by Jane Rigby
June 3, 2009
Blogger Seth Godin reminds us that presentations are a precious opportunity to change minds. To translate his advice to a scientific context, I’d make the following two substitutions:
“emotional pictures” —> “screen-filling, well-explained, compelling plots”
“to change minds” —> “to educate”.
Godin partially echoes Edward Tufte’s argument that slideware is a terrible way to share information. Which is [...]
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by Kelle
May 11, 2009
Zen Habits is a great blog for folks who want to be both insanely productive and ridiculously happy. He has a nice article on how to accept criticism with grace and appreciation that applies really well to fielding questions during presentations and responding to referee reports.
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