Presentation
While essays, reports and dissertations are the main methods of assessment at university, other approaches are increasingly important.
Presentations
Presentations form a key element in many courses and this is an essential skill to develop when it comes to applying for graduate jobs. Presenting to a group can be daunting, but with a bit of effort you can improve both your technical IT skills (using PowerPoint or another tool) and your presentation skills, such as engaging your audience.
Try this guide to presentation skills for lots of useful tips.
Presentations are widely used outside universities, so it's worth looking more widely for sources of ideas on how to make your presentations more interesting. Garr Reynolds' Presentation Zen is a widely-known website that has lots of information about how to use PowerPoint more effectively and improve your presentations more generally. Similarly, Duarte provide interesting ideas for improving presentations, based on Nancy Duarte's book slide:ology..
Speeches, public speaking, lectures, conference talks
A short guide to effective public speaking
Effective public speaking skills
Posters presentations
This guide to creating posters is a good place to start if you are creating a poster for the first time.
These other sources are also useful if you want to make your poster stand out and work visually.
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