Resources on Oral Presentations

October 2005

Compiled by Karen Muskavitch (), Boston College

People at Boston College

Your research advisor and your mentors

Your school or departmental graduate program director

Other graduate students and post-docs

Sites on the Web:

Survival Skills and Ethics Program, University of Pittsburgh.

Bibliography on Oral Communications

http://www.survival.pitt.edu/library/biblio/oralcomm.asp

Bibliography on Graphics and Visual Aids

http://www.survival.pitt.edu/library/biblio/graphics.asp

10 Tips for Successful Public Speaking, Toastmasters International.

http://www.toastmasters.org/pdfs/top10.pdf

Presentation Skills for Faculty, by anEdge for University of Pennsylvania. Has links to a number of useful guides.

http://www.lisabmarshall.com/techstudents.htm

Conferences and Presentations, resources at Re-envisioning the Ph.D., University of Washington

http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/phd/obtaining_phd/conferences.html

Handbook for Speakers, American Chemical Society. Has information on formal oral presentations (inc. slides), poster session presentations, and ACS meeting Regulations. http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=meetings\handbook.html

Preparing an Oral Presentation: Suggestions and Strategies for Scientific and Academic Settings, Jeff Radel, University of Kansas Medical Center.

http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Preparing_talks/TalkStrt.html

Designing Effective Visuals, Jeff Radel and Carol Massoth, University of Kansas Medical Center.

http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Effective_visuals/VisStrt.html

Transferably Yours: Powerful Presentations, Phil Dee on Science NextWave.

http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2000/11/08/3

The All-Important Research Talk: Learning How to Do It Better, Alka Agrawal, in Science’s Next Wave. This article has many links and references to other useful resources.

http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2001/05/31/8

Making Effective Oral Presentations, Edward G. Wertheim, Northeastern University.

http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/oral.htm

Books and Articles:

Briscoe MH. Preparing Scientific Illustrations: A Guide to Better Posters, Presentations, and Publications. New York: Springer, 1996.

Nicol, A.A.M. and P.M. Pexman Presenting Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Creating Tables. American Psychological Association, 1999.

Nicol, A.A.M. and P.M. Pexman Displaying Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Presenting Figures, Posters, and Presentations. American Psychological Association, 2003.