{"id":144,"date":"2017-06-02T10:32:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efolio.soton.ac.uk\/blog\/discoverneuroscience\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2019-06-08T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T12:04:41","slug":"step-4-page-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/for-students\/project-guide\/step-4-communicating-your-project\/step-4-page-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 4 Page 3 &#8211; Giving a Good Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Anyone can give a good talk. Everyone can improve their talks. All scientists should be trained in the basics of giving talks, to the great benefit of both their research programs and the people in their audience.\u00a0 The aim of these principles from public speaking theory is not marketing or putting an external gloss on a product. Instead, the goal is letting your inner glow and insights shine out to your audience. The three principles of a good talk are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Preparation<\/strong> &#8211; Title each slide with a full sentence: the premise of the slide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Presentation<\/strong> &#8211; Make eye contact with the audience, rather than with your own slides.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>Questions<\/strong> &#8211; Listen to the question, repeat to see if you got it, and answer its content but not its tone.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">The above is taken from work by Uri Alon, and you can click on the link to find out more about\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2017\/06\/How-to-give-a-good-talk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to give a great talk<\/a><\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/for-students\/project-guide\/step-4-communicating-your-project\/step-4-page-2\/\"> \u2190Go back to Step 4 Page 2 &#8211; Stats and Laying <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips22'>Data<\/span> Out<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/discoverneuroscience\/for-students\/project-guide\/step-4-communicating-your-project\/step-4-page-4\/\">Go to Step 4 Page 4 &#8211; What is an <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips19'>Abstract<\/span>?\u2192<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips3','The part of the nervous system responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips8','Any or all of the sciences, such as neurochemistry and experimental psychology, which deal with the structure or function of the nervous system and brain.'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips19','<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">A summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech.<\/span>'); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips22','<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.<\/span>'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone can give a good talk. 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