Presenters

Abstracts are due March 7.

This year, we’ll be using two separate but very simple systems for our RISE Expo: an abstract submission portal and if an abstract is accepted for full presentation, a gallery portal. We’ll share the link to gallery portal only with those whose abstracts have been accepted.

To submit an abstract for RISE, you must first create an account on the RISE Abstract system using your official Northeastern University email. The link to the abstract portal follows these instructions.

Review this brief video for information on not only what you can share, but also about how you should do it. Please be sure NOT to include faculty mentors and post-docs as co-presenters.

If you prefer to read the instructions, please take a look at this brief document.

Important to Note

• Do NOT include Faculty Mentors or Post-Docs as co-presenters.
• For group projects, please only submit one abstract.
• A presenter may be the “main presenter” of two abstracts, at a maximum. This is because RISE includes two live Q&A sessions, and you will need to attend the live Q&A for each of your presentations.
• Maximum length – 100 words. A single paragraph with no citations, tables, footnotes.
• Due March 7, 2022

Review and Approval

• Once submitted, your abstract will be reviewed for human/animal subjects, intellectual property, and editorial content.
• You’ll be able to see approval decisions through the platform.

Remember

Submit an abstract even if you are still completing your project. Write with the information you have and outline expected findings.

Faculty and Staff

If you are a faculty or staff member interested in sharing your work at RISE, email us at RISE@Northeastern.edu with your name and a brief abstract of what you hope to share at the event. We’ll then share the link to the RISE presentation portal with you.

Now that you’ve considered the instructions, head to the RISE 2022 Abstract Submission Portal.

There are two award categories at RISE

RISE Awards

RISE Awards are presented to those showing excellence in Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Entrepreneurship.

• Research – $2,000 awarded for methodological and procedural excellence in exploration, creation, and study
• Innovation – $2,000 awarded for the discovery of novel and revolutionary inventions, processes, ways of thinking, ways of seeing
• Scholarship – $2,000 awarded for an academic breakthrough in a particular field
• Entrepreneurship – $2,000 awarded to the presentation with the greatest entrepreneurial potential

Outstanding Research and Creative Endeavor Awards

Outstanding Research Awards are given to one undergraduate and one graduate in each of the following categories:

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Engineering and Technology
• Health Sciences
• Arts, Media, and Design
• Interdisciplinary Topics, Centers, and Institutes
• Physical and Life Sciences
• Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law
• Business and Entrepreneurship

Once your abstract has been approved, you’ll create a brief, 3-minute long video presentation about your work that will serve as a video introduction to your project.

The first step is making the PowerPoint slideshow using the 2022 RISE Presentation Template. (You can access PowerPoint through Northeastern’s Office365 subscription.)

Watch our overview of Making a RISE Presentation or read below for more information on your slideshow’s content and how to present your project most effectively. Do not add or remove slides.

The five slide template asks you to address key points relevant for presentations across the disciplines.

• TITLE SLIDE: Introduce yourself and your project.
• BACKGROUND, MOTIVATION, AND GOALS: Explain the core question, problem, or challenge guiding your research or creative endeavor project. Why you have chosen to work on this question, problem, or challenge? Situate your work within the context of your broader field. How have previous researchers, artists, entrepreneurs, etc. approached your question or problem? How does your work build upon theirs? Why does your work matter to people in your field—and to people outside it?
• PROCESS AND METHODS: Summarize what you did to address your guiding question, problem, or challenge and to execute your project. What approach did you adopt, and why?
• FINDINGS AND PRODUCTS: Highlight the main findings or creative products that emerged from your project.
• CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS: Identify the main conclusions of your project and discuss potential next steps for your research or creative work. What are the implications of your project for those in your field, and those outside it?

You’ll pair these slides with a voiced-over narration. Think about how you want to verbally narrate what you are presenting visually.

Things to keep in mind.

Remember your audience! The RISE Audience is a a well-educated, but non-specialist audience so remember to visually and verbally describe your project in a way that is accessible to those working outside of your field. Be sure to tell us why what you are doing is interesting!

Keep it exciting and brief. Once you make your PowerPoint presentation, you’ll be voicing over it. Use the visual elements to guide a larger conversation – you won’t get to everything in three minutes. What are the highlights and where do you want your larger conversation to lead?

A good motto is, “Less Text, More Images”: In preparing your slides, please include an appropriate visual image on each slide and avoid extensive text. Your slides should complement your oral remarks, not recapitulate every point that you wish to make in the presentation.

We’ll be sharing the template directly with those whose abstracts have been approved for a full presentation. In the meantime, check out this video for a full overview of the RISE Presentation Template.  The information is from last year, but it still pertains!

If the past year has taught us anything, it is that there’s a big difference between being there in person and presenting on the small screen.

To help you as you move through your life and career, we’ve designed a presentation template explicitly for the digital age, where you can practice connecting over the internet. The presentation will be a brief, 3-minute long video voiced-over presentation about your work (sounds more complicated than it is!), complemented by live video face-to-face conversations with folks from around the world on the day of RISE.

Here’s some guidance–a brief video as well as a step-by-step guide–for making a concise, high-impact, born-digital presentation for Virtual RISE that will serve as a video introduction to your project.

1. INSTRUCTIONS for the VISUAL CONTENT

USE THE TEMPLATE: We’ll be sharing the RISE 2022 template with all those whose abstract have been approved. You must use the official template to participate in RISE.

See the “Creating Your Presentation” tab for more information on planning the presentation.

2. INSTRUCTIONS for the AUDIO CONTENT

NARRATION: Consider what you will say about each slide. Narration should be no longer than three minutes. It’s advisable to have a general plan for what you want to say to accompany each slide, rather than speaking completely off the cuff. However, reading your narration from a script often comes across as stiff and not very engaging. Aim for a balance between planning and natural speech. Practicing will help you feel more comfortable and polished!

• TITLE SLIDE: Introduce yourself and your project.
• BACKGROUND, MOTIVATION, AND GOALS: Explain the core question, problem, or challenge guiding your research or creative endeavor project. Why you have chosen to work on this question, problem, or challenge? Situate your work within the context of your broader field. How have previous researchers, artists, entrepreneurs, etc. approached your question or problem? How does your work build upon theirs? Why does your work matter to people in your field—and to people outside it?
• PROCESS AND METHODS: Summarize what you did to address your guiding question, problem, or challenge and to execute your project. What approach did you adopt, and why?
• FINDINGS AND PRODUCTS: Highlight the main findings or creative products that emerged from your project.
• CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS: Identify the main conclusions of your project and discuss potential next steps for your research or creative work. What are the implications of your project for those in your field, and those outside it?

3. INSTRUCTIONS for VOICING OVER and RECORDING YOUR SLIDESHOW

ZOOM: You’re going to voiceover your slideshow and record it using Zoom. You have access to this software through Northeastern’s Zoom subscription.  Check out our video walkthrough! To record with Zoom:

• Make sure that you are using the latest version of Zoom (install the latest updates) and that you are signed in to Zoom through your Northeastern account.
• Start a new meeting.
• Share screen and select the window with your slides.
• Make sure your camera is on.
• Click Record and be sure you select Record to This Computer.
• Discuss your project while advancing your slides.
• End the meeting.
• After the meeting ends, your computer will convert the meeting recording.
• Identify the correct video file.
• Login to or create a Studio YouTube account.
• Upload the video files to the YouTube account.
• Be sure to title it and make it UNLISTED.
• Subtitles will be automatically generated, but it may take time – be patient. If they’re not there in a day, email us at RISE@Northeastern.edu to troubleshoot.

TIPS FOR GOOD RECORDING: For a better result, use a microphone to record your voice, be sure that you don’t have background noise, and have a static background for the video. Your face will appear in the upper right corner of the video—be sure to account for this when designing your slides!

RISE Judging Rubric

Once you’ve created your presentation and recorded it, we ask that you upload it to YouTube so that subtitles can be added and the video easily resized for a wide variety of monitors.

To do this, please:

1. Login to or create at a YouTube Studio account, https://studio.youtube.com. Most Gmail accounts have an associated YouTube account.If you are logged into any YouTube accounts, make sure you are logged out before beginning the process.  On “sign in “, click sign in with another account, and enter your email address and password manually. Please do not use a Northeastern email for this step.
2. Upload your video there. The video will be created in SD and HD and subtitles will automatically be generated.  Be patient, it may take some time. If you do not see subtitles on your video 24 hours after you have uploaded it, reach out to RISE@Northeastern.edu for help trouble-shooting.
3. Be sure to title your video.
4. Make sure to “Unlist” your video in the Visibility settings. Do not list it as “Private” or RISE attendees will be unable to view your video.
5. Copy the link to the video and use this when submitting your presentation.

Upon receiving notice that your abstract has been approved, we’ll forward to you a link to our RISE presentation platform.

Here is a short video to assist you in submitting your presentation:

You’ll be able to submit your presentation without creating an account.

FOLLOW SPECIAL LINK TO UPLOAD PRESENTATION:

1. Complete the form, making sure to use your Northeastern email address and approved abstract. Be sure to include the Northeastern University emails of any co-presenters.
2. Upload the link to your subtitled YouTube video.

Only one presenter needs to share the presentation but all co-presenters should register for RISE if they intend to participate during the Live Question and Answer Judging Rounds.

You and any co-presenters will receive confirmations that you have submitted your presentation at the emails you have shared.

Once submitted, your presentation will be reviewed for editorial content and guideline compliance.

Submit your presentation by April 1, 2022.

Communicating your ideas clearly, quickly, and concisely is a key element of RISE participation, and a skill useful in the rest of your life..

Make sure to practice talking about the key points of your project to convey the clearest, most efficient version to your judges and attendees during the live discussion and Q&A portion of RISE.

Use RISE to expand your network and create opportunities for the future.

Send personalized emails inviting people you want to know about the event and that you’d like to share your work with.

Be sure to invite your mentors!

To prepare for RISE Day, April 14, please do the following:

1. Register for RISE as soon as possible, using your official Northeastern University email(s). You must be registered in order to present your work on the day of RISE.
   1. RISE 2022 Registration Link: https://symposium.foragerone.com/rise-2022/registration
   2. Submission of a presentation does not equal being registered for RISE.
   3. All team members should register for the event. You cannot “present” your work if you are not registered at the event.
2. Invite your friends, family, mentors, current professors, and former co-op employers to register and attend today!  People love to know what you are up to — share the link above and give them an update on how you are doing.
   1. Only registered attendees can view presentations, leave comments, and participate in live discussions.

Digital RISE presentations will be viewable in our virtual exhibit hall, and each presenter will have the chance to engage with their audience LIVE through text and video chats on the day of the event.

On the day of RISE:

1. We’ll have your Live Video Rooms open starting at 9:00 AM.
2. Login to https://symposium.foragerone.com/rise-2022/ prior to your presentation time (see schedule below).
3. Navigate to Presentations tab and find your submission. Click into it!

• From there, find and click through video conferencing link for your presentation.

1. Enter your Live Video Room to ensure its function.

1. 1. When your time slot arrives, again head to your Live Video Room.
   2. Get ready to have brief conversations with RISE attendees — a project judge, peers, friends, family and other RISE attendees!  Elaborate on your project, answer any questions, and communicate any other information you want to share. You can share your screen if you want to.
   3. Having trouble logging in on RISE Day? Contact us at the Presenter Help Desk on Zoom from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET & 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET: https://northeastern.zoom.us/j/99197340181

Don’t forget, dress to impress. Be sure you’re well lit, your microphone works, and you have strong internet. Consider likely questions folks might ask and prepare to answer them. What did you do? Why is it important? What did you learn? What is next for you and the project?

Remember:

Participating in RISE also includes attending the RISE Awards on April 15th at 12:00 PM EST!