Higher School of Economics. Oral Academic Presentation

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Although the organization of your research paper and your oral presentation

Although the organization of your research paper and your oral presentation

are similar, the presentation style should be very different.
The slides for a presentation should convey ideas, not details.
Your goal in a presentation is to present the ideas of your research paper in a visually appealing way.
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Outline Practicalities Preparing an Oral Presentation Delivering an Oral Presentation Useful Techniques

Outline

Practicalities
Preparing an Oral Presentation
Delivering an Oral Presentation
Useful Techniques

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Practicalities 5-7 min long (~2 min per a double-spaced page if

Practicalities

5-7 min long (~2 min per a double-spaced page if

reading)
10-15 slides
20-24 point font size
Overall organization
Balance between text and images
Simple tables and graphs
Sentence fragments
Capitalized Headlines
Meticulous Referencing (both in-text citations and references)
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Overall Structure Title/author/affiliation - 1 slide Outline – 1 slide Background

Overall Structure

Title/author/affiliation - 1 slide
Outline – 1 slide
Background Information/Research Q/Thesis Statement

– 2-3 slides
Literature Review - 4-5 slides
Methods and Data - 1-2 slides
Results – 1-2 slides
Summary – 1 slide
References – 1-2 slides
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Research Paper vs. Oral Presentation

Research Paper vs. Oral Presentation

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Strategies to Highlight Key Points Bullet points Parallel structures in lists

Strategies to Highlight Key Points

Bullet points
Parallel structures in lists (n+n+n;

Ving+Ving; V+V)
Rhetorical signposts to help the listener follow you and remember the content (repeating key words, rephrasing your thesis statement)
Eye contact
Assertion-evidence pattern
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Visuals (1) Simple images to enhance the text Verbal assertion-visual evidence (Andion 2010)

Visuals (1)

Simple images to enhance the text
Verbal assertion-visual evidence (Andion 2010)

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Visual (2) Minimum text (sentence fragments are OK) Simple and clear

Visual (2)

Minimum text (sentence fragments are OK)
Simple and clear graphs, tables

and charts
No disturbing effects
No bright colours