Can scientists speak to other scientists in plain English?

Last Wednesday, Entrepreneurship 101 participants heard Mike Polonsky of the Equicom Group talk about how to give a pitch – what to do (and what not to do) when telling the world about your idea.

Here’s a thought: perhaps as scientists and engineers we could apply the same lessons to our technical presentations to our peers! No more boring 6pt font tables of mind numbing data – just a clear articulation of a story. Is anyone out there brave enough to break the mold of “I have to impress them with how difficult my research is otherwise they won’t think highly of me”?

Question of the Week:
Anyone ready to do as Mike suggested: tell a story simply and clearly?

Downloads and Resources

• Class information
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• Presentation: “Hey buddy, can you spare a $100 million?” (PDF)

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