ECE CLEAR

Technical Presentation Resource Page

Templates

General Speaking Resources

Why Speak Better?
ECE Speaking Program
ECE Speaking Resources
Individual Classes

LEAP

ECE 2000

ECE 3300

ECE 3500

ECE 3910

ECE 3960

CLEAR Center Contacts

See your CLEAR Engineering communication consultant with any questions.

Dynette Reynolds, Writing
dynette@comcast.net
Office Hours: T and R 2-3:30

Keith Cormier, Speaking and Teamwork
keith_k_cormier@hotmail.com
Office Hours: M and W 2-3, T 11-12

Both are in MEB 2233, 581-8715. For Comments on the ECE Speaking Program: Dr. Cynthia Furse

About the CLEAR Engineering Program

What we can do for your public speaking events?

Help you begin your presentation
Help you refine your presentation
Video record your practice presentation and go over it with you before “game day”
Video record your formal/ actual presentation and review your performance

CLEAR can help turn you from this type of communicator….

Brilliant yet unintelligible Professor Fink of the TV show The Simpsons Ben Stein – Boring Teacher from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Into this type….

Bill Nye the Science Guy Mr. Wizard – the guru of introducing complex science concepts to young minds

All are welcome and encouraged to get individual advice and assistance from me or other CLEAR staff members. I sincerely enjoy this type of work and will help you start or refine your presentations.

However, when I am not available this set of resources should steer you in the best direction to developing superior presentations. The goal was to provide quick, easy, and painless pointers for speaking. The order should take you from start to finish of developing an engineering presentation.

Note: most people think they are good presenters but few actually are effective and all of us can improve. Instead of letting your ego talk you into a bad presentation skim the information you think you know and brush up on newer areas of public speaking.

ECE CLEAR Program Overview

ECE Program 4 year plan

Fall

Spring

Freshman: Description and Explanation

ELEAP / Wrtg 2010

(Team Skills)

(Speaking Opportunity)

ECE 1000: Introduction to Electrical Engineering

(Description & Summary Lab Notes)

(Concept Memo)

Sophomore: Analysis/Synthesis

ECE 2000: Fundamentals of Electric Circuits

(Lab Reports)

(Speaking Opportunity)

ECE 2100: Fundamentals of Engineering Electronics

(Lab Reports)

(“How it Works” Presentation, Proposal and Memo)

Wrtg 3400 (see about replacing with a different course in senior year or certifying Sr. Proj. writing intensive)

Junior: Evidence/Persuasion/Credibility

ECE 3300: Introduction to Electromagnetics

(RF Safety Impromptu Presentation)

(Project Report)

ECE 3500: Introduction to Signals and Systems

(BW Allocation Presentation)

(Project Report)

ECE 3920: Business of Engineering

(Speaking Opportunity)

( Business Plan)

(Team Skills)

ECE 3530: Engineering Probability and Statistics

(Patents)

ECE 3700: Fundamentals of Digital System Design

(Lab Memos)

(Team Skills)

ECE 3930: Business of Engineering

(Speaking Opportunity)

(Team Skills)

( Business Plan)

ECE 3910: Prethesis

(Pre-Thesis Proposal)

(Research Paper Summary)

Senior: Professional Practice

ECE 4910: Senior Capstone Design

(Team Skills) (Progress Reports) (Progress Reports)

ECE 4920: Senior Capstone Design

(Written and Oral Formal Reports)

(Team Skills)

ECE Speaking Resources

Getting Started

Any Speech, the BIG picture

Technical Presentations (a Power Point with instructions included)

From Attention to Interest

Communicating Complex information

Five Important Features of a Technical Presentation

Individual Class Resources

ECE 1000 The Professional Technical Presentation

Focus: Basic structure of the professional presentation

Technical Presentation Competency: Simple

· Communication apprehension

· Topic choice

· Audience analysis

· Organization and form

· The introduction

· The conclusion

· Basic delivery

In Class Exercises: The informative speech- Informative presentation or Explanatory speech, Company profile speech, Engineering LEAP, Create their own assessment form, How it works speech, Back to the Future speech, Mr. Wizard’s World, Elevator introduction speech, What does an engineer do speech, attend the Gould Lecture and observe organization, Derivation review

ECE 2000 Advanced Delivery of the Professional Technical Presentation

Focus: Style and explanation of complex concepts

Technical Presentation Competency: Results-oriented, numerically rich, and visually sophisticated

· Explaining complex concepts

· Overcoming obstacles to understanding complex concepts

· Techniques for maintaining interest

· Visual aid design and use

· Evidence

In Class Exercises: The visual technical presentation-Poster session, redeliver a previous speech, video tape analysis of their presentation, attend the Gould Lecture and observe delivery, Derivation review, Technical Failure speech

Outline Guide

Preparing the 5 minute lab speech

Intro Critique Form

Actual ECE 2000 eval form

ECE 3000 Presenting with Purpose

Focus: Persuasion

Technical Presentation Competency: Persuasive

· Logos, ethos, and pathos

· Monroe’s Motivated Sequence

· Impromptu speaking

· PowerPoint techniques

· Feedback and assessment

· Presenting as a team

In Class Exercises:

The persuasive speech--Business presentation/proposal, elevator speech, sales speech

mock trial

debate

advocate a position

attend the Gould Lecture and observe the handling of visual aids

impromptu speaking

ECE 3300 Introduction to Electromagnetics

Impromptu Speech Assignment Article describing the assignment

Lecture Notes

Assignment

Impromptu Speaking information

List of audiences

Feedback Form

Junior seminar- report on a aspect of funding company in a group

ECE 4000 Going Pro- Preparing for the Professional World

Focus: Putting it all together

Technical Presentation Competency: Simple, Persuasive, Numerically Rich, Results-oriented, and Visually Sophisticated

· Interviewing techniques

· Techniques for the question and answer session

In Class Exercises: The team or final professional presentation- Senior Design Clinics’ oral update to funding source, team/group presentation skills, Q/A sessions, mock interview

Senior Design Presentation Aids