How to Give Oral Presentations

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1 How to Give Oral Presentations
复旦大学新视野系列研究生课程：科研论文的构思、撰写和发表 How to Give Oral Presentations 许田 教授 12月12日：汤钊猷院士讲座

2 许田教授 82年复旦大学遗传专业毕业，87年获耶鲁大学生物学专业硕士学位、90年获博士学位，90年-93年在UC-Berkeley从事博士后研究。93到耶鲁大学执教，先后任助理教授、副教授、教授、系副主任和休斯医学研究所成员。 发明在果蝇研究中广泛使用的镶嵌体分析技术，领导研究组在抑癌基因、发育及疾病的产生机制方面有诸多重要贡献，在Cell和Nature Genetics等刊物上发表了多篇论文并获发明专利6项。2001年与韩珉、庄原教授一起创建了复旦大学发育生物学研究所，有关PB转座子的发现发表在《Cell》上，是我校第一篇Cell论文。

3 作业？： 1.根据所给数据撰写论文标题和论文前言、材料和方法、结果、讨论部分的摘要（限前言3句、M&M5个标题、结果5句、讨论3句以内）。
2.选择合适的投稿杂志并以通讯作者身份给该杂志写一封投稿信。

4 How to Give Oral Presentations
Tian Xu Howard Hughes Medical Institute Yale University Institute of Developmental Biology And Molecular Medicine Fudan University

5 You Need to Have Excellent Data!
How to Give Good Oral Presentations You Need to Have Excellent Data!

6 Communication is as important as
Good Oral Presentations Are Essential Communication is as important as doing experiments * Exchange data and ideas * Stimulate thoughts * Leading the pack

7 Public Speech * A Learned Skill not a natural talent * Everyone Is Nervous

8 Good Oral Presentations Are Essential
* Goal * Structure * Supporting Data * Audience’s Needs

9 Respect Yourself and Others
“Should” Respect Yourself and Others * Spend Time to Prepare * Write Down Your Talk * Practice Your Talk * Reference Other’s Work * Know What You Talk About * Keep the Audience Excited

10 Respect Yourself and Others
“Should” Respect Yourself and Others * Confidence, Credibility * Easy to Understand * Easy to Remember

11 “Should Not” * Too Long * Too Much Data * Too Much Detail * Too Fast

12 Keep Audience Awake * Your Intention Their Interests Sex Health Wealth
Themselves * Connected with audience

13 Simple, Clear, Precise, Focused
How to Prepare A Slide Simple, Clear, Precise, Focused * A Title for Each Slide * Write as Brief as Possible * Use Contrast and Comparison

14 Use Powerpoint Background: Dark Blue? Style: Bold Font: Comic Sans MS?
Spelling Check: Always Color: Balanced Import Images and Graphics Animation: Yes

15 Use Diagrams and Images
A picture is better than thousand words Style: Simple and Clear Label: Always

16 Style YES NO Be Cool Panic Be Polite Shy Use Intonation … Use Humor
Energetic, Scholarly Be Yourself

17 Where should we go?

18 Organize Your Talk Define Question Background Outline Approach
Historical Events/Views Present Data Relate to Other’s Work Draw Conclusion Give Credits to Others Put into the Big Picture One point at A Time

19 Give credits to the people
Acknowledgements Give credits to the people who have done the work and who have helped you!

20 Answer Questions * Respect audience
* Listen carefully before answering questions * When you are not sure about the question * When you don’t know the answer

21 Thank You For Your Attention
Don’t Forget to Thank Your Audience Thank You For Your Attention