Content is king: The assertion-evidence approach for effective scientific presentations, with Michael Alley

About this episode

This episode features a discussion with Michael Alley about his innovative methods for improving scientific presentations.

In this episode, I talk with Michael Alley, Engineering Communications Teaching Professor in the Penn State College of Engineering about his radical approach to better scientific presentations. Alley M. The craft of scientific presentations: Critical steps to succeed and critical errors to avoid. Springer, 2013. [doi] Garner JK, Alley M. How the design of presentation slides affects audience comprehension: A case for the assertion-evidence approach. Int J Eng Educ 2013; 26: 1564-79. [pdf] Wil...

People in this episode

Host: Stephen M. Wilson

Guest: Michael Alley

Topics covered

• scientific presentations
• assertion-evidence approach
• engineering communication
• audience comprehension
• presentation design

Keywords

• scientific presentations
• assertion-evidence
• communication
• audience comprehension
• presentation design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penn State College of Engineering

Books & works: The craft of scientific presentations: Critical steps to succeed and critical errors to avoid, How the design of presentation slides affects audience comprehension: A case for the assertion-evidence approach

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