Delivering Effective Presentations

One of the most common ways to disseminate research findings is by giving presentation.

Some common mistakes

The following presentation given by Michael Rubinstein provides basic advice on how to prepare presentations, what to think about and how to use PowerPoint more effectively.

A good source for tips and tricks about presenting is the Presentation Zen website and blog:

Blog: http://www.presentationzen.com/

Tips: http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/index.html

Guy Kawasaki's 10-20-30 rule for presenting:

A good source for interesting and inspiring talks and presentations (and if you want to see how others are doing) can be found on TED. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds.

Some interesting TED talks:

• http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66 (Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?)
• http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229 (Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight)
• http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/208 (Ben Dunlap: The story of a passionate life)
• http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/20 (Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce)
• http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92 (Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen)
• http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/214 (Michael Pollan: The omnivore's next dilemma)
• http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/170 (Jeff Skoll: Making movies that make change)

Another example: Chicken, chicken, chicken!