Effective communication using slides (Comms for GM1)

If you're a student on the University of Cambridge's Multidisciplinary Design course (GM1), this episode is for you.The episode stems from consideration of the pitfalls presenters fall into concerning use of slides.Simply by avoiding these pitfalls, you can make your presentation outstandingly communicative.This is the second of three episodes on presentations. There is a parallel set of episodes on poster presentations.Contents00:00 Key issues04:37 Audience engagement07:10 The three functions of slides12:57 Using slides interactively15:51 Implications for time managementCredit: The music is from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, courtesy of the US Marine Band.Support the showAbout the publisherThis episode is published by Frontinus Ltd. We're a communications consultancy that helps organisations and individuals to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to non-specialist audiences. We provide consultancy mentoringediting and writingtrainingand work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).To learn more about services or explore ways of working together, please contact us via our website, http://frontinus.org.uk/.