Anticipate Questions

You’re probably familiar with the concept of planned obsolescence, a popular practice in production that forces consumers to upgrade to new models on a regular basis. Not only does this practice In communication, we encounter a of presentations, I think it’s

Plant some questions:

Think of yourself as an audience memberAsk yourself questions about your research as if you were an audience member. What would you ask yourself?

Back-of-deck Slides

After you conclude a presentation, keep some information in your back pocket

  • You will likely have more information than you can present.

  • Make slides of interesting, but not entirely relevant, results and place them after your last slide.

  • Be prepared to jump to the appropriate slide in case of a question.