Topics • electronic version of professional biographies: – 9 not yet submitted – late penalty: 10% per day starting after 7pm tonight • ~27 teams – 1 missing project description – 5 students without projects or teams • schedule: upcoming due dates • next Wednesday: start oral presentations
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Topics electronic version of professional biographies: –9 not yet submitted –late penalty: 10% per day starting after 7pm tonight ~27 teams –1 missing.
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Topics
• electronic version of professional biographies:– 9 not yet submitted– late penalty: 10% per day starting after 7pm tonight
• ~27 teams– 1 missing project description– 5 students without projects or teams
• schedule: upcoming due dates
• next Wednesday: start oral presentations
Fall 2007 Schedule of Due Dates
M/F: due at 3pm in ERC 536W: due at class time
• start oral reports on 10/17• overview of project in 5-10 minutes
Upcoming Due Dates
• Friday 10/12: hardcopy of signed team contract– work on this in class today
style of presentation retention after 3 hours retention after 3 days
oral only 70% 10%
visual only 72% 20%
oral and visual 85% 65%
Introduction
• get the audience’s attention• don’t just read title, give intuition (briefly)• motivate the problem• give the big picture and focus down to the
problem domain
Body
• give an overview (“chapter headings”)• help the audience to know when you change
topics• progress through topics
Conclusions
• what one or two things would you like the audience to remember?
Slides
• bulleted lists• tables and graphs• schematics or line drawings
NEVER use sentences or paragraphs!
• summarize ... don’t read words on slides to the audience
Overcoming Speech Anxiety
• be well-prepared• memorize your opening lines• practice transitions• talk to friendly faces (avoid negative ones)• OK to make mistakes, don’t call attention to them
Severe Speech Anxiety
• induced by fight or flight response• exercise 1-2 hours beforehand• take deep breaths before you start• lessens over time (with practice)
Style Tips
• look at eyes (or foreheads!)• scan audience as you talk• speak confidently• use a pointer• step away from screen to draw attention to speaker• avoid fidgeting (“um …,” “you know …”)• be well-groomed, relaxed• be enthusiastic (smile)
Presentation Guidelines5 slides max
• title slide– project name– team member and advisor names– team photo(s) labeled with names
• motivation/background of project• problem statement• subproblems that need to be solved• (preliminary) approach to solving them• expected result or contribution• evaluation: how will you know when you’re done
and whether you’ve done a good job?
Team Contract Contents
• submit hardcopy signed by all team members Friday 10/12• keep a signed copy in team notebook (goes in design report at end of quarter)• address any negative behavior that is a concern for your team
1. individual responsibilities or duties (at least 5 items)– what should each person do to ensure that the team succeeds?
• who maintains the project notebook? • who is responsible for submitting assignments?• what are individual responsibilities for quality of work, quantity of work,
participation?• do the responsibilities change each quarter?
2. team responsibilities (at least 5 items)– what does the team do to ensure that it functions well?
• how frequently do you plan to meet?• how will you communicate when you are not meeting face-to-face?• how will you resolve conflicts?• how will you hold one another accountable for work?
3. penalties for infractions– incident specific to address problems identified above– escalate for repeated infractions?– should be realistic and enforceable by team