Presentation Skills Can Make or Break Your Career

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of effective presentation skills for scientists and features insights from presentation skills consultant Stacey Tannenbaum.

Your technical skills might be perfect, but if you can't present them clearly, you won't get the job. Most scientists treat presentations like data dumps, and it costs them opportunities. In this episode, I sit down with Stacey Tannenbaum, PhD, a presentation skills consultant with over 25 years as an industry pharmacometrician and leader. Stacey has coached scientists across biotech to move beyond overly technical talks and become visible, credible communicators who actually advance their careers. What you'll learn: -Why job talks are completely different from conference presentations (and what hiring managers are really evaluating) -The biggest mistakes scientists make in presentations (dense slides, burying the lead, reading scripts, being monotone) -How to handle interruptions and questions you don't know the answer to without losing credibility -Practical techniques to add energy and clarity to technical presentations without dumbing down the science -Why your slides need to stand alone after you present them (and how to make that happen) -The one thing you must memorize before any high-stakes presentation -How to know when you're giving the audience too much technical…

People in this episode

Host: Carina Clingman

Guest: Stacey Tannenbaum

Topics covered

• presentation skills
• career advancement
• scientific communication
• job talks
• conference presentations

Keywords

• presentation skills
• scientific communication
• career advancement
• job talks
• conference presentations
• technical presentations
• audience engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Biotech Career Coach

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