| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 286 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Speech: The Words You Say -- Critical Error 1 Giving the Wrong Speech -- Critical Error 2 Boring Your Audience -- Structure: The Strategy You Choose -- Critical Error 3 Trying to Cover Too Much -- Critical Error 4 Losing the Audience from the Start -- Critical Error 5 Losing the Audience on the Trail -- Critical Error 6 Not Anticipating the Audience's Bias -- Visual Aids: Your Supporting Cast -- Critical Error 7 Following the Defaults of PowerPoint -- Critical Error 8 Following the Common Practices of PowerPoint Talks -- Critical Error 9 Not Accounting for Murphy's Law -- Delivery: You, the Room, and the Audience -- Critical Error 10 Not Preparing Enough -- Critical Error 11 Drawing Words from the Wrong Well -- Critical Error 12 Not Paying Attention -- Critical Error 13 Losing Composure -- Conclusion |
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Introduction -- Speech: The Words You Say -- Structure: The Strategy You Choose -- Visual Aids: Your Supporting Cast -- Delivery: You, the Room, and the Audience -- Conclusion: Aim High |
| Summary |
The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 2nd edition aims to strengthen you as a presenter of science and engineering. The book does so by identifying what makes excellent presenters such as Brian Cox, Jane Goodall, Richard Feynman, and Jill Bolte Taylor so strong. In addition, the book explains what causes so many scientific presentations to flounder. One of the most valuable contributions of this text is that it teaches the assertion-evidence approach to scientific presentations. Instead of building presentations, as most engineers and scientists do, on the weak foundation of topic phrases and bulleted lists, this assertion-evidence approach calls for building presentations on succinct message assertions supported by visual evidence. Unlike the commonly followed topic-subtopic approach that PowerPoint leads presenters to use, the assertion-evidence approach is solidly grounded in research. By showing the differences between strong and weak presentations, by identifying the errors that scientific presenters typically make, and by teaching a much more powerful approach for scientific presentations than what is commonly practiced, this book places you in a position to elevate your presentations to a high level. In essence, this book aims to have you not just succeed in your scientific presentations, but excel. About the Author Michael Alley has taught workshops on presentations to engineers and scientists on five continents, and has recently been invited to speak at the European Space Organization, Harvard Medical School, MIT, Sandia National Labs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Simula Research Laboratory, and United Technologies. An Associate Professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University, Alley is a leading researcher on the effectiveness of different designs for presentation slides |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 27, 2013) |
| Subject |
Communication in science.
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Communication of technical information.
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Lectures and lecturing.
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lectures.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Communication in science
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Communication of technical information
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Lectures and lecturing
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Präsentation
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Informationsaustausch
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Ingenieurwissenschaften
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Naturwissenschaften
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Forschungsergebnis
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Presentatie.
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Wetenschapsvoorlichting.
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Vaardigheden.
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Forskningsinformation.
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Presentationsteknik.
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Föreläsningar.
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Audiovisuella hjälpmedel.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441982797 |
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1441982795 |
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9781299858602 |
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1299858600 |
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