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DESIGNING PRESENTATIONSSimple Tips to Make Your Presentations More Engaging

Jamed FalikVisual Design, IFPRI

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Effective Communication:Simple design choices to help convey your research findings in clear and concise ways

A few big stories over the past 40 years

Debunking myths on Green Revolution• Smallholders benefit: Yield growth = 3% / yr (1961-85)• Agricultural growth multipliers: Each $1 earned on-farmà additional $1 to local economy

Pro-poor public investments in China (1998-2007)Ø Increased spending on agric. R&D, irrigation and education

• Growth / yr: Ag R&D = 9% | Irrigation = 3% | Rural education = 12%

Opening rice markets in Vietnam (1995-97)• Led to improved rural income and reduced poverty• Relaxation of trade restrictions benefits = US$ 61 million

C C T p r o g r a m s i n B r a z i l , H o n d u r a s , M e x i c o , N i c a r a g u a

• Improved design and expansion of programs • PROGRESA, Mexico: Median value of benefits = $992/student

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Overview§ Design Elementso Photoso Icons o Data Visualization

§ Techniqueso Layeringo Scaffolding

PHOTOS

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OVERVIEW

§ Photos§ Icons § Data Visualization § Layering§ Scaffolding

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Monitoring Impact

§Media citations; publications and data downloads§Institutional incentives to communicate research for impact§Outreach to target audiences§Impact on achieving SDGs

Monitoring Impact§Media citations;

publications and data downloads

§ Institutional incentives to communicate research for impact

§Outreach to target audiences

§ Impact on achieving \\SDGs

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Monitoring Impact§Media citations;

publications and data downloads

§ Institutional incentives to communicate research for impact

§Outreach to target audiences

§ Impact on achieving \\SDGs

Monitoring Impact§Media citations;

publications and data downloads

§ Institutional incentives to communicate research for impact

§Outreach to target audiences

§ Impact on achieving \\SDGs

Monitoring Impact

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ICONS

IFPRI’s Research Communications Spectrum

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IFPRI’s Research Communications Spectrum

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Intro

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DATA VISUALIZATION

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LAYERING

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ECOPRENEURS AND OTHER VALUE CHAIN

PARTICIPANTS

GOALS:Inclusive Sustainable Development

Consumption Process

Goods and Services

Production Processes

Capital Assets

Constituents of sustainable developmentMaterial needsHealth and educationOpportunityCommunitySecurity

Social-environmental systems dynamics

Determinants of sustainable developmentHuman capitalNatural capitalManufactured capitalKnowledge capitalSocial capitalFinancial capital

Capital assets

Determinants of sustainable development

• Human capital• Natural capital• Manufactured capital• Knowledge capital• Social capital• Financial capital

Consumption Process

Goods and Services

Production Processes

Social-environmental systems dynamics

GOALS:Inclusive

Sustainable Development

Constituents of sustainable development

• Material needs• Health and education• Opportunity• Community• Security

ECOPRENEURS AND OTHER VALUE CHAIN

PARTICIPANTS

GOALS:Inclusive Sustainable Development

Consumption Process

Goods and Services

Production Processes

Capital Assets

Constituents of sustainable developmentMaterial needsHealth and educationOpportunityCommunitySecurity

Social-environmental systems dynamics

Determinants of sustainable developmentHuman capitalNatural capitalManufactured capitalKnowledge capitalSocial capitalFinancial capital

What’s for sale? Inventory of processed foods§ Cities: Accra, Cape Coast, Ho, Koforidua,

Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Sunyani, Tamale§ Stores: open-air stalls, street vendors,

traditional self-service shops, small shops with registers, chain and non-chain supermarkets

§ Categories of processed foods • Accra: cereals, tubers, meats and fish, fruits and

vegetables, oils and fats, spices• Other cities: cereals, tubers, tomatoes, poultry

§ Inventory process• Focused on products rather than shops• Information on products, manufacturers, ingredients,

packaging quality• Aimed to cover all products

What’s for sale? Inventory of processed foods§ Cities: Accra, Cape Coast, Ho, Koforidua,

Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Sunyani, Tamale§ Stores: open-air stalls, street vendors,

traditional self-service shops, small shops with registers, chain and non-chain supermarkets

§ Categories of processed foods • Accra: cereals, tubers, meats and fish, fruits and

vegetables, oils and fats, spices• Other cities: cereals, tubers, tomatoes, poultry

§ Inventory process• Focused on products rather than shops• Information on products, manufacturers, ingredients,

packaging quality• Aimed to cover all products

What’s for sale? Inventory of processed foods§ Cities: Accra, Cape Coast, Ho, Koforidua,

Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Sunyani, Tamale§ Stores: open-air stalls, street vendors,

traditional self-service shops, small shops with registers, chain and non-chain supermarkets

§ Categories of processed foods • Accra: cereals, tubers, meats and fish, fruits and

vegetables, oils and fats, spices• Other cities: cereals, tubers, tomatoes, poultry

§ Inventory process• Focused on products rather than shops• Information on products, manufacturers, ingredients,

packaging quality• Aimed to cover all products

What’s for sale? Inventory of processed foods§ Cities: Accra, Cape Coast, Ho, Koforidua,

Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Sunyani, Tamale§ Stores: open-air stalls, street vendors,

traditional self-service shops, small shops with registers, chain and non-chain supermarkets

§ Categories of processed foods • Accra: cereals, tubers, meats and fish, fruits and

vegetables, oils and fats, spices• Other cities: cereals, tubers, tomatoes, poultry

§ Inventory process• Focused on products rather than shops• Information on products, manufacturers, ingredients,

packaging quality• Aimed to cover all products

SCAFFOLDING

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MONITORING IMPACT

Agenda

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