Concept Maps and Advice

www.stewart.sdsu.edu, Dr. Kris Stewart
San Diego State University

In CS 490 today, we will survey a variety of resources on making presentations for different purposes. Our base reference from Jeff Radel is our starting point:
www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html
Why do you think the Kansas University Medical Center sponsors this work? Who do doctors speak with?

• Peers (other doctors) giving technical presentation to informed individuals whose expertise may be in a different area.
• their patients (may have little schooling, but may also have plenty of schooling)
• their donors (hospitals needs lots of $$$'s)
• others?

Jill Bolte Taylor TED talk on "How it feels to have a stroke". 20 min

Contrast this with Cliff Stoll's presentation

UK has a valuable www.presentationmagazine.com/. Along with samples, there is the www.presentationmagazine.com/seven-deadly-sins-of-presentations-4842.htm: 1. Thou shalt not be boring, 2. Thou shalt not be rude, 3. Thou shalt not be unprofessional, 5. Thou shalt not say sorry, 6. Thou shalt not lose sight of the audience, 7. Thou shalt not fear questions
www.presentationmagazine.com/the-art-of-persuasive-presentations-3142.htm
www.presentationmagazine.com/6-tips-to-use-body-language-in-your-presentations-3313.htm
www.presentationmagazine.com/12-top-tips-for-public-speaking-3128.htm

www.presentationmagazine.com/Essential_Presentation_skills.htm

Essential Presentation Skills. we get asked the same question many times - "Help, I've got a presentation coming up next week and don't know what to do?" In this survival guide we highlight the three skills that YOU MUST KNOW before your next presentation. They are tried and tested and make it very easy to improve your performance.
Essential Presentation Skills - the three things YOU MUST KNOW. Here we expose the three essential pieces of information that can make your presentation fly. Most of these are common sense, but you'd be surprised how often they are missed out.
The Three Presentation Essentials

1. Use visual aids where you can
2. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
3. The audience will only remember three messages

www.presentationmagazine.com/Essential_presentation_skills_1_visuals.htm

Ditch the bullet points - use pictures instead.

www.presentationmagazine.com/Essential_presentation_skills_2_Rehearsal.htm

"If you fail to prepare, you are prepared to fail"

www.presentationmagazine.com/Essential_presentation_skills_3_Rule_of_three.htm

People tend to remember lists of three things. Structure your presentation around threes and it will become more memorable.