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+ | <li><b><u>Common presentation components</b></u>: You can choose to present your work in any way you wish. The most common components are: | ||
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+ | <ol>Background and motivation</ol> | ||
+ | <ol>Engineering and design of your genetic device</ol> | ||
+ | <ol>Methodology overview of building your device (only if a new or unusual method)</ol> | ||
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<li><b><u>Presentation clarity</b></u>: Is your presentation easy to follow? This is of critical importance when presenting complex material. If possible, practice presenting to an audience outside of your research group. Oftentimes, asking another PI, postdoc or senior graduate student to listen to your talk will help improve your talk's clarity.</li> | <li><b><u>Presentation clarity</b></u>: Is your presentation easy to follow? This is of critical importance when presenting complex material. If possible, practice presenting to an audience outside of your research group. Oftentimes, asking another PI, postdoc or senior graduate student to listen to your talk will help improve your talk's clarity.</li> | ||
<li><b><u>Presentation design</b></u>: Is the layout and graphic design professional and easy to understand? You should use colors that work well together (see <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/">Colour Lovers</a> for guidance) and try to use clean, simple designs. If possible, avoid using red and green in the same graph since about 8-10% of the male population and 0.5% of the female population have some level of colorblindness, with red-green being the most prevalent.</li> | <li><b><u>Presentation design</b></u>: Is the layout and graphic design professional and easy to understand? You should use colors that work well together (see <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/">Colour Lovers</a> for guidance) and try to use clean, simple designs. If possible, avoid using red and green in the same graph since about 8-10% of the male population and 0.5% of the female population have some level of colorblindness, with red-green being the most prevalent.</li> |
Revision as of 18:51, 3 September 2015
In iGEM, the purpose of the presentation is to communicate the project to others in an information and engaging manner. Teams are welcome to add an interactive or theatrical component to their presentation as well. Powerpoint slides or Prezi presentations are the most common methods of giving a presentation.
Presentation Guidelines
Please see below for presentation guidelines:
- Each team is assigned a 30 minute session:
- 5 minutes for setting up
- 20 minutes for presenting
- 5 minutes for questions from the judges and audience
- Teams are given a 2 minute warning, then a 1 minute warning, and then will be cut off after the full 20 minutes
- Only registered student members of the team are allowed to present and answer questions
- Presentations should include an attributions section
- Speak loudly and clearly
- Teams should select 2-4 team members who are comfortable with talking in front of an audience to give the team's presentation
- While only a few team members present the project, the entire team should be at the presentation and should join their teammates during the questions
Presentation Evaluation Criteria
When judges are evaluating team presentations, they are looking for the following:
- Common presentation components: You can choose to present your work in any way you wish. The most common components are:
- Background and motivation
- Engineering and design of your genetic device
- Methodology overview of building your device (only if a new or unusual method)
Presentation Examples
In 2014, Teams UCSF UCB (undergraduate) and ITESM-Guadalajara (overgraduate) won Best Presentation. You can see their presentation slides here:
Additional presentation slides can be found on the Results page. You can navigate to different years from the top menu bar, and view team presentation slides by clicking on the slide icon next to a team's name.