Presenting data analysis report in 10 minutes

Mahbubul Majumder, PhD
Dec 11, 2014

What to present

  • First thing first, present yourself or your team
    • presenting is a privilege not many people have
  • Start with a motivational example, something that describes your data
  • Describe the problem or the question that you are dealing
  • present the data and results
    • not everything is interesting. Just show the WOW part
    • use any media, animation, figure or plot that makes it easy to understand
    • 10 minutes is a long time to hold people's interest
  • Present your data product if you created one

    • just show what it is good for or why somebody should buy it
  • Talk about future direction or planning

  • Finally, be excited with your amazing work and let others be excited too

Talking about your team

  • What is interesting about you or your team ?

    • just get the audience ready to enjoy your talk
    • creates a new environment
    • you have only 15-30 seconds to do that
  • Interest about yourself can be grown by sharing exciting news

    • for example, give some information like the following while talking about you
      • this project helped you get a job
      • this project motivated you to pursue PhD
      • you forgot to go home one night while working with this project in the lab
      • or whatever

The first slide

  • Spare the first slide to draw attention

    • motivational picture or information related to your work
  • Think of the diverse audience you have

    • someone may just got a speeding ticket before getting here
    • someone may be thinking of their talk
    • get all of them on board and forget what they were supposed to think
  • Put a WOW picture

    • a good picture, with a nice description and your explanation goes a long way

Manage your time

  • Plan how much time you will spend on certain slide

    • writing your speech will help
    • smoother transition between slides will help to implement the plan
  • You don't have time to show everything

    • if you spend 1 minute in each slide, you can have only 10 slides to show
    • pick few important points you want to talk about
      • create a slide based on each point
      • create some other slides just to fill in the gaps
    • use your written report to explain little details

Practice before your talk

  • Even famous speakers practice a lot before a presentation
    • saves time
    • helps avoiding unnecessary speeches
    • can explain difficult concept in a natural way
    • makes transition between slides continuous
    • helps you not to rush


Practice, Practice and Practice

Reading assignment and references