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The Art of Making Great Presentations

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Throughout your years as a student, and in your later career, you will need to make presentations. The audience you address may range from small to large groups, from experts and students to lay people. Knowing who is in your audience, and what their backgrounds are, is an essential first step. Your ability to make a great presentation will play a huge role in your ultimate success. Thus, we strongly suggest that you practice the art of making presentations. Some brief guidelines are given in this chapter.

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Goodwin, G.C., Graebe, S.F. (2017). The Art of Making Great Presentations. In: A Doctorate and Beyond. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45877-9_11

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