title: Tips on effective presentation design and delivery.
abstract: For many of us oral presentations can be the prime means for communicating our ideas and our research, not only to our peers, but also to our employers and to potential customers. As students, you are no exception the prospect of an oral presentation can be daunting, the pressure is on to make a good impression with your research. That we are scientists presenting sometimes very complicated scientific ideas and results need not necessarily be a recipe for a sleep inducing "death by PowerPoint" presentation, rather there are simple ways in which we can all try and make our presentations effective and captivating. This session aims to give you some all-round pointers on preparing and delivering an effective presentation that best conveys your ideas smoothly, understandably and, most important, succinctly.
authors.affiliation: University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Cristian A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Linte
mesh_terms: D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D019212:Multimedia