Exceptional Presentations In Spite of PowerPoint: How to Communicate Your Science in the Digital Age
Accepted as a Career Development Workshop: AAAS 2019 Washington, DC 21368: Exceptional Presentations In Spite of PowerPoint: How to Communicate Your Science in the Digital Age Session Description: “Death by PowerPoint” is in the lexicon for good reason. Giving a great presentation is about engaging an audience, which requires understanding who that audience is and what they hope to gain by listening to you. In order to deliver a great presentation, you have to create outstanding presentation materials. How do you do this? Workshop presenters will illustrate best practices on how to communicate your science during formal presentations including webinars using storytelling and anecdotes, digital tools such as simple DIY graphics which can also be applied to science communication via social media, for informal verbal presentations and time management skills both for presentation preparation and for execution of the presentation. Workshop Audience: Undergraduate Gradua