PAW 2026: Designing Engaging Presentations for Public Audiences

Learn how to present your research to a non-specialized audience.

You’ve probably given a lot of presentations in your academic career, but delivering presentations outside of academia involves different strategies. Learn how to assess your audience, organize your presentation around your research story, and design slides that help your non-academic audience understand and remember your important ideas. Use these strategies the next time you need to deliver an important presentation to a non-academic audience. 

Light snacks will be available at this session. 

Accessibility

Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and the University of Waterloo are committed to achieving barrier-free accessibility for persons with disabilities who are visiting, studying, or working at Waterloo. If you have questions concerning access, such as parking, building layouts, or obtaining workshop content (when applicable) in alternative formats, or wish to request accommodations for our programming, please let us know by reaching out to us by e-mail at postdocs@uwaterloo.ca. Please note that some accommodations may require time to arrange.