Show a Story, not Data
When giving presentations, scientists typically don’t have trouble making their complicated work seem…well, complicated. The challenge is in making your message clear and audience appropriate.
Example:
How does life expectancy at birth and the number of children a woman has change by country over a period of one hundred years?
I felt a table with 8 point font coming on, but instead was amazed by this.
Hint: Hit play
Would making a graph like this be helpful in crystallography? Perhaps showing PDB entries by country over the last 60 years? I realize this tool may not be the most useful to our community, but it’s helpful in the sense that it inspires creativity. I now find myself contemplating how I can present research in a way that is clear, concise and creative. How can I help my data tell a story?
olchemist
January 25th, 2010 at 11:15 AM #
There is a TED talk given by the developer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w
rpg
January 26th, 2010 at 6:14 AM #
Fascinating graph. That is brilliant, thanks. (And you’re completely right-the best talks are those with a narrative.)
Sean
January 27th, 2010 at 11:39 AM #
@olchemist: I saw the talk, but didn’t have audio when creating the post so didn’t watch it
Thanks for the link and for stopping by its been awhile
@rpg: it is an amazing tool.
olchemist
January 28th, 2010 at 1:38 PM #
@sean: I am always around, but since I am no protein crystallographer I have nothing to say about amino acids and such ;o)