Melissa Marshall TED Talk

Posted by Jackie Stare on November 14, 2012 in Faculty & Staff | 0 comments

Melissa Marshall is a crusader against bullet points and an evangelist for effective slide designin scientific presentations. She believes that the future depends on the innovations of scientists and engineers, and is passionate about helping them effectively tell the story of their work.

A faculty member with the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences at Penn State University, Melissa specializes in teaching speaking skills to engineering students and has also lectured at Harvard Medical School, the New York Academy of Sciences, Cornell University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Melissa is the co-founder and advisor for the Penn State Engineering Ambassadors, an award-winning science and engineering outreach communication program. She is also an organizer and the faculty advisor for TEDxPSU, a student-run TEDx event held at Penn State each year.

You can check out her presentation here:  Melissa Marshall: Talk Nerdy To Me

“Our scientists and engineers are the ones that are tackling our grandest challenges, [but] if we don’t know about it and understand it, then the work isn’t done.” -Melissa Marshall