Mastering Science and Public Presentations: Video

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Mastering Science and Public Presentations: Video

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This seminar on technical communication and presentations was prepared and given by Tim Miller of SpokenScience.com. This seminar provides the fundamentals in sharing science as Miller explains how to choose the very best tools to do the job of communication and shares some of the tips and tricks that can help you take your scientific presentations to the next level. Miller led this particular version at Duke University in the summer of 2010.

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Understanding your audience is essential to creating effective presentations.
Practicing your presentation is important for effective delivery.
A presentation can be powerful and effective with minimal use of slides.
Telling a story increases the effectiveness of research presentations.
Common practice in communication is not always best practice.
Outreach activities, like engaging with public audiences, are ways to improve communication skills.

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Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Interfaces (DMR-0520527), and the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (DR-0532536 and DRL-0940143).

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