Beautiful, Inspiring Presentations in 21st Century Higher Education
There are several design ideas that one can ‘borrow’ from Khairul Aming’s success in selling his new product ‘Dendeng Nyet Berapi’. In this post, I share three tips you can apply for academic presentations. This is a re-blog of my FB post written on February 3, 2024. I find it interesting to note some similarities…
Presentations are a staple in higher education. The use of presentations using PowerPoint, or other presentation software, is a common method of communicating information, concepts and ideas in higher education settings. Presentations are often used to supplement lectures or as a standalone method of instruction. They allow instructors to present a large amount of information…
Last Saturday I was invited to give a presentation on educational escape rooms in pharmacy education at the 28th Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association (FAPA) Congress 2022 and National Pharmacists Convention (NPC) 2022. At the beginning of the talk, I outlined the roles of pharmacists in the fast-paced modern healthcare settings. So what are the…
Today I delivered a keynote talk at ICODIGIPHAS conference organised by Universitas Perintis Indonesia. In the talk, via Zoom, I shared keys or ways to engage students, in particular Gen Z, who are learning from home during this pandemic. The recorded session of my keynote talk at the ICODIGIPHAS conference is available here, and I’ve…
A well-designed academic slide deck will help you spark joy, inspire and move your audience during a presentation. Guided by the approach of Presentation Zen, I put forward a minimalist presentation style that emphasises on having only essential elements on a slide and do away with non-essentials. This approach helps to keep things simple, focused…
It’s time for you to shine! Last week I shared free VIVA presentation templates–this week, download free SHINE templates below. Alhamdullilah, I got some ideas a few days back. Some new ideas to rejuvenate texty, tired-looking *ehem* (reads: boring) slides for academic presentations. Use these handcrafted slides to put the power back to your points–often…