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PLEASE TAKE A SEAT, BUT NOT WITH
YOUR TEAM:
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Design Project Management
The One-Minute Talk
Tips and practice for poster presentations and summary presentations.
And maybe even the odd job interview.
And the you’ll-never-guess-who-I-bumped into-and-shared-my-story-with-opportunity.
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Motivation for this Workshop
• Communicating effectively• Critical to career success• Opportunity to present yourself and sell your idea• Prepare a packaged presentation• Practice, Practice, Practice
• In front of the mirror• In front of your friends
• Never easy, You will get better with practice
• Today = Practice
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Instructions
• One person in each pair gives a one-minute talk while the other listens.
• The listener takes 2 minutes and writes a brief description of what they think their partner’s project is about.
• Switch roles and repeat.
• Exchange papers – how did you do?
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The Result
• Collect feedback from the group:• Did you have a good idea of what the project was all
about?• Did you have a good idea of what this person did?• What did you want to know that wasn’t covered?
• What would you think if…• …this were a career fair?• …this were a poster session?• …you were a faculty member and this student came
to ask you to support their project?
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Things to Consider
• Without preparation, this is difficult!
• How many of you…• Have had to do this before?• Had a 1-minute summary of your project prepared
prior to today?
• Think about why you might need a 1-minute summary, have something in mind for those topics.
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Specific to you/DPM/MSD
• Proposed project name, why it’s important, major technical challenges, what you hope to achieve, and how the faculty member could help.
• What your MSD project goal was, why you did it, what your role was, and the outcome (for poster session)
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Suggested formats…other situations
• What you did, why you did it, and why it matters
• What you did, why you did it, and what you learned
• What’s the problem, why it exists, what if it isn’t solved, recommended solutions, and expected benefits
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Planning Exercise
• Select target audience• Potential faculty champion/consultant• Poster session attendee (Imagine)• Career fair/job interviewer
• Plan speech• Brain-Dump• Streamline• Connect• Practice
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Tips
• Take a breath, think about what you want to say
• Say what you want to say with confidence• Make eye contact• Maintain a pleasant face • Listen to the response• Respond to questions
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…and…GO!
• Pair up with someone new.
• Each of you give your talk to the other
• Give feedback• What went well?• What could have gone better?
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Summary
• Communicating effectively• Critical to career success• Opportunities to present & sell yourself• Never easy, will get better with practice
• Questions? Comments?
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Rest of class
• Work time
• Questions?
• Next time: bring in-progress draft of PRP for peer review.