Quality presentations
Please see our tips for presentations to ensure your audience enjoys your presentation

Time limits
Strict time limits apply for all presentations. If you are delivering a paper you have a maximum of 30 minutes. We suggest 15-20 minutes for your presentation, leaving 10-15 minutes for questions. If presenting a workshop you will have 1 hour, again please leave ample time for questions and audience participation. Please consider other presenters and keep to your time allocation.

Facilitation
Each session will have a facilitator present throughout. The facilitator will introduce you to the audience and keep time throughout the session.

Access on the day to the room you are presenting in
Where possible you will get access to the room 10 minutes before your session starts. In some cases the room will be in use immediately before your presentation. Please check the timetable and familiarise yourself with the room when it is free.

Room set up
If you have the room for a full hour session you are free to arrange it as you wish. If you are sharing your session with another presenter we ask that you leave the room as it is set up. If you have rearranged the room, please ensure that it is returned to how you found it at the end of your session, as this is your responsibility as the presenter.

Withdrawing from the conference as a presenter
If you are unable to attend or present at the conference we ask that you inform us immediately as there is a waiting list of people interested in presenting. Please email conference@yacvic.org.au or call 03 9267 3713 / 1300 727 176 to let us know

PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoint presentations must be emailed or posted on disc to YACVic by Monday April 23rd. We ask that you bring a back up copy, preferably on memory stick, to the conference.

Laptops and other technology
All necessary technology including laptops, data projectors, DVD players etc will be provided. We are unable to use presenters laptops during the conference.

Technical support
Technical support will be provided throughout the conference.

Conference proceedings
All peer reviewed academic papers will be published in full in the conference proceedings. The abstracts of all other papers will be published in the proceedings with the presenter's email address. If you do not wish your email address to be printed, please email conference@yacvic.org.au. The conference proceedings will be published in partnership with the Australian Youth Clearinghouse. Copies will be distributed by email and the Internet. Hard copies will be available by request and may incur a charge.

Discount for presenters
The 20% discount on the conference price is offered to presenters.

The following is offered as suggestions on how to ensure your presentation is well received.

1. Think about your audience – who will be there?
2. Make eye contact with your audience. Smile and breathe deeply, it will help you relax
3. Have a clear introduction
4. Identify your key points and stick to them
5. Be aware of your time limit, your facilitator will monitor the time closely.
6. Time and practise your presentation several times
7. Less is more. Don’t go into too much detail, what is interesting to you may not be interesting to your audience.
8. Speak in plain English, avoid jargon and explain acronyms
9. Use stories and case studies to illustrate your point
10. If using statistical data, make sure you understand it and can answer questions on it
11. Remember to leave time for questions
12. If you don’t know something admit it, rather than making something up

If using PowerPoint:

1. Present one idea per slide
2. A picture paints 1000 words, use graphics
3. Avoid clutter on your slides
4. Limit the use of sound and animation (unless it is central to your presentation) as this can be distracting for your audience
5. If possible view your presentation through a data projector before you present at the conference, often colours and images appear differently when projected than they do on a computer screen.
6. Ensure any graphs or tables used are readable and clear, avoid small print.

Some of the ideas above have been taken from the following websites, for more information on good presentation you may like to visit these sites:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/presentation-rules.html

http://perl.plover.com/yak/presentation

http://www.presentationzen.com/