Designing Science Presentations

Designing Science Presentations guides researchers and graduate students of virtually any discipline in the creation of compelling science communication. Most scientists never receive formal training in the creation, delivery, and evaluation of such material, yet it is essential for publishing in high-quality journals, soliciting funding, attracting lab personnel, and advancing a career. This clear, readable volume fills that gap and provides visually intensive guidance at every step—from the construction of original figures to the presentation and delivery of those figures in papers, slideshows, posters, and websites. It provides pragmatic advice on the preparation and delivery of exceptional scientific presentations; demonstrates hundreds of visually striking presentation techniques, giving readers inspiration for creating their own; and is structured so that readers can easily find answers to particular questions. Clear heading for each section indicates its message, highlighted with graphic illustrations Two summary paragraphs that complement the visual images and clearly discuss the main point Numerous examples of high-quality figures, page layouts, slides, posters, and web pages to help stimulate readers' ideas for their own presentations Numerous "before and after" examples to illustrate the contrast between poor and outstanding presentations

Master the art and science of successful oral presentations A complete guide for scientific, technical, and business professionals. The ability to deliver effective oral presentations in a variety of technical and business environments is a skill no professional can afford to be without. Developed to help you quickly master the presenter's art, Designing & Delivering Scientific, Technical, and Managerial Presentations is a comprehensive guide to researching, scripting, and delivering compelling presentations. No matter what your field of expertise, this practical guide equips you with a broad range of proven techniques, tools, and insider tricks of the trade for effectively conveying complex scientific, technical, or business information to any type of audience. Featuring step-by-step guidelines, many helpful illustrations, and three sample scripts of presentations successfully delivered in various professional environments, this book gets you up and running with what you need to know in order to * Research, write, and revise concise and interesting presentation scripts. * Analyze your audience's background and informational requirements. * Adapt the style, organization, and content of your presentation to match the needs of your audience. * Design compelling visuals and integrate them seamlessly into your presentations. * Use body language, eye contact, and other nonverbal techniques to grab and hold your audience's attention. * Manage seating, lighting, acoustics, audio, and other logistical elements for optimal effect. * Gear presentations to international audiences.

Presents practical approaches for developing an effective presentation, covering such topics as creating diagrams, displaying data, arranging elements, creating movement, and interacting with slides.

You attend numerous presentations and meetings a year--filled with the typical dense and disorganized PowerPoint decks--and leave most of them thinking, "Well, that's an hour of my life I'll never get back." But out of this sea of mediocrity, a rare few rise up, captivating you and driving you to action. What makes these few so special? Despite what most people think, it's not because they were delivered well. It's because they were crafted in a way that deeply aligned with how your brain wants to consume information. The presentations that failed did so precisely because they violated the largely unknown "natural laws" that govern how people actually learn. In The Compelling Communicator, you will learn a proven process for designing presentations that touch your audience in a highly impactful way, motivating them to take your desired action by: Building around a small number of powerful ideas Keeping content within the audience's "brain bandwidth" Developing logical narrative structure Anchoring communication in the listener's priorities Creating "mind-sticky" storytelling and visuals Crafting handouts that allow your presentation to live on after the handshakes Filled with examples of exceptional--and not so exceptional--presentations, along with clear explanations of why they do and don't work, this comprehensive guidebook provides every tool you need to become a standout presenter whose message is certain to leave a powerful, lasting impression.

Multimedia is currently used in a variety of contexts, from social interaction to educational and business settings. The richness of the multimedia experience and its ability to enhance information sharing in a variety of settings makes it a valuable tool. Design Strategies and Innovations in Multimedia Presentations brings together the latest scholarly research and proven strategies for designing and implementing multimedia technologies for various applications, with an emphasis on education. Featuring a selection of highly informative chapters on the pervasiveness of multimedia and best methods for developing presentations using this technology, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, practitioners, and professionals. This publication features timely, research based chapters on the use of digital media tools and applications including digital visualization, e-learning, human-computer interaction, online presentations, semantic web, social media data, and technology in education.

Modern neuroscience research is inherently multidisciplinary, with a wide variety of cutting edge new techniques to explore multiple levels of investigation. This Third Edition of Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience provides a comprehensive overview of classical and cutting edge methods including their utility, limitations, and how data are presented in the literature. This book can be used as an introduction to neuroscience techniques for anyone new to the field or as a reference for any neuroscientist while reading papers or attending talks. • Nearly 200 updated full-color illustrations to clearly convey the theory and practice of neuroscience methods • Expands on techniques from previous editions and covers many new techniques including in vivo calcium imaging, fiber photometry, RNA-Seq, brain spheroids, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, and more • Clear, straightforward explanations of each technique for anyone new to the field • A broad scope of methods, from noninvasive brain imaging in human subjects, to electrophysiology in animal models, to recombinant DNA technology in test tubes, to transfection of neurons in cell culture • Detailed recommendations on where to find protocols and other resources for specific techniques • “Walk-through boxes that guide readers through experiments step-by-step

Abstract: "This dissertation outlines a first-principles approach to automatically designing graphic presentations of information. The components of this approach include a conceptual framework for discussing how presentations encode information, algorithms for determining whether a method of presentation will be capable of presenting a given type of information, and design principles for ensuring the interpretability and perceptual effectiveness of a method of presentation. Compared with previous approaches to automatically designing presentations, the approach outlined in this dissertation is more fine-grained and more general. It begins with an extremely general notion of how graphic presentations can encode information, then develops this into a useful framework by making a number of explicit assumptions about the types of presentations that people can use. This framework serves as a basis for analyzing the space of possible graphical languages -- i.e., the space of systematic methods of presenting data. The logical adequacy of different graphical languages for different types of information, and criteria and methods for composing graphical languages for different data are also explored. In addition to this logical emphasis, this dissertation also emphasizes the influence of psychological issues on the design of presentations. It explores factors influencing the interpretability of presentations (i.e., how easily viewers will grasp how information is encoded) and outlines some general design principles for creating interpretable presentations. It also explores perceptial issues in presentation -- including perceptual organization, dimensional structure of visual stimuli, and the effectiveness of perceptual operations -- and outlines design principles for guaranteeing the perceptual effectiveness of presentations. The last emphasis of this dissertation is on operationalizing the framework and principles -- i.e., on using them to create graphical languages in a relatively efficient manner. The implementation, AUTOGRAPH, demonstrates the flexibility and viability of a first-principles approach."

CHAPTER 1: Poster design: the short form -- PART I: For viewers -- CHAPTER 2: Attending a poster session -- PART II: For presenters -- CHAPTER 3: Why posters? -- CHAPTER 4: Design thinking -- CHAPTER 5: Early preparation -- CHAPTER 6: Narrative thinking -- CHAPTER 7: Visual thinking and graphic design -- CHAPTER 8: Figures -- CHAPTER 9: Presenting data -- CHAPTER 10: Colors -- CHAPTER 11: Beyond paper -- CHAPTER 12: Text and type -- CHAPTER 13: Layout -- CHAPTER 14: Grids -- CHAPTER 15: Background -- CHAPTER 16: Title bars -- CHAPTER 17: Blocks of text -- CHAPTER 18: Sections -- CHAPTER 19: Images and graphics, revisited -- CHAPTER 20: Fine-tuning -- CHAPTER 21: Before you print -- CHAPTER 22: Printing -- CHAPTER 23: Travel -- CHAPTER 24: Networking and presentation -- CHAPTER 25: After the conference -- PART III: For organizers -- CHAPTER 26: Poster session planning -- CHAPTER 27: Conference website resources -- CHAPTER 28: During the conference -- PART IV: What next? -- CHAPTER 29: Constant improvement -- Afterword -- References -- Index.

Davis (agronomy), Kaaron Davis (agricultural, food and life sciences), and Marion Dunagan (business, all U. of Arkansas) offer fledgling scientists advice about the professional communications requirements they will face as graduate students and working scientists. They cover many aspects lightly, and refer readers to more specialized treatments for greater detail. Their topics include organizing and writing a rough draft, graduate theses and dissertations, publishing data, visual aids for presentations, and communicating with nonscientists. Previous editions were published in 1996 and 2004. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Small and Arnone have developed an extraordinarily successful model for professionals and academics_the PACT model (Purpose, Audience, Content, and Technique), which makes it easy to focus on the research, selection, organization, and delivery of information. Whether the assignment is public speaking, technical writing, or web designing, the PACT model can be used to integrate the common principles of information science and communication theory. This book introduces the reader to three crucial models for the successful design, development, delivery, and evaluation of information presentations.

The new edition of the popular introduction to architectural lighting design, covering all stages of the lighting design process Designing with Light: The Art, Science, and Practice of Architectural Lighting Design, Second Edition, provides students and professionals alike with comprehensive understanding of the use of lighting to define and enhance a space. This accessible, highly practical textbook covers topics such as the art and science of color, color rendering and appearance, lighting control systems, building codes and standards, and sustainability and energy conservation. Throughout the text, accomplished lighting designer and instructor Jason Livingston offers expert insights on the use of color, the interaction between light and materials, the relation between light, vision, and psychology, and more. Fully revised and updated throughout, the second edition features new chapters on design thinking, common lighting techniques, and lighting economics. Expanded sections on aesthetics, controlling LEDs, light, and health, designing with light, and color mixing luminaires are supported by new case studies, examples, and exercises. Featuring hundreds of high-quality color images and illustrations, Designing with Light: Provides systematic guidance on all aspects of the lighting design process Thoroughly covers color and light, including color perception, color rendering, and designing with colored light Explains the theory behind the practice of architectural lighting design Contains information on cost estimating, life cycle analysis, voluntary energy programs, and professional lighting design credentials Includes an instructor resource site with PowerPoint presentations, test questions, and suggested assignments for each chapter, and also a student site with flashcards, self-evaluation tests, and helpful calculators. Designing with Light: The Art, Science, and Practice of Architectural Lighting Design, Second Edition is perfect for architecture, interior design, and electrical engineering programs that include courses on lighting design, as well as professionals looking for a thorough and up-to-date desk reference.

This is an essential resource for graduate students and other young neuroscientists who need to understand published research articles and develop their own experiments. the content has been class-tested at Stanford University and will guide other students to select and implement the best technique or combination of techniques for their research.

Focuses on insights, approaches, and techniques that areessential to designing interactive graphics and visualizations Making Sense of Data III: A Practical Guide to DesigningInteractive Data Visualizations explores a diverse range ofdisciplines to explain how meaning from graphical representationsis extracted. Additionally, the book describes the best approachfor designing and implementing interactive graphics andvisualizations that play a central role in data exploration anddecision-support systems. Beginning with an introduction to visual perception, MakingSense of Data III features a brief history on the use ofvisualization in data exploration and an outline of the designprocess. Subsequent chapters explore the following key areas: Cognitive and Visual Systems describes how various drawings,maps, and diagrams known as external representations are understoodand used to extend the mind's capabilities Graphics Representations introduces semiotic theory anddiscusses the seminal work of cartographer Jacques Bertin and thegrammar of graphics as developed by Leland Wilkinson Designing Visual Interactions discusses the four stages ofdesign process—analysis, design, prototyping, andevaluation—and covers the important principles and strategiesfor designing visual interfaces, information visualizations, anddata graphics Hands-on: Creative Interactive Visualizations with Protovisprovides an in-depth explanation of the capabilities of theProtovis toolkit and leads readers through the creation of a seriesof visualizations and graphics The final chapter includes step-by-step examples that illustratethe implementation of the discussed methods, and a series ofexercises are provided to assist in learning the Protovis language.A related website features the source code for the presentedsoftware as well as examples and solutions for selectexercises. Featuring research in psychology, vision science, statistics,and interaction design, Making Sense of Data III is anindispensable book for courses on data analysis and data mining atthe upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. The book also servesas a valuable reference for computational statisticians, softwareengineers, researchers, and professionals of any discipline whowould like to understand how the mind processes graphicalrepresentations.

Presenting Science With Impact is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.