http://scientific-presentations.com Resources for the presenter scientist Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:38:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= CreativeCommons Attribution - Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ jllebrun@me.com (Jean-Luc Lebrun) jllebrun@me.com (Jean-Luc Lebrun) Science: Presentation Skills 1440 http://scientific-presentations.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/podcastpic144.jpg http://scientific-presentations.com 144 144 http://scientific-presentations.com/?feed=podcast When the scientist presents: Experts recommend "When the scientist presents" shares the views of expert presenters in a series of bi-monthly interviews aimed at improving presentation skills, namely the preparation of well designed slides, and the faultless delivery of a scientific talk followed by a stellar Q&A. scientific, talk, scientific, presentations, Q&A, slide, design, interviews, PowerPoint, Keynote, scientist, audience Jean-Luc Lebrun Jean-Luc Lebrun jllebrun@me.com no no http://scientific-presentations.com/2012/04/02/tdd-test-driven-development-its-use-in-scientific-presentations/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2012/04/02/tdd-test-driven-development-its-use-in-scientific-presentations/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:14:06 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=926 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2012/04/02/tdd-test-driven-development-its-use-in-scientific-presentations/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2011/06/13/learning-from-henri-poincare-part-2/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2011/06/13/learning-from-henri-poincare-part-2/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:32:43 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=875 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2011/06/13/learning-from-henri-poincare-part-2/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2011/04/23/the-scientist-who-presents/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2011/04/23/the-scientist-who-presents/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:30:28 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=3 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2011/04/23/the-scientist-who-presents/feed/ 0 0:01:16 A flourishing scientific career is strengthened by a sustained flow of oral presentations. And this is where most scientists may wish that, like bees, they were equipped with a social gene enabling them to dance uninhibited in front of an audience a[...] A flourishing scientific career is strengthened by a sustained flow of oral presentations. And this is where most scientists may wish that, like bees, they were equipped with a social gene enabling them to dance uninhibited in front of an audience avid for new sources of ideas. Fortunately (at least so far) nobody has identified a presentation gene in our DNA. Presentation skills, even though they appear native in those who flourish, are not found in the human genome. They are learned and, in this blog, they are shared. This blog presents the challenges faced by the scientist who presents. It also points to other URLs with resources for presenters, and it contains podcasts and original videos with PowerPoint or Keynote techniques also found here http://www.scivee.tv/user/7043/ and podcasts http://scientific-presentations.com/?feed=podcast . Naturally, it features the book “When the scientist presents“, published by World Scientific, and authored by yours truly You may also have landed on this page because you discovered the existence of SWAN, a tool based on the techniques I promoted in “Scientific Writing 2.0: A reader and writer’s guide” (World Scientific Publishing).  My friends from the University of Joensuu in Finland implemented this tool in Java. SWAN (Scientific Writing AssistaNt) will help you identify whether your scientific paper is written in a way that will enable the reviewer to appreciate your contribution. SWAN is also found here:  http://cs.uef.fi/swan/index.html Contact_me: whenthescientistpresents @ gmail dot com. Uncategorized Jean-Luc Lebrun no no http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/07/03/smile/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/07/03/smile/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:01:55 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=744 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/07/03/smile/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/06/03/learning-from-benjamin-franklin/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/06/03/learning-from-benjamin-franklin/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:38:22 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=733 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/06/03/learning-from-benjamin-franklin/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/04/11/how-audience-perceives-expertise/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/04/11/how-audience-perceives-expertise/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:31:54 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=632 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/04/11/how-audience-perceives-expertise/feed/ 1 http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/03/17/validity-of-rules-of-thumb/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/03/17/validity-of-rules-of-thumb/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:29:52 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=581 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/03/17/validity-of-rules-of-thumb/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/02/21/020-the-ted-presenter/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/02/21/020-the-ted-presenter/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:51:03 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=577 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/02/21/020-the-ted-presenter/feed/ 0 0:06:29 The Apple flag gives you a hint. Our next guest is from Apple, in Cupertino California. His name is Ken Eddings – and he is the man behind Apple’s DNS. But it is not the IT guru I are interviewing, it is the Ken Eddings who frequently a[...] The Apple flag gives you a hint. Our next guest is from Apple, in Cupertino California. His name is Ken Eddings – and he is the man behind Apple’s DNS. But it is not the IT guru I are interviewing, it is the Ken Eddings who frequently attends TED conferences worldwide… reason is, he provides technical support for its organizers. To those of you not familiar with TED, I recommend you go to their website: www.ted.com; TED advertizes itself with the slogan: “Riveting Talks by Remarkable People”.  So it was interesting to get Ken’s perspective on what is a good TED presenter, and on the type of technical issues he had to face while supporting TED talks. Uncategorized Jean-Luc Lebrun no no http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/01/28/presentation-traps-4-the-mouth-trap/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/01/28/presentation-traps-4-the-mouth-trap/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:22:11 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=503 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/01/28/presentation-traps-4-the-mouth-trap/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/01/06/021-presenting-to-a-lay-audience/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/01/06/021-presenting-to-a-lay-audience/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:49:38 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=459 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2010/01/06/021-presenting-to-a-lay-audience/feed/ 1 0:07:40 Today our podcast features Dr Cleo Choong. She had to give a presentation to members of parliament at the British House of Commons as part of a competition for the engineer of the year award. What is it like to present to such a prestigious gatherin[...] Today our podcast features Dr Cleo Choong. She had to give a presentation to members of parliament at the British House of Commons as part of a competition for the engineer of the year award. What is it like to present to such a prestigious gathering of elected congressmen? Did she win the competition? Find out how she handled this most difficult presentation. source: Flickr, by vqm8383 Uncategorized Jean-Luc Lebrun no no http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/11/28/continuity-bugs-in-linear-slide-presentations/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/11/28/continuity-bugs-in-linear-slide-presentations/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:53:54 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=429 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/11/28/continuity-bugs-in-linear-slide-presentations/feed/ 1 http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/10/10/learning-from-herbert-simon/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/10/10/learning-from-herbert-simon/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:58:27 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=311 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/10/10/learning-from-herbert-simon/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/28/016questions-from-experts-and-head-hunters/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/28/016questions-from-experts-and-head-hunters/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:03:04 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=306 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/28/016questions-from-experts-and-head-hunters/feed/ 0 0:07:38 Our new guest, Dr Leong Mun Kew, reveals what brings senior researchers to your talk. He even mentions the type of questions he would ask when head hunting for his lab. This insider view into presentation outcomes comes from the man who is now CTO [...] Our new guest, Dr Leong Mun Kew, reveals what brings senior researchers to your talk. He even mentions the type of questions he would ask when head hunting for his lab. This insider view into presentation outcomes comes from the man who is now CTO and acting CIO of the Singapore National Library Board. Uncategorized Jean-Luc Lebrun no no http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/15/015-personal-credibility/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/15/015-personal-credibility/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:24:29 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=295 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/15/015-personal-credibility/feed/ 0 0:07:26 Not every piece of research represents a paradigm shift. How is one to present research which is lower on the innovative scale? In this podcast we also discovers that a polished abstract is not enough to bring an audience to your talk. Listen in as[...] Not every piece of research represents a paradigm shift. How is one to present research which is lower on the innovative scale? In this podcast we also discovers that a polished abstract is not enough to bring an audience to your talk. Listen in as Professor Motiwalla shares his experience. Uncategorized Jean-Luc Lebrun no no http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/09/learning-from-santiago-ramon-y-cajal/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/09/learning-from-santiago-ramon-y-cajal/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:49:25 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=280 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/09/09/learning-from-santiago-ramon-y-cajal/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/08/17/presenters-with-foreign-names/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/08/17/presenters-with-foreign-names/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:21:51 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=246 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/08/17/presenters-with-foreign-names/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/07/16/12-pearls-of-presenter-wisdom/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/07/16/12-pearls-of-presenter-wisdom/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:12:06 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=239 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/07/16/12-pearls-of-presenter-wisdom/feed/ 0 0:09:12 This podcast will not explain why the word “pearl” has been associated with the word wisdom, but it will give you tips you probably can’t live without. For those of you who are interested,  the expression “pearls of Wisdom[...] This podcast will not explain why the word “pearl” has been associated with the word wisdom, but it will give you tips you probably can’t live without. For those of you who are interested,  the expression “pearls of Wisdom” might have biblical origins.  (a person without discernment (who is not wise) is someone who casts pearls before swine – pearls here would refer to valuable words revealing the good news – Matthew 7:6) Uncategorized Jean-Luc Lebrun no no http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/07/05/powerpoint-effects-without-effects/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/07/05/powerpoint-effects-without-effects/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:23:28 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=235 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/07/05/powerpoint-effects-without-effects/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/05/27/take-action-to-avoid-troublesome-question/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/05/27/take-action-to-avoid-troublesome-question/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 14:07:12 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=213 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/05/27/take-action-to-avoid-troublesome-question/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/04/24/learn-from-peter-feibelman/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/04/24/learn-from-peter-feibelman/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:11:48 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=171 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/04/24/learn-from-peter-feibelman/feed/ 0 http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/04/13/visible-and-invisible-navigation-tools/ http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/04/13/visible-and-invisible-navigation-tools/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:56:38 +0000 Jean-Luc http://scientific-presentations.com/?p=139 Continue reading →]]> http://scientific-presentations.com/2009/04/13/visible-and-invisible-navigation-tools/feed/ 0