Information for Presenters

PUBLICITY PERMISSIONS

By entering the competition, presenters agree to allow the UCSB Graduate Division to use their video submissions for publicity surrounding the contest and/or in other contexts, such as promotional materials, website, etc. If you have questions or concerns about making your presentation publicly available, please contact Shawn Warner.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Learn about the fundamentals of capturing an audience with your research story by visiting Jeffrey Hanson's dedicated Grad Slam resources website
Get ideas for how to design your slides for maximum impact with resources from Madeleine's Sorapure's slide design website
Get access to high-resolution images from professional photographers through our campus' Digital Asset Library and the UC-wide Digital Asset Library (all photos come with photographer information for proper attribution)
Check out UCSB's branded PowerPoint templates with preloaded fonts, colors, and formats

NEED INSPIRATION?

Previous Grad Slam Talks: See how other students have approached their presentations
TED Talks: Approximately 3-minute talks on “ideas worth spreading”
PhD Comics Two-Minute Thesis: PhD Comics challenged graduate students to explain their work in two minutes – the best have been turned into videos!
3 Minute Thesis Competition Winners: Winning presentations from a multi-university thesis competition in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the South Pacific

*Please note that the information contained on this page supersedes any other communications about Grad Slam guidelines in previous years, and is only applicable to the 2021 competition.