When working on scientific and technical presentations, I am often amazed by the wonders of the science being presented and, at the same time, shocked by the speaker’s lack of awe or appreciation for the mystery and power of his… Read More »Scientific Presentations and the Gettysburg Address
Over the last few years, I have worked to help discovery scientists within the pharmaceutical and biotech industries make persuasive scientific presentations in order to sell their ideas for new drugs to decision makers. The challenges were many. Often, scientists… Read More »Scientific Presentations
We carefully packed the sculptures in our suitcases when we returned from Africa, using our dirty clothes to cushion them from damage. Leave it to the airlines to outsmart us and find the weak spots in our preparation. When we… Read More »Packing a presentation for the FDA
I recently had the privilege of sitting through four investigator meetings, two in the United States and two in Europe. They comprised speaker after speaker with slide after slide. Topics included the disease, the drug, the PK, the efficacy and… Read More »Better Investigator Meetings
You may be aware that I’ve been going to investigator meetings and finding them kind of out-of-date. We’ve got to get away from what’s easy for the sponsor, and instead move toward what is effective for the investigators and their… Read More »Ideas for better Investigator Meetings
Ironically enough, the biggest challenge faced by people making scientific and technical presentations is their reluctance to follow the scientifically established principles of communication. What are those rules? One of them is that the human mind is drawn to problems,… Read More »Scientific and Technical Presentations