EDRA is a friendly conference, so you should anticipate a friendly and helpful audience. If you ask people to provide feedback and suggestions after your talk, you will likely get some. Your paper session will have a Session Moderator.  If you are not contacted by the Moderator ahead of time, feel free to contact him or her to inquire about presentation timing and about how Q&A will be addressed in your session. Feel free to forward any paper or presentation materials you have ahead of time as this may enhance the introduction made for you and may help the Moderator frame some initial post presentation questions.

We have prepared some materials here to help people design and give better paper presentations.

Giving an Excellent Presentation at the EDRA Conference?

EDRA is constantly working to improve the quality of our conferences.  As part of that effort, we want to help ensure consistently excellent conference presentations.  The following resources may be helpful for new presenters and for those who want to maximize the quality and impact of their talks.

As a special reminder:  EDRA audiences include researchers, students, and design practitioners. Talks that offer real value for researchers and for practicing professionals will be especially successful.  As you prepare your talk, you may like to consider how to meet the information needs of these different audiences by focusing on research methods and findings, and also on their application.  Also, since EDRA conferences include individuals from many different disciplines, it is best to avoid jargon and acronyms that may not be familiar to all.

Resources:

Making PowerPoint Slides.  Avoiding the pitfalls of bad slides. International Association of Science and Technology for Development (2009).

Day, R. & Gastal, B. (2006). How to write and publish a scientific paper.  Sixth edition.  Westport CT:  Greenwood Press. (Chapter 27:  How to present a paper orally.)  [Advice on giving an oral presentation of a research paper]