Tips for Conference Presenting!
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2019
- What makes a good conference talk? How can I prepare for my first time? What unexpected surprises should I expect?
This video is based on my time at the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston in March, 2019. I had a wonderful time and presented my PhD research to an audience of around 200 fellow scientists. Here I've compiled some tips I made note of while observing which talks I liked best and which I found hard to follow, as well as from evaluating my own performance.
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My name is Lucy Kissick, I’m a third year PhD student researching ancient Martian lakes at the University of Oxford, and the best advice I ever heard was from Spyro the Dragon, 1998: "Aim high in life but watch out for flying boxes".
Thank you for sharing your tips!
short takeaways:
making slides:
- check dimension (4:3 or 16:9), stick to the theme, make sure color works in low contrast
- keep thing simple, one point per slide, use minimal text
- make every slide consistent, graphs should be distinctly differentiated
speech part:
- look at the audience: turn to the board only when you need to use a laser pointer or check clicker is working
- don't overuse the laser pointer
- don't fill the temptation to fill pauses
- make sure talk loudly
- introduction: how specialized your audience is, and skip unnecessary content
- think about where you come into your story, why your work is new/ relevant/ important
Q&A
- don't end with a thank you slide
- feel free to say "I don't know", "come and talk later"
You're amazing! Thank e
❤
I feel I am being taught by Hermione
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Which is amazing not gonna lie
That is sooooo true
This was excellent, thank you. Never would have thought to leave the conclusions slide up but can see how that would help the audience.
So I am here with a presentation in less than 24 hours dammit
i feel u haha... same situation here
LOL
Well? How did it go?
hope it went well. have mine soon
Hahah, try one hour. I am so screwed.
I really like the energy and how enthusiastic you are when you talk about this.
Lemme tell you, after many years of sadness I got the motivation to present something in a conference again and here I am, listening to your good advices. Hope I will be accepted in a conference. Thank you.
I'm an undergraduate student and presenting at a virtual conference in a month. I have never presented anywhere except in front of the same 30 students I study in my class with. I am extremely nervous. these tips are amazing. Thank you so much
How did it gooooo
@@amuthasathish1 It was great!! Quite smooth! these tips really helped
Thank you for this information. You help me alot. I was looking for that all the day but at last i find it in your channel. Thank you again 🙏💕
Thank you for sharing these valuable information Dr. Lucy!
Your hints are brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing it! 🙏♥
I love this. And I love how you presented it (I literally held my head high when you said to :D). You have one more subscriber.
Thank you for sharing!
Good luck on your PhD!
man this is so helpful, thank you for making this video!!
Hey Lucy :) I am giving my first high stake seminar in a week and your input comes in so handy , just the right tips and tricks .... keep up the good work and good luck with your academic career :)
Thank you for sharing your tips, Lucy!!
Just want to say 'Thank you'.
I'm preparing my very First conference in my life. (for my Master research)
and your tips help me a lot. Hope I can get throgh it well! Thanks again. :))
I hope you felt proud!
Thants for that. Very informative and well timed for me! 🙂
after 3 hours i am presenting my research paper
at a conference, thank you for helpful tips
This helped me a lot and calmed me down. Thank you so much!
My first one is tomorrow, and it's virtual. I'm certainly less anxious after listening to you. Where have you been all my life 😂. Thank you!
Thanks for the tips Lucy! I'm a third year PhDer too and they're really useful!
thank you so much your tips. I am going to present my research in conference this saturday, and i am so nervous. But your tips are so helpful, thank you !
Thanks for a great video once again! I'm considering doing a PhD in roughly 1.5 years and your videos are great for getting some insight into all the stuff that would come with one :
good stuff, it's a tough decision so it's good you're thinking about it early on
I just finished giving my first presentation for my research and this video was such a HUGE help. Thanks Lucy!
I hope this channel would also be useful to you. ua-cam.com/users/phdstudytips
Really glad it helped, congrats on getting that first presentation over with!
Thank you so much for these tips. ❤
Thank you so much for the tips, watching this in September 2021, going for a conference tomorrow, I will apply these tips, hope it all goes well.
Wonderful advice! Thanks for sharing.
Excellent tips, Lucy! ❤
Thanks for the conference crucial information! Going to have my first conference and your tips definitely going to help since I didn't find any video that could provide such a details!
glad to help! I agree there aren't many concise sources out there, these were from my own experience
Really appreciated your insights on this topic! I recently uploaded a video on my 5 key tips for presenting at a conference from my own experiences. Was neat to hear your take on a similar topic from a different field! :)
Hi, I'm an undergrad and about to present my research at a consortium for the first time. Thank you so much for these simple tips!
Lucy, you're so so sweet. Just staring at your eyes all through, lol. Though you were fast, I got the whole point. I'm so sure your presentations are awesome. Also, I would have preferred if you had a video presentation/example showing the presentation tips 😁
Helpfull. Thanks for sharing your experience
Thank you so much, I needed this!
I'm applying for a workshop and when I get accepted (this workshop or any other event afterward) I'll take your notes into account.
hope you got on the workshop!
So good tips, Thank you.
This helped me a lot. I have my first conference presentation this week!
Always like your tips Lucy.
Congrats, and tks!. Greatings from ECUADOR
Thanks for this :) Ill be having my presentation this coming Saturday :)
First rule of a great presentation is always break the ice before starting. Know your material through and through. Treat your audience as if you are talking to one person and never take a cheat sheet.
This is fantastic!
Great notes..Thank you very much
Hi Lucy... Love your hair 😍. Thanks for the sharing, my debut is in october 2019. I'm starting on with my slides as I search through for presentation tips, and walla I found your awesome vid. Good luck to you and thanks again. (P. S. I am in 3rd year PhD too 🙏😁)
Thank you about my hair, I grew it myself. Good luck for your 'debut', nice to hear from fellow third year
Very nice video Lucy! Regarding the last slide. Many people dread the "Questions?" or "Thank for your attention" slides; some just put a black page in the presentation.
What I like to do is end with a slide that makes it obvious that the presentation is over, even though it does not say it explicitly: almost always a slide with my contacts for non-academic presentations or a slide with citations for academic presentations will do the trick.
ah yes having your contacts is a great idea, so people can contact you and look you up after.
Thank you lucy ❤
Hi Lucy! I am PhD student too, and I can understand how nerve racking presentations are. The problems we face are definitely with the slides and keeping them engaging. Could you please share your slide format or template if you don't mind?
Love it.
Thank you for the tips, next week will be my very first online conference.
Good talk. Found it helpful. :)
Thanks. That was helpful.
Well done Lucy 👍
thank you lucy
Would love you to do a video on what to buy before starting a PhD! Do you use any diaries/planners you couldn’t be without, hard drives etc.
That's a great idea, thank you! :)
I have my first conference in 2 weeks I was really stressed till I saw this, thank you
hope you smashed it mate :)
Thank you for these great tips, Lucy! I'm a first year PhD student in Japan and I hope I can use these myself soon 😊
Kindly go through my channel for other tips as PhD student ua-cam.com/users/phdstudytips
Tons of thanks
Thank you sooo much 🤩
Wonderful tips! Also, the overall production quality of this video is very impressive! Would you mind sharing what camera/ microphone you used to make it?
Thanks for sharing Lucy, I can relate because the first time I had to present my work in front of the scientific community I was terrified.
same mate, and every time thereafter
I have a presentation in two days. I am stressed af 😐
Hi Dr. Lucy, I am a new subscriber. Just want to know where did you get the sound you put at the end of your every video? Is it your personal composition or an online clip? I would like to hear the full track. It really stuck to me from the first time I heard it. Appreciate the response! Your work is inspiring!
Excellent tips, thank you!
In 2 weeks i will be part of my first conference, i am really nervous right now but i think it will be ok!
I’m in the same situation now 😢💔
@@ghzg3501 Good luck! You are going to do great :)
Thank you!
Your video just lighten me up. I have paper presentation in 3 hours 😊
Well done you brilliant shining light of beauty
3 days to go until my presentation day
Excellent 👍
Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for this🔥 I am going to do my debut as a researcher at a conference next month
ooh good luck with it, it's a nerve-wracking but very exciting experience
I am deep in the nerve-wracking portion currently😂 but will surely be happy once the exciting part fully grasps me. Thank you so much🔥
thank you very much ...
I had my first conference presentation yesterday, and am crying right now, I really fucked up, I didn't prepare well, I tried to learn by heart the script, then when I was presenting I forgot many lines, and as a result I stuttered any many words because my brain went blank, I think my presentation was the worst and I didn't eat anything all day, today am searching how to heal from this trauma and started to question my life choices, and whether I deserve to be in this place, this feeling sucks and I just can't forget about it
Thanks Lucy! I have to present at a conference in May and I'm pretty nervous. I am nervous about the questions at the end..and nota understanding them haha 😅
After watching my video you will be never nervous again. ua-cam.com/video/W2VN6bp_F70/v-deo.html
hope the conference went great! Oh my goodness the questions bit might be my least favourite, at this one conference I had to ask someone to repeat a question twice before just accepting I couldn't understand them and making up something to say....
thank you
Have you done a video on how to present a paper on Zoom or for a webinar?
WOW
Great 👍👍👍👍
thank uuuu
Thank you very much mam
You sound like Hermione granger!! Thanks for the tips!!
Which software you used for your presentation?
Would you please mind to do it with English subtitles ...
I would hire you just because of your voice 😚 very swift ...
Good tips. Best heard in 0.75 x speed :)
Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaase tell us your method for reading and taking notes on scientific papers
ua-cam.com/users/phdstudytips
you got it mate I'm going to make a Q&A video and I'll definitely address this
How important is to have data?
if its ok i would be glad if you can share your presentation
can we get your presentation as a sample?
2 days for my paper
Hello dear impossible help me for making presentation
I’m phd study
Good tips, but I hope you didn't go that fast during your presentation ;)
Love you, Lucy. You are so cute
You are talking soooo fast: I was having a hard time to follow. But thanks for your tips!
Lower the speed in settings
Well, please talk a little bit more slow... 😅 Fast with britain ( maybe ) accent ...
Whats ur problem
I like your tips Loisy.. You look tired ad pale though..
Me personally, once I feel tired, I start 'athekr' and I read surat al baqarah, it is such a treasor 😊 best of luck to all PhD students.
@@sawsen8042 Writing Conference Paper
ua-cam.com/video/4lhfg3eoHkM/v-deo.html
Santo Dios habla súper rápido no se le entiende 😢
Do not care about fucking tips
Ohhh mam, you speak too fast 😢😢😢😢😢
Thank you!