Lecture Slides Gallery
For lecture slides, I prefer a minimalist style with limited text and an emphasis on visual elements. Limited text, and appropriately chosen visuals incorporating core design principles are more effective at creating emotional impact as a vehicle for knowledge transfer than voluminous text, and work well for my inquiry-based teaching method.
A few samples of my lecture slides
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- Title slide from a lecture given to students in Amsterdam discussing some approaches to the study of International Relations
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- Amsterdam lecture on the spirit of philosophical inquiry – as a boxer and an academic, this is a favorite quote of mine
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- Amsterdam lecture – discussing overlapping fields of social inquiry, and the need to look outside of your narrow subject
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- Amsterdam lecture – Oxford social anthropologist Dr. Neil Carrier; my close friend and research collaborator
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- Social network quantification issues presented to a business group in Helsinki
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- IR theory at the Marshall Center
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- Presenting deterrence concepts to German military officers
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- Lecture on North Korea at the University of the German Federal Armed Forces (I still have a lot to learn about data visualization)
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- Marshall Center lecture on democratization
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- Parsimony vs. reductionism at the Marshall Center using the example of Darwin’s theory of evolution
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- Explaining the concept of reductionism at the Marshall Center using the now famous slide on Afghanistan’s internal dynamics from a security consulting firm’s presentation to the US Military
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- Marshall Center lecture on the political thought of Thomas Hobbes
Sources of inspiration for presentations and visual style:
Presentation Zen, by Garr Reynolds
Resonate, by Nancy Duarte
Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design, by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden and Jill Butler
Designing With the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules, by Jeff Johnson
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures, by Dan Roam
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards
A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age, by Dan Pink
slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, by Nancy Duarte
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, by Edward Tufte
Story: substance, structure, style and the principles of screenwriting, by Robert McKee
How to Write a Sentence: and how to read one, by Stanley Fish
How to Read a Photograph: Lessons from Master Photographers, by Ian Jeffrey
Design Thinking, by Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris
How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking, by Dale Carnegie
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