Knowles, 1970

Preparing an interactive presentation • • • Give yourself time to plan Explore various options for delivery Test/pilot if you can Make yourself a guide/outline Practice Time yourself

Find a community audience • • Through WCHRI Stakeholders Other interested people Leverage your work for different audiences (i. e. methods vs topic) • Your personal goals • Outside the box…

Engage that audience • Know your audience and tailor your presentation • Consider a two-way dialogue • Allow them to connect your work to their lives • Keep it clear and focused • Take advantage of multiple ways to explore concepts

Focus your topic • Doesn’t need to Shouldn’t be everything you’ve ever done • Have a SOCO (Single Overriding Communication Objective) • Obvious structure to help people follow along and connect the dots • A series of presentations? A snapshot? A summary? An overview? • NOT YOUR ENTIRE THESIS

Technical concepts • • Review your language + key terms What are critical concepts? How can you say it more simply? Will pictures/diagrams/graphs/infographics help with understanding? • Paraphrase/metaphor • Use examples • Clearly define terms when used

I love talking, but… Be a facilitator Explore adding: • • Video Activities Lists Games Quizzes Questions Discussion groups

Community Presentations • • • Take some chances! PLAN and PREPARE Focus on your audience Seek out opportunities to practice Find your own presentation style Have fun!

1. Planning & organizing an interactive presentation 2. Tips for public speaking

Public speaking o Before your speech o During your speech o Power. Points

Structure your presentation o Tell them what you’re going to say o Tell them what you’ve said

The sandwich o Opening o Body o Conclusion

Opening o Introduce topic, hypothesis & relevance o List supporting points o Establish connection

A memorable opening o Tell a story o Ask a question o Statistics o Images

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Body o Supporting point #1 o Experiment #1 o ……………. #2 • Objective o ……………. #3 • Method • Data

Conclusion o Recap main points o Summarize core message o Call-to-action or future directions

Public speaking o Before your speech o During your speech o Power. Points

Remember to: o Enunciate clearly o Don't speak too fast o Control nervousness

How to reduce nervousness o It can be controlled o Avoid the little bad habits o Practice, practice

Avoid filler words o Listen to yourself o Pause o Practice

Use vocal variety: the V 3 Ps o Volume o Pitch o Pace o Pause

Use vocal variety: the V 3 Ps o Volume o Pitch o Pace o Pause

Use vocal variety: the V 3 Ps o Volume o Pitch o Pace o Pause SLOW FAST

Use vocal variety: the V 3 Ps o Volume o Pitch o Pace o Pause

Body language o Eye contact o Put verbs in to action o Move around stage o Control mannerisms

Public speaking o Before your speech o During your speech o Power. Points

First of all… Show only what you will talk about

Font o Visible size o Be consistent o Use emphasis appropriately o Keep text simple

Text Use image or graphs Initially, dengue was endemic in Latin Americas, South-East Asia, Western Pacific and Africa More recently, it has spread to the U. S. and European nations Currently, more than 100 countries have dengue transmission where it causes ~96 million cases of dengue clinical manifestations annually

When you present… o Face the audience o Synchronize slides with your messages o Use a pointer o Effective animations

Animation: bad example • It is important to remember not to use too many words on powerpoint slides • It is also important to remember the transition slides/messages • Do not speak too fast otherwise you will lose your audience • Humor can be used as long as it is appropriate

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Describing technical stuff… o Diagram, graph, image o Keep it simple o Use animation

Acknowledge o Statements o Logos

Acknowledgement Our Ph. D research has been funded by the generous support of the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation through the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI).

Public speaking o Before: structure your speech (the sandwich) o During: avoid jargons, use body languages, vocal variety o Power. Points: keep text simple, use effective animations, describe diagrams and graphs o Acknowledgement

Thank you! Our Ph. D research has been funded by the generous support of the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation through the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute.