Monday, June 10, 2013

Beyond the Bullet Point

Technological wonders abound. And yet the technology for presenting that technology seems to encourage presentations that are less than wondrous. The audience that basks in the PowerPoint glow of an engineers' talk is likely to be verbally overwhelmed, confused, or just plain bored.
"We as a disciple, we need to do a better job in presenting our work," says Michael Alley, a professor of engineering communication at Penn State and the author of The Craft of Scientific Presentations. "There are so many important decisions that are made about energy, health, and safety that involve people understanding what we know."

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