Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Speech: The Words You Say
-- Critical Error 1 Giving the Wrong Speech
-- Critical Error 2 Boring Your Audience
Chapter 3 Structure: The Strategy You Choose
-- Critical Error 3 Trying to Cover Too Much
-- Critical Error 4 Losing the Audience from the Start
-- Critical Error 5 Losing the Audience on the Trail
-- Critical Error 6 Not Anticipating the Audience’s Bias
Chapter 4 Visual Aids: Your Supporting Cast
-- Critical Error 7 Following the Defaults of PowerPoint
-- Critical Error 8 Following the Common Practices of PowerPoint Talks
-- Critical Error 9 Not Accounting for Murphy’s Law
Chapter 5 Delivery: You, the Room, and the Audience
-- Critical Error 10 Not Preparing Enough
-- Critical Error 11 Drawing Words from the Wrong Well
-- Critical Error 12 Not Paying Attention
-- Critical Error 13 Losing Composure
Chapter 6 Conclusion

The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 2nd edition aims to strengthen you as a presenter of science and engineering. The book does so by identifying what makes excellent presenters such as Brian Cox, Jane Goodall, Richard Feynman, and Jill Bolte Taylor so strong. In addition, the book explains what causes so many scientific presentations to flounder.