Welcome

1. Welcome Ni Hao. My name is (insert name here). I work for some institution. It is over there. I am here today to talk to you about how to improve your presentation skills. Over the next hour, I plan on reviewing 384 slides with you. If you are still reading this, then you are no longer listening to me. This is a problem because you came to hear ME speak. If you wanted to read a bunch of slides, then why waste time listening to me. Maybe you liked it when your parents read to you. Maybeyoulikethecoolcolorsand fonts I’m nowusing. Maybe you thought this was a laser show. Regardless, STOP reading and start listening to me. Otherwise it will get really hardas the fonts change and getsmaller. I bet you really wish that you could read this.

2. If It Works, It’s Good • These are suggestions, not rules • You can ignore everything here and still give a great presentation

3. What is important YOU

4. What is important • How it is said – 50% • Body Language – 30% • Visual Aids – 12% • Content – 8%

5. 90 second rule • The first 90 seconds of any presentation are crucial. • The audience is evaluating you and forming an impression.

6. Know Your Audience First and most important rule: KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE Different audiences need different types of talks Fellow experts  Technical jargon OK, Details good Briefing for Colleagues  Some jargon OK, less detailed General Audience  Minimal jargon, “Big Picture” only Know what style is appropriate for your intended audience

7. Photos • First and most important rule: KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE • Offer handouts…..after the presentation • Offer papers, patents, slides, etc • Offer information about YOU • Contact me at – your.email@DICP.com

8. Laser show

9. Visual Aids • You are the primary visual aid • Remember the word “Visual” • Keep it simple • Do not talk to the screen!

10. Reading Is Bad The practice of putting huge blocks of text on a slide and then reading every single word to the audience probably accounts for half of the problems people have with PowerPoint. Most people in the audience will be able to read the text faster than you can say it out loud. Those who can’t will be so busy reading it that they’ll tend to miss what you’re saying.  Keep words on slides to a minimum  This goes double for math/equations

11. Slide Structure – Good • Use 1 - 2 slides per minute • Use key words and phrases • Include 4 - 5 points per slide, OR……

12. Slide Structure – Good • 1 point per slide

13. Slide Structure – Good • Helps audience concentrate • Prevents audience from reading ahead • Keeps your presentation focused

14. Slide Structure - Bad This page contains too many words for a presentation slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both for your audience to read and for you to present each point. Although there are exactly the same number of points on this slide as the previous slide, it looks much more complicated. In short, your audience will spend too much time trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you

15. Bad Example • Hydrocracking works by first saturating aromatic rings and then cracking the saturated ring systems. This generally results in reduced aromaticity in products. The more aromatic rings coupled together (fused) on a molecule the greater the hydrogen consumption during saturation. • Aromatic type analysis will provide operations and/or optimization with insight into the ease of processing and impact, operating temperature, hydrogen consumption, and expected conversion, thus enabling feed stock optimisation. • The carbon in aromatic cores relative to that in aliphatic chains and rings informs the degree of crackability and product slate qualities. • Due to the complex interactions between saturation, cracking, ring opening and isomerisation, process models used in unit optimisation and LP’s require a good understanding of feedstock aromaticity.

16. Equation 1 Equation 2 Equation 3 Equation 4 Another Bad Example First set of equations Even more equations

17. Another Bad Example • And even more, this time with a reference (xxxx), JFM, xxx, 213-241, and color for ε<0.6 for ε>0.6. b= 0~0.1, indicating the activity of the catalyst

18. Slide Design Keep Background Images Simple Complicated background images make text disappear Use solid colors, or simple patterns Use animation sparingly

19. Slide Structure - Bad • No distracting animation • Don’t go overboard with animation • Be consistent with animation

20. Slide Design 1) Text Is Still Bad 2) Use high-contrast fonts and colors Certain colors are nearly invisible on some backgrounds Be aware of or sensitive to people with visual impairments, like colorblindness Don’t use complicated fontsor tiny little text An A4 printout should be readable from ~3 meters

21. Fonts - Good • At least a 24-point font • Use different size fonts • main points • secondary points • Use a standard font

22. Fonts - Bad • If you use a small font, your audience won’t be able to read what you have written • CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ • Don’t use a complicatedfont

23. Font Color - Bad • Using a font color that does not contrast with the background color is hard to read • Using color for decoration is distractingand annoying. • Using a different color for each point is unnecessary • Using a different color for secondary points is also unnecessary • Tryingtobe creativecan alsobe bad

24. Background & Fonts - Good • Attractive but simple • Words should contrast with the background • Be consistent throughout presentation • Emphasize a point • But only use this occasionally

25. Background - Bad • Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from • Always be consistent with the background that you use

26. Example - Bad Improvement of catalyst for syngas to bijou in one-step synthesis The active temperature could match that of something Non-X-based catalysts Could synergistically catalyze reaction with something Improvement of process of syngas to bijou via beer The roles of metal in ZX-zeolite Improve performance & stability of reactions The roles of X2 in feed gases Mechanism of some formation over something with some atmosphere

27. Spelling and Grammar • Proof your slides for: • speling mistakes • use of ofofrepeated words • grammatical errors • Have someone else proof your slides

28. Graphs - Good • Use graphs rather than just charts and words • Data in graphs is easier to comprehend & retain than raw data • Trends are easier to visualize in graph form • Always title your graphs • Label your axis clearly • Don’t put everything into one graph

29. Graphs - Bad • Remember your significant digits

30. Graphs - Good

31. Graphs - Good

32. Graphs - Bad • Minor gridlines are unnecessary • Font is too small • Colors could show more contrast • Title is missing

33. Graphs – Bad – Dual Y axis

34. Graphs - Good

35. Graphs – too much info for a presentation

36. Presentation vs Poster vs Pre-read • Remember – you are here to speak!

37. Keep it simple Staff Members (total = 1899) 15 Academicians Graduate Students

38. You tell the story 1899

39. Good pre-read • Compressor reliability • 170J – works well but can’t use all available capacity • 149J – just spent $1m and it is still having problems • J2 – poor design, will never work well • Flash gas production • More production than compressor capacity • Actual production is unknown due to unmetered spills to fuel.

40. Good presentation

41. Good pre-read Current Opportunity/ Situation NYH AND WEST COAST 3:2:1 CRACK SPREAD (1992-2002) • During certain market periods, opportunities exist to lock-in margins associated with incremental crude runs • Play significant deviations • Reduce risk given historical sharpness of margin declines • Several refining business units over the past 12 months have locked-in the crude to product spread • Refinery 1 • Refinery 2 • Multiple trading benches are requesting clarity regarding when is it appropriate to lock in incremental refining margins • Implications: • Higher crude runs can mean significant portion is converted to diesel • G/D flexibility can result in increased diesel output Favorable market conditions 2 standard deviation moves 2 standard deviation moves

42. Good presentation

43. Example – simple

44. Example – Too much

45. Example – Too much • Nano scale • Big aspect ratio • Chemically stable • Electrically/thermal conductivity • Flexible • Impermeable Nano Lett. 2008; 8:2458 Science 2012;335:442

46. Example – Too much ACS Nano 2012;6(2):1102 ACS Nano 2011;5(2):1321

47. Example – Too much SS304+ G

48. Example – Too much

49. Example – Too much, too small Break this up into multiple slides

50. Example – Too much No claim of this technology