Archive for February, 2009
Rethinking the Design of PowerPoint Slides: Claim-Evidence Structure
This post continues the discussion regarding the presentation of technical and research information through the medium of PowerPoint. My assertion in the last post is that the users of PowerPoint are the principal party at fault for lousy presentations and the wholesale disregard for their audience.
One of the criticisms leveled against technical PPT slides is [...]
Can PowerPoint Really Work in the Life Sciences?
My normal relationship with PowerPoint is as the presenter, not a member of the audience. I have been on the receiving end of a bunch of PPT presentations over the last three months, which has caused me to pause and think about whether PowerPoint really works in the life sciences as a vehicle to communicate [...]
What Actually Happens During Document Review?
I am in the midst of an interesting project where our group, McCulley/Cuppan, is doing an assessment of the review practices inside the clinical research group of a substantial pharmaceutical company. What we are observing in terms of review performance and will describe in part in this post may be surprising to you. Unfortunately, it [...]