2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidMSAddinPDFXPS

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/print-share-and-protect-files-in-the-pdf-and-xps-file-formats-HA010167527.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010067494

Install this plugin so that you can export / save PowerPoint slides to PDF.

Powerpoint templates

http://www.templateswise.com/index.php?list=top

Delivering effective presentations

http://www.methink.com/3-techniques-for-delivering-engaging-presentations/

1. 10 slides for 20 minutes with 30 size font
2. Picture is worth a thousand words - slides are only aids
3. Tell a story - put the problem in the context of a story that your audience can relate to

Highlight syntax color code

http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.html

Filler words ('Uhhmmm') when presenting

1. Awareness.  The trouble with filler words is that we are completely unaware that we’re using them.  My filler word when I first started training was, “okay.”  I probably said “okay” fifteen times every ten minutes.  During my first week with ExecuTrain, I was video taped and told to watch for the “okay’s.”  I was dumbfounded!  I couldn’t believe how many times I used that word. 
2. Practice and persistence.  Once I became aware of the problem, I started hearing it myself while it was happening.  For the next few weeks, when I was teaching a class, I would make a mark on a sheet of paper every time I heard myself say, “okay.”  Just doing that immediately reduced the number of times I used it and eventually eliminated it all together.  Then I started marking other filler words until I had them all eliminated.
3. Silence.  Instead of saying Um, say nothing.  It’s okay to take a moment to stop and think.  What you don’t realize is how little time it takes your brain to process all the information it needs and come back with an intelligent response.  When I was video taped in college during a teaching presentation, I had what I thought were several long pauses.  I was embarrassed and thought my professor would take points off for them.  When I watched the video, I was amazed at how little time actually passed while I was thinking of an appropriate answer to a question posed by someone from my audience. 
4. Substitution.  If you need to look something up, say so.  If you don’t know the answer to a question off the top of your head, instead of saying, “Uh,” say, “I’m not sure; let me look that up for you.”  No one expects you to know everything about everything.  In fact, most of us get annoyed with people who pretend to know everything!

Video tape yourself!

Presentation

- Describe brief introduction / background info on any methods used, bayesian, methylation, machine learning, sequencing etc so audience can follow the presentation
- don't put too much words on a slide
- have a slide for major points covered and number the slides so people can refer to them after the presentation
- don't be apologetic, put a positive spin to it, you're the greatest!

Ten Simple Rules for Good Presentations

Ten Simple Rules for Good Presentations

1. Talk to the audience - know who the audience is
2. Less is more - save your knowledge to Q&A
3. Talk only when you have something to say -
4. Take home message - audience remember 3 points week later
5. Tell a story, be logical
6. Treat the talk as a stage - don't be funny when you're not
7. Time your presentation and stick to it
8. Use visual sparingly and effectively, they are only supplement, 1 slide per minute
9. Review audio and video of your presentation
10. Provide acknowledgement

http://www.scivee.tv/node/2903

Make them think what you've done.

Presentation Tips

Some presentation tips from http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/oral.htm#strategy