INFO 414 Human Information Behavior

Presentation tips

Presenting Tips

Tell a story Speak clearly in a strong voice Face your audience, but don’t stand in one

place the entire time Use body language and make eye contact

Presentation tips

Engage your audience Gauge your audience’s reactions, communicate

Be prepared to cut pieces if time runs out Practice Relax

Materials

Organize your material Use a large font with lots of white space

Use graphics to liven up slides – don’t go overboard

Don’t use too many slides Summarize complex content in a handout

Project presentation 20mins

Introduction Tell the story of your project in brief give an overview

developing a user centered agent for information provision (product, resource, service)

Project presentation

Explain the process – theory and practice User centered design; the value added model and

the information consolidation processUnderstanding the Information behavior of the user

group is the keyWhat do information professionals do in this process

study information behavior; select and evaluate information resources; gap analysis; analyze, restructure, repackage and design information

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Description of the user group Definition Information needs Tasks Resources

Evaluation criteria General Subject specific User derived – link to the information behaviors of your

group

Focus on informationBehaviors – tell the story

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Gap analysis What is a gap analysis? Describe what you found when you conducted a

gap analysis for your group Specifications for the agent for information

provision that will fill the identified gap

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Introducing the prototype Talk about it Describe it Justify everything – be very specific

Link specific design considerations directly to your knowledge of the information behavior of your group and what you discovered when you conducted your gap analysis

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Plans for field testing and implementation Conclusion

Sum up Make your case Sell the idea in your concluding statement

You are the expert - an information professional – emphasize the theory, processes and practices