Better Presentations
by Jonathan Schwabish · Jonathan Schwabish
A practical guide by an Urban Institute economist on communicating research through slides: planning a talk, visualizing data, designing clean slides, and delivering them. Readers learn to replace bullet-heavy decks with clear visual structure that supports the spoken argument.
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