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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Çiğdem İşsever; K J Peach |
| ISBN: | 0199549087 9780199549085 0199549095 9780199549092 |
| OCLC Number: | 435730806 |
| Description: | x, 120 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | 1 Introduction -- 2 Preparatory work -- 2.1 The audience -- 2.2 The structure of the event -- 2.3 The venue -- 2.4 Laptop, memory stick, plastic foils or chalk and talk? -- 2.5 What are the slides for? -- 2.6 Scoping the talk -- 2.7 The process of writing the talk -- 3 Structure of the presentation -- 3.1 The structure of the content -- 3.2 The backup slides -- 4 Identifying the context of the presentation 25 -- Some common contexts -- 4.2 Assessing the audience -- 4.3 Judging the length of the presentation -- 4.4 Timing -- 4.5 Am I the first speaker, or the last speaker, or somewhere in the middle?-- 5 Style -- 5.1 Font -- 5.2 The frame -- 5.3 Bullets and boxes -- 5.4 Pictures, plots and tables -- 5.5 Animation -- 5.6 Equations -- 5.7 Posters -- 5.8 Visual aids and props -- 6 Preparation and presentation -- 6.1 Position, to audience -- 6.2 Voice and language -- 6.3 Microphones -- 6.4 Using the laser pointer -- 6.5 Dress code -- 6.6 Entertaining the audience-jokes and asides -- 6.7 Are you sitting comfortably? Dealing with nervousness -- 6.8 Rehearsal -- 6.9 Dealing with questions -- 6.10 Final remarks -- 7 Concluding remarks -- Appendix A Presenting complicated equations-a worked example -- Appendix B Some Power Point tips -- B.1 Blanking out the screen -- B.2 Running out of time -- B.3 Saving space with pictures -- B.4 Power Point and equations -- Appendix C Meeting the media -- C.1 After a press release -- C.2 The unsolicited contact -- C.3 A final word on the media. |
| Responsibility: | Çiğdem İşsever and Ken Peach. |
Abstract:
Giving a good talk on science is a skill that can be learnt like any other, and in this book we take the reader through the process of preparing and presenting science to a wide variety of audiences,
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