Sliding headfirst: Engineering work, presentations, and translations

In the complex world of engineering work, whether on the job or at school, communication tasks often suffer from the same constraints as any project: time, money, and quality all strain the communicator. Too often, engineering presentations do not get the attention that they deserve from their creators, and this allows for information loss, misunderstandings, and problematic use of the slideware files. Herein we discuss the basics tenets of slide reform: sentence headers, high-value targeted visuals, and notes for archival purposes. As well, this workshop will propose some techniques that can assist technical presentations when more than one language prevails in the audience. We will discuss and consider how the acreage of both the slide and the notes features can assist presenters in communicating and transmitting information via slideware, whether during a live talk, in a web conference, or as a legacy piece. Notice: This is a workshop presentation. Many examples will be given during the workshop at IPCC 2013.