Speaking & Presenting
Speaking
Advocacy and Inquiry Idioms: Helpful ‘templates’ that encourage trainees to speak up.
How to Introduce a Speaker: Instructions to give trainees for introducing a seminar speaker.
Informational Interviewing: Sample email template to request an informational interview and interview questions.
Scientific Elevator Speeches: A Communication and Critical Thinking Tool (Erin Rieger, Puja Aggarwal, and Carrie Cameron, Medical Education)
How to Talk to People, According to Terry Gross (Jolie Kerr, New York Times)
Toastmasters: A nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs.
The surprising secret to speaking with confidence [video - see below; 18:55] (Caroline Goyder, TEDxBrixton): In this fun and personal talk, Caroline, voice coach and author of Gravitas: Communicate with Confidence, Influence and Authority, shares a story of moving from stage-paralysis to expressive self.
PRESENTING
Scientific Presenting: Using Evidence-Based Classroom Practices to Deliver Effective Conference Presentations (Lisa A. Corwin, Amy Prunuske, and Shannon B. Seidel, CBE-Life Sciences Education)
Presentation Tips for Designing and Delivering a Dynamic Research Talk (Cynthia Fuhrmann-Kelch, UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development)
Speaker Coach: Presentation rehearsal tool built into PowerPoint for the web.
Presentation Expressions: Helping people learn English presentation expressions and presentation tips for school or business since 2009.
10 Ways to Interact with Audience Members While You Present (Doug Neff, Duarte.com)
The 1 Sentence That Will Make You a More Effective Speaker Every Time (Brenda Barbosa, Inc.com)
How to Nail Every Presentation, According to TED’s Top Speaking Coach (Scott Mautz, Inc.com)
9 Public Speaking Lessons From the World’s Greatest TED Talks (Carmine Gallo, Forbes)
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking, by Chris Anderson (book)
How to Answer Questions After Your Presentation: A quick guide for a variety of post-presentation question scenarios.
The 110 techniques of communication and public speaking [video - see below; 16:51] (David JP Phillips, TEDxZagreb): The most important skills communicators use in order to deliver their message, compiled from 7 years studying 5000 speakers, amateurs and professionals.
ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), PUBLIC SPEAKING PRESENTATION APPLICATIONS
Yoodli: Is powered by AI and uses speech recognition and natural language processing to analyze your voice and content.
ELSA. English Language Speech Assistant, This app helps English learners practice oral skills for vocabulary, sentences, and conversations, and gives ratings for accent, intonation, and other qualities. The current version is likely to be over-prescriptive and can sometimes give even native speakers lower ratings, so “scores” should be taken with a grain of salt. (This is likely to improve as the app develops over time.)
Enhance your presentation skills with the best AI tools for presenters, by Belinda Huckle, (blog).
SLIDE TIPS AND TRICKS:
Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, by Nancy Duarte
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, by Nancy Duarte
How to avoid death by Power Point [video - see below; 20:31] (David JP Phillips, TEDxStockholmSalon): PowerPoint tips from David Phillips, the leading Swedish figurehead in the art of making presentations.
Designing effective scientific presentations: Using PowerPoint and structuring your talk [video - see below; 42:08] (Susan McConnell, Stanford University)
