Guidelines for oral presentations
Please use these guidelines to prepare for your presentation. If you need any additional support please let us know.
If you have any co-presenters who are not listed please let us know so we can include them in any updates.
We would be grateful if you would take a moment to let you networks and colleagues know that you are presenting! We’d love to see you tweet or post to your social media accounts about what you are presenting and how you are feeling about the conference. Be sure to include the hashtag #jswec and #StrathSWSPKE.
If you are presenting in one of our parallel sessions please make sure you upload your presentation onto the computer in the room in advance of your session. Please check the conference programme for the time and location of your session. This will be the room where you upload your presentation.
Rooms will be open before the start of the conference each day and during breaks and lunch time. Please note computers are automatically wiped at the end of each day so you must upload your presentation on the day. We would encourage you to do this between 8am and 9am if possible. There will be folders on the desktop clearly labelled for each session for convenience. We will have student ambassadors in each room to help with any issues that you might have.
In each room there will be:
A laptop, a projector and screen, VGA and HDMI connections, microphones
Please note:
Your presentation should last for 15 minutes.
There are likely to be 4-5 other presenters in your session and the Chair of the session will ensure that there is time for questions and discussion after all presenters have spoken.
Please ensure that your presentation is prepared in advance and that your PowerPoint slides are clear and accessible.
We would recommend:
- Use of clear fonts such as Arial
- Reducing the use of coloured backgrounds such as red and where possible use black text
- Try to incorporate different presentation styles into your presentation such as diagrams, pictures and verbal explanations
- Please use accessible language where possible.
All sessions will be busy and Chairs will have to keep people strictly to time. It is important therefore that your presentation is well structured and organised and that you are confident that you can cover all of your material within 15 minutes.
During the session:
- Speak clearly
- Describe pertinent visuals
- Explain acronyms
- Give the audience time to digest information
After the session
- If appropriate share contact details so that delegates can get in touch if they have questions/ further discussion
Please note that our intention is to create a safe space for discussion and debate and that we encourage respectful debate and dialogue at all times. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of this event and we aim to be open, transparent, inclusive, democratic and free from discrimination to meet the needs of everyone. We aim to do this by:
- Communicating our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion clearly and actively promoting this
- Challenging discrimination based on age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation
- Ensuring legislation and policy requirements are incorporated into our working practices