My recent presentation to analysts in public policy, government, economics and related fields about how to give better presentations. An abbreviated set of talking points can be found along with this SlideShare document at www.policy.viz/presentations. An expanded version of the handout that was circulated with this presentation can be found on my website at www.policyviz.com/references. Please feel free to contact me at jschwabish@gmail.com or on Twitter @jschwabish. Enjoy! (Please note that the automatically-generated transcript below comes from slides in my presentation that I use as examples; those transcripts do not represent my thoughts or views on the topics shown in those particular slides. If you would like to read my speaker notes from this presentation, please go to www.policy.viz/presentations.)

1. Better
Presentations

8. What you should take away from this presentation!
•The United States cannot fix Afghanistan.
•We cannot undo nearly 40 years of continuous
bloodshed, destruction, and occupation or
manipulation by outside powers.
•Afghanistan is a country, not a nation. It has four
distinct national groups in it -- three tied by
ethnicity and/or religion to one of the country's
neighbors and divided from the fourth by the Hindu
Kush; the fourth being a collection of loosely
confederated tribes.
•The best we can do is withdraw our forces with
the publicly stated understanding that how the
Afghans govern themselves is their business.
•However, if the Afghans harbor anyone – al Qaeda
or anyone else who threatens the United States and
its allies, we must state clearly we will annihilate
those who threaten us without concern for the
welfare of those Afghans who harbor them.
“Damage control,” not “total
victory,” is the most realistic
goal for U.S. national military
strategy in Afghanistan.

9. Compute the ratio of the percentage of women to the
percentage of men for two attainment levels: high
school & bachelor’s degree.
Compare this ratio across: age, race, Hispanic origin,
nativity, place of birth, and year of entry.
Assess whether there are variations in the gender gap
based on these demographic characteristics.
Data - 2005 American Community Survey
(ACS)
Annual survey of approximately 3 million households
Detailed social, housing, economic, and demographic
data forgeographic areas with populations of 65,000+
Most current source of demographic data on this scale
Methods

10. Proteus Payload - In-situ Instrumentation
• MET Package
• Buck Research CR-2 Cryogenic Hygrometer, -100oC, 20 s response
• Near-ir laser absorption spectrometery, 1 ppmv, 50 Hz response
• Micro Air Data Transducer (MADT)
static pressure, differential pressure, total air temp,
static air Temp, dh/dt, height, true air speed, indicated air speed
• Best Aircraft Turbulence Probe
• measured wind speed and direction at 50 Hz
•Cloud, Aerosol, and Precipitation Spectrometer
•cloud and aerosol spectrometer (CAS: 0.35 – 50 µm)
•cloud imaging probe (CIP: 25 – 1550 µm)
•liquid water content detector (LWC: 0.01 – 3 gm-3)
• Cloud Integrating Nephelometer (CIN)
• measures asymmetry parameter and extinction coefficient
• Video Ice Particle Sampler (VIPS)
• sizes between 10-200 μm
• Nevzorov Probe (NEV), LWC, TWC
• 0.003 – 3 gm-3, sensitivity: 0.003 gm-3
NEV
pitot
VIPS
CR-2
TAT
CIN
CAPS

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19. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
■ If current laws remained in place, spending on the major federal
health care programs would grow from more than 5 percent of GDP
today to almost 10 percent in 2037 and would continue to increase
thereafter.
■ The aging of the population and the rising cost of health care would
cause spending on the major health care programs and Social
Security to grow from more than 10 percent of GDP today to almost
16 percent of GDP 25 years from now.
■ By comparison, spending on all of the federal government’s
programs and activities, excluding net outlays for interest, has
averaged 18.5 percent of GDP over the past 40 years.

20. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
If current laws remained in place, spending on the major federal health
care programs would grow from more than 5 percent of GDP today to
almost 10 percent in 2037 and would continue to increase thereafter.
The aging of the population and the rising cost of health care would
cause spending on the major health care programs and Social Security
to grow from more than 10 percent of GDP today to almost 16 percent
of GDP 25 years from now.
By comparison, spending on all of the federal government’s programs
and activities, excluding net outlays for interest, has averaged 18.5
percent of GDP over the past 40 years.

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22. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
If current laws remained in place, spending on the major federal health
care programs would grow from more than 5 percent of GDP today to
almost 10 percent in 2037 and would continue to increase thereafter.

23. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
If current laws remained in place, spending on the major federal health
care programs would grow from more than 5 percent of GDP today to
almost 10 percent in 2037 and would continue to increase thereafter.
The aging of the population and the rising cost of health care would
cause spending on the major health care programs and Social Security
to grow from more than 10 percent of GDP today to almost 16 percent
of GDP 25 years from now.

24. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
If current laws remained in place, spending on the major federal health
care programs would grow from more than 5 percent of GDP today to
almost 10 percent in 2037 and would continue to increase thereafter.
The aging of the population and the rising cost of health care would
cause spending on the major health care programs and Social Security
to grow from more than 10 percent of GDP today to almost 16 percent
of GDP 25 years from now.
By comparison, spending on all of the federal government’s programs
and activities, excluding net outlays for interest, has averaged 18.5
percent of GDP over the past 40 years.

25. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
If current laws remained in place, spending on the major federal health
care programs would grow from more than 5 percent of GDP today to
almost 10 percent in 2037 and would continue to increase thereafter.
The aging of the population and the rising cost of health care would
cause spending on the major health care programs and Social Security
to grow from more than 10 percent of GDP today to almost 16 percent
of GDP 25 years from now.
By comparison, spending on all of the federal government’s programs
and activities, excluding net outlays for interest, has averaged 18.5
percent of GDP over the past 40 years.

26. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
If current laws remained in place, spending on the major federal health
care programs would grow from more than 5 percent of GDP today to
almost 10 percent in 2037 and would continue to increase thereafter.

27. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Outlook for the Federal Budget
spending on the major federal health care programs
more than 5 percent of GDP today to almost 10 percent in 2037

32. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Deficits Projected in CBO’s Baseline and Under An
Alternative Fiscal Scenario
Estimates from An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 (August 2012).
(Percentage of GDP)

33. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
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57. C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
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68. PRACTICE

72. U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program
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Introductions
Project Review
• Goals and Ground Rules
• Approach, Deliverables, and Structure
• Keys to Success
Agency and OCIO Roles and Responsibilities
Measuring Progress
Starting to Work Right Now
• Crafting a Mission and Vision
• Ratifying Charter
• Immediate Next Steps
Questions & Answers
Agenda

73. 73
Agenda
I. Introductions and Opening Remarks, Director Mayorkas
II. EB-5 Updates
A.EB-5 Statistics
B. EB-5 Visa Usage
Q and A on topics covered in this segment
III. Stakeholder Suggested Topics and Questions
A.I-924 Information Use
B. I-924A Guidance for Annual Report Filings
C. Filing Preparation
D.Inquiries on Service Errors
Q and A on topics covered in this segment

74. 74
Agenda (continued)
III. Stakeholder Suggested Topics and Questions
E. Removal of Conditions
F. Part Time vs Full Time Positions
G.Duration of Employment
Q and A on topics covered in this segment
H.Acquisition of Existing Business
I. Indirect Jobs
J. Troubled Business
K.Job Creation Record
L. Regional Center Geographic Boundaries
M.Multiple Investors
IV. Open Forum Q&A

75. Agenda
• How to design your talk
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