| Chapter 3: Give compelling talks
General references and resources
- Adler, Ronald B. and Rodman, George, Understanding Human Communication, Oxford University Press, 2009
- Alley, Michael, The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003
- Alley, Michael, The Craft of Scientific Writing, Prentice-Hall, 1987
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Giving Talks. For a free copy, email news@bwfund.org
- Hewlett Packard, "The Power of Visual Communication," 2004
- Hoff, Ron, Say It In Six, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1996
- Kushner, Malcolm, Presentations for Dummies, For Dummies, 2004
- Mahar, Stephen, Yaylacicegi, Uku, and Janicki, Thomas,"The Dark Side of Custom Animation," International Journal of "Innovation and Learning, July 2009. See also news article and blog discussion.
- Meredith, Dennis, "Play 'Bad Presentation Bingo': Losers are Winners!," Research Explainer, February 26, 2010
- Mitchell, Olivia, How to Present with Twitter (and other backchannels)
- Naftulin, D.H., Ware, J.E., and Donnelly, F.A., "The Doctor Fox Lecture: A Paradigm of Educational Seduction," Journal of Medical Education, July 1973
- Olson, Randy, Talking Science video, USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
- OSHA Office of Education and Training, "Presenting Effective Presentations with Visual Aids,"1996
- Quamut, Public Speaking
- Six Minutes: A Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Blog
- Soyouwanna Deliver an Effective Speech?
- Speaking About Presenting blog on presentations
- Toastmasters, Toastmaster's International Guide to Successful Speaking: Overcoming Your Fears, Winning over Your Audience, Building Your Business & Career
- Winston, Patrick, "How to Speak" videos
- Wired How-To Wiki, "Deliver the Perfect Presentation"
- Woodward, Billy, Science Heroes Web site
- Woodward, Billy, Shurkin, Joel, and Gordon, Debra, Scientists Greater than Einstein: The Biggest Lifesavers of the Twentieth Century, Linden Publishing, 2009
    Software and Web sites for sharing presentations and other content
- Agarwal, Amit, Share your Presentation Slides with a QR Code
- Articulate Presenter
- authorStream
- Creating a slidecast using Slideshare (Explains recording audio using Blackboard, but you can also use a link to an existing .mp3 file on the Web)
- Echo360
- 40 Interesting ways to use QR Codes in the Classroom
- Gallo, Carmine, "Present like Steve Jobs," YouTube, April 17, 2008
- for text such as business cards, web URLs, email addresses, etc.
- Impatica
- Meredith, Dennis, "Publishing Online Flip Books: Useful Tool or Gimmick?" Research Explainer, June 25, 2010
- Meredith, Dennis, "Slidecast: Using Multimedia to Advance Your Research," Research Explainer, February 21, 2010
- Meredith, Dennis, "Use QR Codes to 'Amplify' Your Work," Research Explainer, April 3, 2012
- MyBrainshark,free hosting service for sharing presentations
- QR Code in Powerpoint Presentations
- QR Code generator, basic (Google)
- QR Code generator (Delivr) Free version enables personalizatio, tracking of QR code use. Paid version adds more sophisticated services
- QR Code generator, basic (Digital Inspiration)
- QR Code generator, basic (KayWa)
- QR Code generator for producing more sophisticated codes, including those that trigger an action
- QR code generator (ZXing)
- QR Codes: What are They and How to Use Them (video)
- QR Codes: How to Generate with bit.ly
- QRStuff.com tools for QR codes
- SciVee Slidecast
- Screencast.com, free basic presentation-hosting service with inexpensive upgrade to more subtantial storage, bandwidth
- SlideBoom
- Slidecasting screencasts using Slideshare
- SlideShare free hosting service for sharing PowerPoint presentations.
- SlideServe, free hosting service for sharing PowerPoint presentations
- Slide Sharing Websites: Review, m62, January 19, 2010
- Soundslides, software for producing audio Web slidecasts
- Sonic Foundry's Mediasite
- TagmyDoc for sharing documents via a QR Code on the document or a Powerpoint slide
- 280 Slides allows creation, accessing, and sharing of slide shows
- Ventation enables creation of synchronized video and slide presentations
PowerPoint and other presentation resources
- a Luna Blue stock video for PowerPoint backgrounds
- Alley, Michael, "Improve your PowerPoint," February 12, 2010
- Animation Factory animated clip art, templates, backgrounds and videos. Science/Medical PowerPoint backgrounds
- Atkinson, Cliff, Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire, Microsoft Press, 2007
- "Become a PowerPoint Power User," Wired Wiki
- Bit.ly URL shortener
- CaptureFox, screencasting add-on for Firefox
- Crystal Graphics PowerPoint plugins for templates, Flash, animations, 3D
- GoogleDocs Presentations
- Grant, Bob, "Pimp your PowerPoint," The Scientist, March 1, 2010
- How to Create an Effective PowerPoint Presentation, OnlineCourses.net
- "How to use Movie Maker to put titles on your video backgrounds for PowerPoint," PowerFinish
- Inspiration organizing software
- Microsoft training for PowerPoint 2010
- 123PPT.com video backgrounds for PowerPoint presentations
- OpenOffice.org Impress
- PowerFinish templates, backgrounds and videos
- Powered Templates PowerPoint templates and video backgrounds
- PowerPlugs: Transitions for PowerPoint Volume 7
- The PowerPoint FAQ
- PowerPointing.com commercial collection of templates, shapes, illustrations, maps
- PowerPoint Heaven
- PowerPoint Tips and Tricks, A Bit Better Corp
- PresentationPro
- Presenter for PowerPoint for creating special effects within PowerPoint
- Prezi presentation software
- Screenflow (Mac) for recording computer screen interaction, video, etc.
- SlideRocket
- Snagit for capturing and manipulating screen images
- SnipURL URL shortener
- TinyURL URL shortener
- Digital Inspiration, "The Most Essential Tools for Presenters"
- Tufte, Edward, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition
- Wikipedia, "Presentation Programs"
- Zamzar for converting file formats
Apple iWork Keynote resources
    Free sources for images, illustrations, animations, and videos
- Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA
- Bugwood Network insect and forestry images
- CalPhotos
- Genomics Image Gallery, (also images depicting biofuels, carbon cycling, systems biology), DOE
- Earth Science World Image Bank
- EurekAlert! multimedia gallery
- Google Advanced Image Search
- Hubble Space Telescope images
- Interactions.org image bank for particle physics
- Master site for U.S. government photos and graphics
- National Digital Library, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Department of Energy and DOE national laboratories
- Video University Guide to Public Domain Footage
- How Stuff Works Web site illustrations, animations, and videos on science and technology
- Materials Research Society Science as Art image winners
- Medical Animation Library, Penn Medicine. Huge collection of short medical animations
- MorgueFile general stock shots
- Molecular Workbench
- NASA art gallery
- NASA images
- NASA video gallery
- National Institutes of Health photo galleries
- National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library
- NIH National Cancer Institute visuals online
- NIH National Institute for General Medical Sciences image gallery
- National Science Foundation multimedia gallery
- NOAA Photo Library
- North Harris College Natural Sciences collection of links to science animations
- Photl.com general stock shots
- Stock.xchng general stock shots
- U.S. government YouTube channel for science & technology
- Wellcome Images, more than 40,000 images from clinical and biomedical sciences
- Wikimedia Commons free images and video
- YouTube
Commercial sources for images, illustrations, animation and video
Sources for science cartoons
Science demonstrations
- Beaty, William, Physics demos & Science Exhibit Designs
- The experiMENTALS
- ExploScience: Innovative Resources for Science Education and Exploration
- Frostbite Theater: Jefferson Laboratory Physics Video Demonstrations
- Ophardt, Charles E., ed., Science Demonstrations, Elmhurst College
- Shakhashiri, Bassam, Chemical Demonstrations, Volume 1, University of Wisconsin Press, 1983
- Shakhashiri, Bassam, Chemical Demonstrations, Volume 2, University of Wisconsin Press, 1985
- Shakhashiri, Bassam, Chemical Demonstrations, Volume 3, University of Wisconsin Press, 1989
- Shakhashiri, Bassam, Chemical Demonstrations, Volume 4, University of Wisconsin Press, 1992
- Shmaefski, Brian, Favorite Demonstrations for College Science: An NSTA Press Journals Collection
- The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations
- Willey, David, The Physics Behind Four Amazing Demonstrations
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