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Preparing a presentation for a Kaggle meetup

Obviously, several of the suggestions below are only relevant to in-person presentations. For the moment, we are doing the meetups online through Zoom. The parts to ignore should be fairly obvious.

Choosing a competition

  • Normally we choose a "real" competition that has ended
    • Learner or playground competitions are possible though
  • Go to the Kaggle competitions page
  • Sort by Latest deadline to put the most recent competitons at the top
  • Scroll down until you find a competition of interest
  • Check that the competition hasn't already been presented and isn't scheduled

Preparing the presentation

  • Plan to present for one hour, this will allow for about 15 minutes Q&A during and after the talk
  • It's good to have some extra, expendable material in case time runs short
  • Check out Bruce's blog post of presentation tips
    • One tweak on what it says in that blog post. It says don't try to explain a complicated topic in two minutes. But what we have found is that attendees like it when you pick one specific topic that comes up in a competition (what does AUC mean? what is transposed convolution?) and spend a bit of time to explain it from scratch, for someone who's never heard of it before.
  • Here's a list of winning solutions. Not sure how complete it is, but if your competition is there, it will be a big help
  • Use a big font where possible--much of the audience is far from the screen
  • Google Slides works really well
    • you can update right up to the last minute or after the presentation
    • everyone will have access to your latest updates
  • Pro tip for using Google Slides: Install this Chrome/Firefox extension.

The day before

  • Post your presentation slides, even if unfinished
    • attendees appreciate it
  • Does your laptop have a real HDMI output?
    • Adapters don't work well
    • If you don't have HDMI, let the organizers know and we'll figure something out

On the day

  • Bring a mouse if you've got one
    • You can use the mouse as a pseudo laser pointer
    • Works well for the audience, live stream viewers, and video recording
  • Show up at least half an hour before the start (i.e., 6:00pm)
    • There are always glitches, this gives us time to fix problems
  • Wear a solid color top
    • Yes, we're talking about your fashion choices
    • Why solid color? Patterns and stripes cause weird Moiré effects in the video.