While attending SAVCBS, FroCoS, and FTP I made some notes with things I liked and things I disliked in the presentations. These are questions of personal style and the list below reflects what I want and I do not want to be as a presenter.
Do
- speak loudly, slowly, and clearly
- use questions to engage the audience and to make sure you are proceeding at the right pace
- say explicitly what are the main ideas
- present examples, details, and technical material periodically
- explain the notation
- use English properly
- present open questions
- present (slowly!) some basics
- skip the formal parts if time is pressing
- ask if the audience has questions periodically (≈ 5 minutes)
- make pauses to allow the audience to think about the consequences of what you said and to read the extra information on the slide (≈ 30 seconds)
- say everything twice, preferably once in an informal way and once in a more formal way, but with some pause in-between
- present `lessons learned'
- show the implementation in the presentation, because it gives a concrete idea of what it does if it is seen in action
- leave time for questions
Don't
- be overtime
- present only a high-level view
- say “I'm sure everyone knows”
- waste time with the outline (in the beginning)
- speak in a monotone voice (I'm skeptic I'll be able to fix this, somehow my throat hurts if I do otherwise)
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