Presentation Skills For Scientists And Engineers: The Slide Master

Contents
About the Author
1: Introduction
	1.1	 Introduction to This Book
	1.2	 Get Inspired by Documentaries
2: Basics
	2.1	 Don’t Compete with Yourself! Avoid Text!
	2.2	 Provide Visual Info Exactly When Needed
	2.3	 Stick to the Same Fonts
	2.4	 Leave the Template Aside
	2.5	 Choose a White Background
	2.6	 Use Color! But Don’t Abuse!
	2.7	 Choose the Right Screen Ratio
	2.8	 International Audience?
	2.9	 Slides Reviewed for Approval?
3: Animations
	3.1	 Avoid “Fancy” Animations
	3.2	 Option 1: Animate on Multiple Slides
	3.3	 Option 2: Use Animation Tools
	3.4	 Group to Facilitate Animations
	3.5	 Animate Your Bullet Points
	3.6	 Apply Exact Positioning
	3.7	 Do You Use Too Many Animations?
	3.8	 Introduce “Pop-Ups”
	3.9	 Maximum Number of Slides Allowed? Use Animations!
4: Images
	4.1	 Use Simple and Clean Photographs
	4.2	 Avoid Close-Up Photos!
	4.3	 Complement with Internet Images
	4.4	 Generate Your Own Silhouettes
	4.5	 Use the Screen Capture Button
	4.6	 Use CAD, FEA Software to Generate Illustrations
	4.7	 A Bit of Photoshop…
	4.8	 No Photoshop or Equivalent?
	4.9	 Layout Images for Perfect Balance
	4.10	 Grey Out Images to Remove Emphasis
5: Videos
	5.1	 Limit the Number of Movies
	5.2	 Automatic or Manual Activation?
	5.3	 Replace Videos by Series of Still Images
	5.4	 Generate Your Own Short Videos/Animations
	5.5	 Your Video Does Not Work?
	5.6	 Should You Use Sounds?
6: Graphs
	6.1	 Invest Time on Your Graphs
	6.2	 A Graph for Each Key Finding
	6.3	 Favor Bar Charts vs. Scatter Plots
	6.4	 Make Data Points Clearly Visible
	6.5	 Use Minimalist Axes and Grids
	6.6	 Apply Legends Directly on Data
	6.7	 Use Icons and Images on Graphs
	6.8	 Add Values Directly on Graphs
	6.9	 Beware When Zooming Bar Charts
	6.10	 Animate Your Graphs
	6.11	 Show Credibility
	6.12	 Use Colors in Graphs
	6.13	 Change the Graph’s Aspect Ratio
7: Tables
	7.1	 Replace Tables by Graphs
	7.2	 Create Tables “Externally”
	7.3	 Animate Your Tables
	7.4	 Use Icons in Your Tables
8: Maths
	8.1	 Avoid Maths and Equations
	8.2	 Use Just Enough Significant Digits
	8.3	 Put Values in Perspective
	8.4	 Really Need Equations?
	8.5	 Manage Metric vs. Imperial Units
9: Structure
	9.1	 What to Do with the Cover Page?
	9.2	 Ditch the Table of Contents
	9.3	 Keep Track of Progress?
	9.4	 Use Appropriate Slide Titles
	9.5	 Start with a Question, or Odd Fact
	9.6	 Have Clear Objectives and Scope
	9.7	 Use “Flashbacks” as Conclusion
	9.8	 Use Last Slide for Acknowledgments
10: Interactions
	10.1	 Get Interactive! Use Action Buttons
	10.2	 Use Existing Slide Elements as Action Buttons
	10.3	 Take Advantage of Action Buttons During the Question Period
11: Practice
	11.1	 Never Learn Your Text by Heart
	11.2	 Short Talk, Long Practice (and Vice Versa)
	11.3	 Second Language? Avoid the Tough Words!
	11.4	 Do Not Leave “Untranslated” Stuff!
	11.5	 The First Slide Over and Over Again!
	11.6	 Practice Using Your Smartphone!
	11.7	 Do Dry Runs with Friends and Peers
	11.8	 Cut… and Cut Again!
	11.9	 Adapt Your Slides to Your Talk
12: Planning
	12.1	 More Than One Presenter?
	12.2	 Explore Alternative Software
	12.3	 Use Your Own Laptop?
	12.4	 Dry Run: Rule Out Technical Issues
	12.5	 Go Through a Checklist!
	12.6	 Slides for Day-to-Day Meetings
	12.7	 Slides for Teleconferences
13: Delivery
	13.1	 Be in Control!
	13.2	 Look at the Audience
	13.3	 Use the Microphone
	13.4	 Avoid the Laser Pointer
	13.5	 Euh…
	13.6	 Take Your Time
	13.7	 Insert a Blank Slide
	13.8	 The Art of Citing Quotes
	13.9	 Joking Around… Really?
	13.10	 Follow the “TED Recipe”?
14: After the Talk
	14.1	 Repeat/Rephrase All Questions
	14.2	 Leaving Your Slide Deck Behind
	14.3	 Also Good for Reports
15: Conclusion
	15.1	 Conclusion