Archive for the ‘Tips for Young Scientists’ Category

The purpose of this short article is to review some of the basic skills taught by communication professionals in media-training seminars. An additional benefit is that many of these skills will help you improve your responses to questions you might be asked following scientific presentations.

After more than 30 years of giving and listening to scientific presentations, I’ve developed a half-decent sense for what separates a good presentation from a bad one. This short list of presentation tips is based upon the mistakes I’ve made over the years and those I’ve witnessed others make.