Rethinking Presentations in Science and Engineering                                                                                                                                  Michael Alley, Penn State
Assertion-Evidence talks are comprehended better by audiences and project more confidence from speakers
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Problem: PowerPoint's defaults are weak
​Principle: 1: Build your talk on messages, not topics
Assumption: Use slides only when they serve the talk
Principle 2: Support messages with visual evidence
Principle 3: Practice so that you can fashion sentences on the spot
Structure: Orient the audience at the start, arrange the content in a logical way, and summarize at the end

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