Due to COVID-19, many meetings went virtual. This was the case of the main meeting in my field. For that meeting, we were asked to
Tag: Scientific presentation
Do boring speakers talk longer?
According to this Nature blog post (Do boring speakers really talk for longer?), yes! It seems that having rhythm, a clear structure and sticking to
Université Laval medical physics professors and students in action at AAPM2017
This week, our students and faculty are involved in 17 presentations at the AAPM meeting in Denver, Colorado. This include Best In Physics (Therapy) Marie-Ève
How much time does it really take?
To present a scientific subject in an attractive and stimulating manner is an artistic task, similar to that of a novelist or even a dramatic
Big week at the 2013 AAPM meeting
Our group is well represented at this year AAPM meeting. 2 Faculty and 7 graduate students for a total of 11 oral presentations and 2
The perks of the job!
I realized it has been sometime since the last post (over a month in fact). Well during that time, I traveled over 50 000 kilometers.
“Planning Analog” – Presentation Zen
One must give credit when due. Organizing Creativity’s Daniel Wessel pointed out to me on the previous blog post “Time to go analog” that this
Time to go analog!
In the previous post, I touched on key questions to ask yourself before preparing a talk. This sets the general parameters (audience, length, …). At
For whom are you presenting?
This is scientific meetings season, at least for me. This means a bunch of PPT presentations to prepare. It would be so much easier to
Online Collaborative Writing using LaTeX
LaTex / TeX has been a favourite of scientists for a long time. For many, TeX typesetting is considered to be producing the most beautiful and elegant
DOs and DON’Ts of scientific presentations
Every meeting brings about few presentations for which the same mistakes seems to happen again and again. Just coming back from a major conference in
If an image is worth a thousand words, imagine a thousand images…
It happens every so often that you might need to explain a complex concept or present a vast amount of data in a short amount
Emotion and story telling in a scientific talk?
During a recent group meeting, one of the student was making a comment regarding the document really bad powerpoint by Seth Godin. Her point was
Ruminating... 