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When the scientist presents : an audio and video guide to science talks / Jean-Luc Lebrun.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lebrun, Jean-Luc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in science.
- Public speaking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Audio and video guide to science talks
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Check out the author's website at www.scientific-presentations.com This book looks at the presenting scientist from a novel angle: the presenter-host. When scientists give a talk, the audience ("guests") expects the title of the talk to determine presentation content, they require understandable slides, and they demand visible and audible scientific authority. To each expectation corresponds a set of skills: personal (voice, host qualities, time control), technical (presentation tools and slide design), and scientific (Q&A, slide content).The author takes an original human factor view of the p
- Contents:
- Pt. I, Content selection. Paper and oral presentation : the difference ; Content filtering criteria
- Pt. II, Audience expectations. General audience expectations ; Scientific audience expectations
- Pt. III, The slides. Five slide types, five roles ; Slide design
- Pt. IV, The presenter. The master of tools ; Scientist and perfect host ; The grabbing voice ; The answerable scientist.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612757716
- 9781282757714
- 1282757717
- 9789812839213
- 9812839216
- OCLC:
- 613383911
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