I am not a funny person. But I have worked very hard to add humor into my presentations. In this entry you’ll learn 3 tips for incorporating humor into presentations.
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March 2007
Fun with physics presentations! Who knew?
Here’s a presentation from particle physicist Janet Conrad at Columbia University titled “How to Write and Give a Good Scientific Talk”…
While I disagree with her on a few minor points, I think she does a good job at covering the basics and she also has some interesting, creative examples…
Connect with transitions
“And now I am going to talk about …”
This is probably the most common “transition” that I hear, especially when a scientific speaker moves from one slide to the next. The problem with this is approach is that it really doesn’t transition at all.
Specifically, it fails to make a connection, which is the main purpose of the transition.
Passion for science? Better than sex?
I’ll never forget the day when Jane, my boss at that time, called me into her corner office for one of her famous “professional development discussions”. Perhaps because I was a young manager Jane felt compelled to offer me extra career advice and guidance whenever she felt I had gotten off-track. Usually it was good advice, but this day was different.
