Talk Nerdy to Me

Melissa hit on several key points on how to make scholarly scientific material relevant and interesting for the rest of society.  I found it quite interesting the three main points that she hit on.  I never thought about how bullet points literally “kill” the audience interest by making them think too hard to read a slide.  The way that she put photos and simple sentences on her power point really made a difference in the amount of understanding.  I also loved how she hit on the topic of jargon since understanding the language of the presenter is probably the most important key to the audience’s understanding of the topic.  I remember sitting in several biological sciences lectures where the professor was presenting on his work or study that he completes along side teaching, and hardly understanding half of the presentation because of how much jargon he used in his presentation.

I also appreciated how she incorporated comical dirty phrases such as “talk nerdy to me”.  This enhances the relevance and interest of her audience as she continues her presentation.  Also, when she uses the metaphor of being Alice in Wonderland, this helps to draw in the audience by using a well-known story and relating it to herself and the audience.  These simple characteristics of her presentation make her an excellent speaker and allow the audience to get involve and enjoy her presentation.

I wholeheartedly agree with her presentation.  I believe that this world resides on communication between the scholars, the teachers, the students, and the world. Without communication, ideas cannot be shared and discovered.  One man would not be able to discover half the things he could when working with a group and sharing his ideas with the world so that others can build off of his ideas and create their own.  The world is built on communication, but all we have to do is get over the barriers and share with the world our wonderful and insightful ideas.