Oral PresentationsPart I - “Slides”

Gliding GlaucomysSOUTHERN FLYING

SQUIRRELS

Wildlife Diversity Conference 2007: Wild At NightSponsored by Ohio Division of Wildlife

14 March 2007

DONALD P. ALTHOFF, Ph.D.University of Rio Grande

Gliding GlaucomysSOUTHERN FLYING

SQUIRRELS

Wildlife Diversity Conference 2007: Wild At NightSponsored by Ohio Division of Wildlife

14 March 2007

DONALD P. ALTHOFF, Ph.D.University of Rio Grande

Fort RileyFort Riley’’ssRTLA Protocol:RTLA Protocol:

An overview of An overview of development and directiondevelopment and direction

DONALD P. ALTHOFF

Kansas State University

14th Annual ITAM ConferenceRTLA DAY

7 August 2006Manhattan, Kansas

Fort RileyFort Riley’’ssRTLA Protocol:RTLA Protocol:

An overview of An overview of development and directiondevelopment and direction

DONALD P. ALTHOFF

Kansas State University

14th Annual ITAM ConferenceRTLA DAY

7 August 2006Manhattan, Kansas

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATONS Spring 2015 - Althoff

Lecture

10

Slides – Some “history & perspective”• __________________

35 mm slides (or overhead transparencies) challenges: a) project ‘advance’ working b) jammed slides c) “advanced” time required1) get good pictures2) get good graphs/charts 3) get film processed 4) editing limited

• ______ PowerPoint Few conferences offered PC-video projectorNot reliable/compatible (CD vs. 3 ½ floppy vs. ???)

Current PowerPoint

• More conformity (except maybe for video clips)…most versions of PowerPoint accepted

• Better chance of “everything” working• Still issues with “________” and “__________”• Less _________, more last-minute “throwing

together” of slide sets• Over use of whistles and bells

“Guidelines… did you say Guidelines?”

• Nothing “hard and fast” --- at least anything that will get you off the program…in advance

• Avoid over doing it (in a variety of ways….color, animation, contrast, backgrounds, too many slides, etc.)

• Font _____ AND ______ are critical !!!!!!• Consider your audience AND consider you as the

speaker!!!• Bottomline…don’t be ______________ …any slide.

If it isn’t ‘quality’ then don’t include it OR modify it BEFORE the presentation !!!!

Contrasting / Backgrounds

Today’sNorth AmericanFlying SquirrelsSouthern

NorthernOhio

Today’sNorth AmericanFlying SquirrelsSouthern

NorthernOhio

Today’sNorth AmericanFlying SquirrelsSouthern

NorthernOhio

Contrasting – “3rd” color

ATHENS (3)

PERRY

MEIGS

ATHENS (3)

PERRY

MEIGS

Contributions from LCTA effortContributions from LCTA effort

Assess Assess vegetation & vegetation & bare ground bare ground coverage coverage using lowusing low--level, digital level, digital photographsphotographs

Contrasting & Bullets

Boxes used as….

• Nut-cutting refuges

• Latrines & Nut-cutting refuges

• Nesting – winter refuge

• Nesting – rearing of young

Boxes used as….

• Nut-cutting refuges

• Latrines & Nut-cutting refuges

• Nesting – winter refuge

• Nesting – rearing of young

Boxes used as….

• Nut-cutting refuges

• Latrines & Nut-cutting refuges

• Nesting – winter refuge

• Nesting – rearing of young

Highlighting / Blocking

Get good “focus” by blocking out unnecessary clutterHighlight with “simple” effects (this example: window)

Animation….sequencing

The 50 yd. glide……….

• Limit number of colors (< 3)• Do not over- animate…keep it simple• “synchronize” with verbal comments

Installation Specific Assessments

Non-woody vegetation cover (NWV) Bare ground area (BGA) Soil quality (physical, chemical,& biological)

LRAM rehab sites

100 m X 100 m plots using Rotating Panel Sampling Design

Plot size varies by site….Monitor all initially

NWV & BGA Bare groundareas

exceeding1 m2 that were

created bytracked vehicle

NWV & BGA Bare groundareas

exceeding1 m2 that were

created bytracked vehicle

Non-woodyvegetation

areas exceeding

1 m2

Smallwood et al. 2009 Journal of Raptor Research

NEST BOXES1984-2007

Mean = 27%

2011

Title Slides (i.e., first slide)

• Large font size• Really, really, really: _________________ only …

except for maybe a scientific name• Less is often better• Avoid any animation/mouse-click “add-ons”:

a) don’t know when ‘ready’ to launchb) want audience to get full attention “now”…

not with snippets that show up because you are just getting use tothe clicker/pointer/pg-down button, etc.

• Keep in mind: this is _____ thing audience sees!

Gliding Glaucomys SOUTHERN FLYING

SQUIRRELS

Wildlife Diversity Conference 2007: Wild At NightSponsored by Ohio Division of Wildlife

14 March 2007

DONALD P. ALTHOFF, Ph.D.University of Rio Grande

Fort Riley’sRTLA Protocol:An overview of

development and direction

DONALD P. ALTHOFF

Kansas State University

14th Annual ITAM ConferenceRTLA DAY

7 August 2006Manhattan, Kansas

MONITORING KESTRELOCCUPANCY AND PRODUCTIVITY USING NEST BOXES IN SOUTHEAST OHIO

Henry J. Barrows III HOCKING COLLEGE

Donald P. Althoff UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE

54TH ANNUALOHIO FISH & WILDLIFE CONFERENCE 31 JANUARY 2014