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 3Presentation • Dividing up the presentation • Delivering the presentation with your partner • Questions to ask yourselves: organization, slidedesign, 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: • brief project overview • 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 Speaker 2: • 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: Option 2 (The Sandwich) Speaker 1: • brief project overview • sufficient background information for everyone to understand your proposal context=bread Speaker 2: • statement of the research problem and goals • project details and method • predicted outcomes if everything goes•needed resources to complete according to plan and ifthe 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: • brief project overview each partner speaks long enough to establish flow • project details and methods • predicted outcomes if everything goes according to plan and if nothing Speaker 2: • sufficient background information for everyone to understand your proposal • 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