Two weeks ago I finished my most recent version of Presenting for ResultsSM, my open enrollment (or public) presentation course in New Jersey. I sat down to review the entire experience, in an effort to continuously improve it. I discovered… Read More »The ideal presentation course
Michael Alley has taught at Virginia Tech, the University of Texas, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Barcelona. His book, The Craft of Scientific Presentations, is a significant contribution to the scientific community. While Michael Alley’s experiments have… Read More »Good presenters can overcome bad PowerPoints. Can good PowerPoints overcome bad presenters?
Michael Alley has investigated an alternative to the default PowerPoint slide layout, which he terms the “assertion-evidence design.” This approach employs succinct sentence headlines (sentences that make an assertion) at the top of the slide. Under it, in the main section… Read More »Make your PowerPoint headlines sentences
A bunch of great people (and great presenters) in big pharma told me one of their challenges is re-doing PowerPoint decks for presentations to different levels of management. When they get a PowerPoint deck done to their boss’s satisfaction (they happen to… Read More »Presenting up the chain of command
In the idyllic vision of the uninitiated, a scientific presentation tells a story, starting with a clear description of a problem, then outlining a series of steps taken to address that problem, and ending with a special reward: a glistening… Read More »How science presentations should work, but don’t
Once again, I am the speech coach who has run into a very accomplished person who mumbles. He’s on the fast track at a major American corporation, and his boss has gotten word that senior people can’t understand him when… Read More »Energetic Lips