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Informationen zum Autor George Hall MBBS, PhD DSc, FRCA, Department of Anaesthesia, St George's, University of London, London, UK. Neville Robinson MBCh, FRCA, Department of Anaesthesia, Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals, Harrow, London, UK. Klappentext Does the thought of presenting a paper make you go cold?There are so many things to consider: getting your message across clearly, making the PowerPoint easy to read, keeping to time and holding the attention of the audience.How to Present at Meetings 3rd edition, gives you practical advice on all these aspects, and more. Written by high-profile public speakers in the health sciences, it includes chapters on the 10-, 20- and 45-minute presentation, PowerPoint, and how to appear on stage.The third edition has been brought right up to date and has new chapters on advanced PowerPoint, how to present a poster - and new for this edition - a Foreword by Sir Terry Wogan, who imparts his wit and wisdom on the elusive skills of public speaking.With these new features the third edition of How to Present at Meetings will be even more compelling for all health professionals looking for guidance on how to deliver their paper successfully. Zusammenfassung Does the thought of presenting a paper make you go cold? There are so many things to consider: getting your message across clearly! making the PowerPoint easy to read! keeping to the right length and keeping the audience riveted - enough to induce nerves even without the thought of standing up in front of a crowd and delivering your talk fluently. How to Present at Meetings! 3rd Edition! gives you practical advice on all these aspects! and more. Written by high-profile public speakers in the health sciences! it includes chapters on the 10-! 20- and 45-minute presentation! how not to make a mess of PowerPoint! and how to appear on stage. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors vii Preface to the Third Edition ix Preface to the Second Edition xi Preface to the First Edition xiii Foreword: Wogan's wisdom: how to 'read' an audience xv Sir Terry Wogan Chapter 1: Principles of communication 1 Angela Hall and Peter McCrorie Chapter 2: Preparation of the talk 9 Mal Morgan and George M. Hall Chapter 3: The three talks 17 Mal Morgan and George M. Hall Chapter 4: Visual aids 25 George M. Hall Chapter 5: Poster displays 35 Philip M. Sedgwick Chapter 6: Data projection software: the hard facts 41 William Harrop-Griffiths Chapter 7: How to appear on stage 51 Alan Maryon-Davis Chapter 8: How to sell a message 57 Martin Godfrey Chapter 9: How to present a talk 63 Charlotte Green Chapter 10: How to deal with questions 67 Sir Alexander Macara Chapter 11: How not to give a presentation 75 Richard Smith Chapter 12: How to chair a session 81 Roger Horton Index 87 ...
List of contents
List of contributors, vii
Preface to the third edition, ix
Preface to the second edition, xi
Preface to the first edition, xiii
Foreword:Wogan's wisdom: how to 'read' an audience, xv
Sir Terry Wogan
Chapter 1: Principles of communication, 1
Angela Hall and Peter McCrorie
Chapter 2: Preparation of the talk, 9
Mal Morgan and George M. Hall
Chapter 3: The three talks, 17
Mal Morgan and George M. Hall
Chapter 4: Visual aids, 25
George M. Hall
Chapter 5: Poster displays, 35
Philip M. Sedgwick
Chapter 6: Data projection software: the hard facts, 41
William Harrop-Griffiths
Chapter 7: How to appear on stage, 51
Alan Maryon-Davis
Chapter 8: How to sell a message, 57
Martin Godfrey
Chapter 9: How to present a talk, 63
Charlotte Green
Chapter 10: How to deal with questions, 67
Sir Alexander Macara
Chapter 11: How not to give a presentation, 75
Richard Smith
Chapter 12: How to chair a session, 81
Roger Horton
Index, 87
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"The experienced speaker can get away with ignoring some of the points suggested, but this is a book that should be read by everyone called upon to give a talk and I cannot recommend it too highly." ( Chromatographia , 1 August 2013)
