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TED speaker Melissa Marshall: Transforming Slide Design - a session for students

Feb 12, 2020

07:00 PM - 08:30 PM

Seamans Center, 1505

103 South Capitol Street, Iowa City, IA 52240

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Melissa Marshall

A Lecture for UI Graduate Students

Popular TED Speaker and science communications expert Melissa Marshall will deliver this 90 minute lecture.

Using a slide design strategy proven to make technical presentations more understandable, memorable, and persuasive, your team will learn to create better presentation slides using an engaging, assertion-evidence design structure. Through a series of exercises and critiques using their own material, participants will learn the theory behind the structure and how to make immediate improvements.

 

About Melissa Marshall

Melissa Marshall is on a mission: to transform how scientists present their work. That’s because she believes that even the best science is destined to remain undiscovered unless it’s presented in a clear and compelling way that sparks innovation and drives adoption. For almost a decade, she’s traveled around the world to work with Fortune 100 corporations, institutions and universities, teaching the proven strategies she’s mastered through her consulting work and during her time as a faculty member with the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences at Penn State University.

Attendees at Melissa's workshops receive the practical skills and natural confidence they need to immediately shift their “information dump”-style presentations into ones that are meaningful, engaging, and inspire people to take action.

For a sneak peek, check out her TED talk, “Talk Nerdy to Me.” It’s been watched by more than one million people (and counting).

 

Melissa's workshop is co-sponsored by the College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, IIHR, Graduate College, and the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact in advance at