Advancing Your Scientific Presentations

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Audience

For researchers in the natural sciences who want to improve the quality of their peer-to-peer scientific presentations with both virtual and face-to-face audiences

Subscriptions available to institutions, departments and labs

Key features

4-module course with a course certificate

10 experts in scientific presentations including researchers and professionals such as the Editor in Chief of Nature who excel at presenting their work, renowned presentation designers & trainers and experts in narrative tools

7-8 hours of learning

15-minute lessons

English language subtitles and transcripts

Skills

Identify techniques that can help to overcome the challenges that researchers commonly experience when delivering oral presentations

Learn how to build compelling research stories to use as the foundation for your presentations

Learn how to create professional slide decks that effectively communicate research findings to your audience

Learn how to apply strategies to help you deliver your presentation effectively on the day, in both virtual and face-to-face environments

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Overcoming your research presentation challenges

Developing the story behind your talk

Building an engaging slide deck

Preparing and navigating your talk

Insight from expert academics and professionals

This course benefits from the insights from experts with a wide range of experience, including:

Delivering compelling presentations to audiences of scientific peers
Using narrative techniques when communicating research
Designing slide decks to support and enhance presentations
Training researchers how to deliver scientific presentations in a clear and engaging manner

The expert panel developed and refined the course. This panel contains:

Michael Alley | Teaching Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Shohini Ghose | Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Nolan Haims | Principal, Nolan Haims Creative
Magdalena Skipper | Editor in Chief, Nature and Chief Editorial Advisor, Nature Portfolio
Michael White | Senior Editor, Nature

The course also has additional insights through interviews from:

Beatrice Chiew | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Newcastle, Australia
Michael Dahlstrom | Director, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University
Jean-luc Doumont | Founding Partner, Principiæ
Richard Goring | Director, Bright Carbon
Samuel Ramsey | Entomologist, USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory