Creating your Research Proposal Presentation Atissa Banuazizi Lecturer Writing Across the Curriculum 13 November 2007 Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Overview Goals and components of the Module 3 Presentation Dividing up the presentation Delivering the presentation with your partner Questions to ask yourselves organization slide design delivery Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Goals for your presentation How can you make your proposal compelling Convince audience that project is worth doing Convince audience that you can do it Assume that your audience comprises experts in your topic intelligent non experts with exposure to your field Useful tips on creating funding proposals at http www wwu edu depts rsp insideview pdf Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Components of the presentation brief project overview sufficient background information for everyone to understand your proposal statement of the research problem and goals project details and methods predicted outcomes if everything goes according to plan and if nothing does needed resources to complete the work societal impact if all goes well Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Dividing up the presentation general principles Each partner should speak roughly the same amount of time Audiences will assume change in speakers corresponds to change in topic don t confuse them Changing speakers can distract audience slow the talk down keep shifts to a minimum How you choose to divide the talk depends on the shape of your presentation many different options Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Dividing up the presentation Option 1 Down the Middle Speaker 1 Speaker 2 brief project overview project details and methods sufficient background information for everyone to understand your proposal statement of the research problem and goals division assumes that Part I is roughly as long as Part II predicted outcomes if everything goes according to plan and if nothing does needed resources to complete the work societal impact if all goes well Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Dividing up the presentation Option 2 The Sandwich Speaker 1 Speaker 2 brief project overview sufficient background information for everyone to understand your proposal context bread statement of the research problem and goals project details and method predicted outcomes if everything goes needed resources to complete according to plan and if the work nothing does societal impact if all goes well experiment nuts bolts filling Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Dividing up the presentation Option 3 Back and Forth Speaker 1 Speaker 2 brief project overview sufficient background information for everyone to understand your proposal each partner speaks long enough to establish flow project details and methods predicted outcomes if everything goes according to plan and if nothing statement of the research problem and goals needed resources to complete the work societal impact if all goes well Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY More options for specific kinds of projects Two discrete research questions OR Two discrete methods each partner follows one strand introductory and concluding material each presented by a single partner Other possibilities depending on the particulars of your material Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Help focus the audience s attention on the right speaker During overview identify who will speak on what topic Review Preview as you proceed through the talk Articulate transitions explictly hand off Only one partner onstage at a time If you re not speaking don t hover nearby Do not interrupt each other Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Rehearse as a team Note timing of each section and of talk as a whole Practice moving into speaking position at transition points Will you advance each other s slides Aim for similar speaking styles Photo removed due to copyright restrictions don t imitate each other but match your formality levels Familiarize yourself with partner s material Practice Q A Cite as Angela Belcher Drew Endy Natalie Kuldell and Agi Stachowiak Course materials for 20 109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering Fall 2007 MIT OpenCourseWare http ocw mit edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Downloaded on DD Month YYYY Questions to ask