Echo Rivera, PhD

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166 Posts

I'm on a mission to end #DeathByPowerpoint, so talks & lectures are more accessible and inclusive.

Switched from my research career to help academics & researchers create engaging presentations 🦄✨

See my links for info about my professional devel. training + free resources 🤝

Piano 🎹 / Anti-capitalist entrepreneur / video games / Leftist

#AltAc#FirstGen#DataVisualization#HigherEd#SciComm#PublicSpeaking#PhdChat#ScienceMastodon#Academia#Research

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1⃣ FREE presentation traininghttps://www.stellarslides.com/free-training
2⃣ YouTube: More Than PowerPoint!https://www.youtube.com/@morethanpowerpoint
3⃣ LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/echorivera/
4⃣ Newsletter about presentation skillshttps://echo-rivera.ck.page/a80d2cbff2

I haven't illustrated for a really long time.Testing out a new workflow and drawing style.

What better first image to share than me saying the #1 #PresentationSkills tip I have to share:

📣 #DeathByPowerpoint is not actually PowerPoint's fault.

If you want to create visually engaging presentations, the solution isn't to look for a new app.

You're just as likely to create bad slides in Canva, Prezi, or Google slides. 👏

PPT is actually a great tool...If you use it right. 😉😁

#Academia

Also, it may be helpful to know that I'm @echechor from the bird site. My handle doesn't match right now.

I've seen some folks do a #FollowFriday for themselves. I'll join in:

I'd love to connect with folks in #Academia #PhdChat #WomenInSTEM + who do #SciComm

I went the #AltAc route (nonprofit research/ #Eval center) for a bit before starting my own professional development co for #PresentationSkills.

#Entrepreneur connections welcome!

I'm #AntiCapitalist and work to live (not live to work).

Am learning to play #Piano, I listen to #MetalMusic

I love #Dogs & have a Borador 🥰

Let's connect!

Hey all. Someone recommended that I follow @PleaseCaption which would remind me when I forgot alt text for an image. Got my first reminder today. I think it was a tech fail, as I remember entering the caption, but I still appreciate the accountability. So #FollowFriday the bot.

I once said that Twitter was like going to an academic conference, only much less expensive.

But what does that mean in practice for #ECR and #academicTwitter on Mastadon?

Here's a typical Twitter example. Two days ago I spotted a tweet from Brad Voytek (whose Twitter account is now deleted - please join us here, Brad!) about a poster at #SfN2022 featuring his PhD student Eena Kosik's work on neural #oscillations and #respiration. 🤩

I tweeted Brad - he tweet introduced me to Eena...

I was going to post more #PresentationSkills advice this week, but it was kind of a whirlwind.

Instead I offer you a picture of my handsome boy, Sage.

He often steals glances at himself in the mirror, and is always quite pleased with what he sees.

Is there a hashtag for us to share our pets?

#AcademicDogs #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfAcademia

So, someone edited a post that I had liked in the past. I got a notification that it was edited, giving me the chance to unfavorite it.

Such a simple solution to concerns people have raised about the downside of an edit button.

👍

Helpful tool for finding psychologists & cognitive neuroscientists to follow on Mastodon!

https://kaitclark.github.io/mastodon-psychology/

#psychology #cognitive #neuroscience

Psychologists on Mastodon

A list of psychologists in the Fediverse

Who else needs a service where someone comes along, gently whispers "it's gonna be okay" and then deletes everything from your desktop.

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