March 2021
Beginner
130 pages
4h 7m
English
Content preview from Success and Creativity in Scientific Research
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The Secrets of Memorably Bad Presentations
Chapter 5 focused on writing, arguing that writing clearly and efficiently is a cornerstone of being a successful researcher. Writing is hard, but at least you can carefully review and polish your work through multiple drafts. The same can’t be said for the other vital form of communicating research, giving talks. Giving a talk has a strong element of live performance – when something goes wrong, it is there for everyone to see. No wonder that many people find public speaking nerve wracking. One widely quoted statistic says that more people are afraid of public speaking than are afraid of death, spiders or heights. Regardless of whether you enjoy, dislike or outright fear public speaking, it is hard ...