Talk guidelines:

* The presentation can be in German or English
* Every team member needs to present, i.e. speak (otherwise you cannot
get points)
* The talk should be about the current state of your project. This is
usually the latest milestone that you submitted. Of course, it is also
okay to include aspects that you are currently working on but have not
yet officially submitted (but this is not mandatory). Note, that it is
usually also helpful to briefly explain some infos from earlier
milestones (goals, user groups, related tools and how yours will be
better, …). Otherwise, the audience might lack important context.
* Think about your talk from an audience perspective, it should be
intersting and informative for them.
* For later milestones (M3 and M4) your presentation should include a
live demo of your app. Alternatively you can prepare a video.
* Focus on the most interesting parts! You don't have to talk about
everything you have done, all the details will be in the milestone
submissions, they don't have to be in the talk!
* Some details are necessary: e.g., #users in a study
* You also do *not * have to exactly follow the outline of the submitted
milestones!
* Don’t forget to briefly introduce your project in the beginning. You
cannot expect that other students will already know what you are working
on.
* Practice the talk!!!! Stop the time when practicing: 10 min is not a
lot of time!


Here are some models that can be helpful when preparing (good) talks:

* Onion model: rather than telling a sequential story with a surprising
end, you should think of the talk as rings of an onion. You start with
the very core including the problem, goals but also the most important
findings and contributions. Then step by step you add more details to
this core, the rings of the onion. It, for instance, might be a good
idea to start with the demo so people know what it is all about. Your
audience will not have the same background on your topic neither will
they have thought so deeply as you about it!

* Prototyping T model: Give your audience a quick overview of the breadth
of what you did (the horizontal line in the T), but only go into depth
for some parts of it (the most interesting ones, the vertical line in
the T, note: you can go into depth with more than one thing of course,
but be cautious not trying to fit too much things into your talk)

* Elevator pitch: Consider starting your presentation with an elevator
pitch. The elevator pitch is a short summary of your core ideas and why
they matter. It’s like meeting the CEO from your company in the elevator
and summarizing how fantastic your work is and why it matters in no more
than 30s (this is why it is called `elevator pitch’). Practice the
elevator pitch before the talk! 

Cheers,
Michael Sedlmair