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
I recently came across Lillipip, a company that creates animated videos about your product, service, or concept. Check them out. They have a simple storyboarding template of four blank squares. In the first, you draw or paste a picture of… Read More »Storyboarding your presentation
Many presenters begin their talks like this: “I’d like to take this opportunity to talk a little bit about…” Don’t do this. First of all, what you would like to do at that particular moment is of considerably less interest… Read More »Presenters should avoid this opening phrase
It begins with an agonizing silence–The Duke of York standing at a microphone in Wembley Stadium trying to bring the world’s greatest exposition to a dignified conclusion for the entire British Empire listening on the radio. His stammering and stage… Read More »Movie Review: The King’s Speech
Suppose you went to a workshop and the leader threw a balled-up sock on the floor about eight feet in front of you. “Visualize the path to the sock, then close your eyes, walk to the sock and put your… Read More »Over-pursuit of goals
I recently had the privilege of sitting through four investigator meetings, two in the United States and two in Europe. They comprised speaker after speaker with slide after slide. Topics included the disease, the drug, the PK, the efficacy and… Read More »Better Investigator Meetings