How to present a paper

How to Present a Research Paper as Presentation

The presentation is an extended version of an abstract.

The presentation should be about you and what you have done rather than what others have done.

Maximum focus should be in what you did in the paper.

Go through each section of your paper and discern the most important parts that must be included.

Don’t include graphs or illustrations that you won’t explain.

Only the things you can explain should be included in your presentation.

What makes a slide presentation standout are the graphics.

Don’t include a lot of text. Deliver your presentation through pictures.

Add labellings to point to the most important part of the pictures.

When delivering your presentation, it is your responsibility to help your audience understand the research in one go because they aren’t reading your material and can’t return.

Speak in simple and easier vocabulary.

How to Give the Perfect Presentation

Part 1: Aristotle’s Model of Persuasion

Persuasion Triad

  1. Pathos: Emotion - open your audience up emotionally
  2. Ethos: Credibility - convince your audience that you are the right person to deliver this message
  3. Logos: Logic - the intellectual side, the content of your talk

Pathos

  • Why is your talk so important?

Ethos

  • Why are you the right person?

Logos

  • The meat of the talk

Part 2: The ‘Welcome to My House’ Model

Tour your audience around your house.
When they leave they know more about your house.

Part 3: Combining the Models

Connect emotionally and build rapport by telling a story.

  • Find a human face.

Continue the presentation by introducing yourself.

  • Talk a bit about yourself, your background.
  • Why are you qualified for this?

After this, take them to the meat of your talk.

Part 4: Setting the Outline

  • What are the big questions that you are asking?
  • The method that you used to answer this questions?
  • The conclusions that you found.
  • The next steps.

Part 5: Some Things to Keep in Mind

Consider peppering your presentation with anecdotes.

  • anecdotes that show your profile
  • anecdotes that communicate results and future research

You can begin with an anecdote and return to it to go full circle.

Engage emotionally in the beginning and leave emotionally at the end.