Useful links
“Top Ten Slide Tips” from Garr Reynolds formerly of Apple Computers Inc and now Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan.
“Presentation Magazine: everything on presentations, speeches and powerpoint.” A useful website with helpful advice and free powerpoint templates.
“Death by Powerpoint” by Alexei Kapterev. This slide show reinforces the key messages for preparing a presentation.
“Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides: The Assertion-Evidence Structure” Michael Alley (with downloadable slide template for scientific presentations). Michael Alley demonstrates the most effective method of slide design in a scientific or technical context.
“PowerPoint Does Rocket Science--and Better Techniques for Technical Reports” An analysis of how Powerpoint slide design can lead to fatal errors.
LearnHigher: oral communication. A good site with detailed help for students giving presentations in a university context.
“Multimodal Learning Through Media: what the research says” by Metiri Group – commissioned by Cisco Systems Inc: 2008.
“Brain rules for presenters”: an on-line presentation by Garr Reynolds on what presenters can learn from brain scientist Dr John Medina (see below) (and a great example of slide design).
“Brain Rules: 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home and school” Dr John Medina, director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University.
