| Two Weeks before
Presentation |
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Carefully analyze the paper you have to present.
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Identify the paper's key points.
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| Ten Days before Presentation |
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Submit to instructors via e-mail your answers to the questions in "Preparing
a Seminar Talk on a Published Paper."
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| One Week before Presentation |
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Submit via e-mail your PowerPoint slides for instructors to review.
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Schedule a videotaped practice session with the presentations coach.
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| Three Days before Presentation |
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Revise slides based on feedback from instructors.
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Complete videotaped practice session with the presentations coach and your
presentation helper. Receive feedback.
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Make a list of questions you anticipate being asked and schedule a follow-up
practice session if it would be helpful.
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| Presentation Day |
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Arrive ten minutes early to class to test the technical support.
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Deliver presentation and receive feedback from instructors and peers.
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| Post-Presentation |
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Reflect on this experience. Did you communicate effectively? Did the audience
understand the key points? Could you answer the audience's questions? What
were your strengths and weaknesses (content, delivery, visuals, q &
a)?
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