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STEM Comm
  • Outline
  • Preface
    • 1  Reach
    • 2  How to use this book
    • 3  Goal
    • 4  Predicticable Masses
    • 5  Mundane and Profound
    • 6  About the Author
  • Structure
    • 7  Organization
  • Introduction
    • 8  What is STEM?
    • 9  What is Communication?
    • 10  A New Model

  • Hierarchy Fallacy

    • 11  Preconceptions

    • 12  The Myth of Hard & Soft Skills
    • 13  Raising the Status of Soft Skills
    • 14  The Myth of Hard & Soft Sciences
    • 15  Rebranding Sciences

    • 16  17_propose.html
    • 17  Static & Dynamic Models
    • 18  The Signal-to-Noise Ratio
    • 19  Functional Communication
    • 20  A Mental Model
    • 21  Serendipity, probability, change
  • Models

  • Introduction

  • Receiver
    • 22  Being Contextual
    • 23  Content
    • 24  Empathy
    • 25  Problems
    • 26  Compassion
    • 27  Best, Always
    • 28  All Relatives
  • Psycho-social-cultural
    • 29  Cultural
    • 30  Neuro-diversity
    • 31  Gender
    • 32  Social
    • 33  Non-violent Communication
  • Cognitive Bias
  • File Formats
    • 34  Raster Images
    • 35  Vector Images
    • 36  Plain Text
    • 37  Suite
    • 38  Fonts
    • 39  Storage
    • 40  Image tests

  • Dimensions
    • 41  Changes in State
  • Color
    • 42  Color Codes
    • 43  Color Models
    • 44  Selecting Colors
    • 45  HSB/HSV and HSL Models
    • 46  Harsh Colors
    • 47  Highlights
    • 48  Encoding values
    • 49  Encoding Groups
    • 50  Access
    • 51  Palettes
    • 52  Illustrator
  • Perception
    • 53  Gestalt Principles
    • 54  Table Look-up
  • Sketch Notes
  • Diagrams
    • 55  Visual Language
    • 56  Icons
    • 57  Diagrams — Abstract Concepts
    • 58  Flow
    • 59  Structure
    • 60  Cluster
    • 61  Radiate
    • 62  Pictorial
    • 63  Quantitative Data
    • 64  Qualitative Diagrams
  • Data Visualization
    • 65  Purpose
    • 66  Explore versus Explain
    • 67  Exploratory Data visualization
    • 68  Explanatory Data visualization
    • 69  Degrees of Separation
    • 70  Summary of Types of Plots

    • 71  Variable Classes
    • 72  Data Classes
    • 73  Location
    • 74  Spread
    • 75  Estimation
    • 76  Trend Lines
    • 77  Minimum Components of a Plot

    • 78  Small Multiples
    • 79  Aspect Ratio
    • 80  Data-Ink Ratio
    • 81  Encoding Continuous Variables
    • 82  Encoding Categorical Variables

    • 83  Pie Charts — Type 1
    • 84  Pie Charts — Type 2
    • 85  The Sankey Diagram
    • 86  Best Practices

    • 87  The Grammar of Graphics
    • 88  Case Study 1 — Iris
    • 89  Case Study 2 — Peppermint

    • 90  Geometries of Univariate Distributions
    • 91  Points — Strip Plots
    • 92  Lines — Density Plots
    • 93  Bars — Histograms

    • 94  Points
    • 95  Scatter Plot Variants
    • 96  Adjusting
    • 97  Adding Variables
    • 98  Statements
    • 99  Jittering
    • 100  Dotplots I
    • 101  Dotplots II
    • 102  Adjusting Attributes

    • 103  Parallel Plots
    • 104  Time Series
    • 105  Area plots
    • 106  Paths
    • 107  Multiple timelines
    • 108  Lines to Ratios
    • 109  Different Scales

    • 110  Bars
    • 111  Comparing Distributions with Multiple Histograms

    • 112  Definition
    • 113  Multiple Boxplots
    • 114  Filled Boxplots

    • 115  Violin
    • 116  Ridges
    • 117  Pie Charts I
    • 118  Mosaic Plots
    • 119  2D Density
    • 120  Intersections I
    • 121  Intersection II

    • 122  Heatmaps
    • 123  SPLOMs
  • Visual Identity
    • 124  Visual Identity
    • 125  Color Palettes
  • Design
    • 126  Design Basics
    • 127  Consistency
    • 128  Simplification
    • 129  Grid Design
    • 130  Colours & Contrast
    • 131  Speaking
    • 132  Slide design
    • 133  Slide Titles
    • 134  Slide Layout
  • Writing
    • 135  The 7 Cs

    • 136  Being Concise
    • 137  Delete Unnecessary Phrases
    • 138  Shorten Lengthy, Necessary Phrases
    • 139  Choose Clear and Correct over Concise
    • 140  Delete Redundant Information
    • 141  Shorten Lengthy, Necessary Phrases
    • 142  Shorten phrases
    • 143  Shorten Necessary it … that Phrases
    • 144  Delete Unnecessary it … that Phrases

    • 145  Being Clear
    • 146  Use Hedge Words Sparingly
    • 147  Use -ly Adverbs Appropriately
    • 148  Avoid Arrogance
    • 149  Avoid Reporting Verbs
    • 150  Avoid Reserved Words
    • 151  Communicate Objectively
    • 152  Tailor Jargon to your audience
    • 153  Minimize Use of Abbreviations/Acronyms
    • 154  Activate “Buried Verbs”

    • 155  Being Correct
    • 156  Problem Words: Accuracy, Precision, and Reproducibility
    • 157  Imprecise wording
    • 158  Problem words — Since
    • 159  Problem Words — With
    • 160  Problem words — Show
    • 161  Constructive Ambiguity
    • 162  Compound Nouns
    • 163  Additional Problem Words
    • 164  The Problem with Words
    • 165  Formal Versus Informal Language
    • 166  Pronoun Ambiguity
    • 167  Plural Versus Singular Forms
    • 168  Noun-Verb Agreement

    • 169  Editing Text
    • 170  Proofreading
    • 171  Professional Proofreading

    • 172  Being Considerate
    • 173  Sentences — Simple
    • 174  Sentences — Compound
    • 175  Sentences — Complex
    • 176  Sentences — Combination
    • 177  Problem Words — That and Which
    • 178  Streamline Subject-Verb-Object Sentences
    • 179  Active & Passive Voice: Use Word Order to Reflect Context
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    • 181  Clause Order Influences Your Message
    • 182  Position the Sentence Topic Appropriately
    • 183  Word Order
    • 184  Transitions
    • 185  Specify Connections
    • 186  Ambiguous phrasing

    • 187  Cohesive
    • 188  Constructing Paragraphs
    • 189  Line-in-a-chain Paragraph Structure
    • 190  Fixed Perspective Paragraph Structure
    • 191  Mixed Paragraph Structure
    • 192  Vary Sentence Length
    • 193  Transitions Between Sentences
    • 194  Transitions that emphqsize Type of information
    • 195  Transitions that Emphasize contrasts
    • 196  Balancing Statements Exercise

    • 197  Being Consistent
    • 198  Grammatical Parallelism
    • 199  Combining Topics
    • 200  Consistency Exercises
  • Typography
    • 201  Typography I
    • 202  Saliency
    • 203  Personality
  • Reading
  • Body Language
    • 204  Attire
    • 205  Posture
    • 206  Movement
    • 207  Facial Expression
    • 208  Eye Contact
    • 209  Gestures
    • 210  Performative

  • Voice
    • 211  Volumne
    • 212  Enunciation
    • 213  Pacing
    • 214  Rhythm
  • Listening
  • Hearing

  • Branding
    • 215  Visual
    • 216  Emotional
    • 217  Impressions
    • 218  Branding
  • Story-telling

    • 219  Story-telling
    • 220  Turning Points
    • 221  Ordering Information

    • 222  Using Tension
    • 223  Story-telling and Learning
    • 224  Verbal Signals

  • Allusion
  • Constraints

  • Physical

  • Design Thinking
  • Research Articles
    • 225  Contextual
    • 226  The Abstract
    • 227  The Introduction
    • 228  Materials & Methods
    • 229  Results
    • 230  Sub-section Headers
    • 231  Figure Legends
    • 232  The Discussion
    • 233  Using LLMs to write
    • 234  Managing References
  • Project Reports
  • Documentation
  • Presentations
    • 235  Before you Begin
    • 236  Presentation Structure
    • 237  Example
    • 238  Using your voice
    • 239  Overcoming Fears I — Dealing with Stage-freight
    • 240  Stage-freight
    • 241  Prepare your talk
    • 242  Prepare your mind
    • 243  Prepare your body
    • 244  Slides
  • Persuasion
  • Conversation
  • Teaching
  • Learning
  • Feedback
    • 245  Feedback
    • 246  What is Feedback
    • 247  Call & Response
    • 248  Engagement
    • 249  Giving Feedback
    • 250  Verbal Feedback
    • 251  On Written Material
    • 252  On Presentations
    • 253  Receiving Feedback
    • 254  Taking Responsibility
  • Interactivity
    • 255  Interactivity
    • 256  Types of Interactions
    • 257  1 — Indirect
    • 258  2 — Direct
    • 259  3 — Navigation
    • 260  4 – Input
    • 261  How — Delivery
    • 262  Examples
  • Animations
    • 263  Images
    • 264  Slides
  • Questions
    • 265  Q&A as Dialogue
    • 266  Before & After
    • 267  Public Q & A
    • 268  Asking questions
    • 269  Is it a question?
    • 270  The 3-point Approach
    • 271  When you don’t know the Answer
    • 272  Anticipate Questions
    • 273  Asking Questions
    • 274  Thinking up Questions
    • 275  Exercises

  • Workflows
  • Type-setting Languages
  • Frameworks

  • Instruction
    • 276  Course Curricula
    • 277  Workshop

  • Back Matter
    • 278  Style Guide
    • 279  Datasets
    • 280  References
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