Resources to share
Presentations and public speaking:
Designing Science Presentations (2013), Matt Carter
Slide:ology (2008), Resonate (2010), Nancy Duarte
Visual perception, visual thinking and visual communication
100 Diagrams that Changed the World (2012), Scott Christianson
Universal Principles of Design (2003), W. Lidwell, K. Holden, J. Butler
The Back of the Napkin (2009), Blah, Blah, Blah (2011), Dan Roam
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (1994), Scott McCloud
Information Visualization: Perception for Design (2004), Colin Ware
Information/Data visualization
Now You See It (2009), Show Me the Numbers (2004), Stephen Few
Visual Explanations (1997), Envisioning Information (1990), The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (2006), Beautiful Evidence (2006), Edward R. Tufte
Visual communication of science: case study approach
Visual Strategies (2012), Felice Frankel & Angela H. DePace
Websites
(Please note that we cannot guarantee the long-term stability of these links)
Accessibility
Accessible Digital Media Guidelines
Color universal design principles
Simulator to check what your image looks like to someone with color deficiencies
Another image contrast checker (image)
Accessible color palette builder
Software
We don't teach software because there is no one best software package for scientists. We have created a list here, through crowd-sourcing on twitter, that we provide for your information only.
How to give better science presentations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp7Id3Yb9XQ Prof Susan McConnell, Stanford University
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/37697/title/Opinion--How-to-Give-Better-Talks/
http://www.centerforcommunicatingscience.org
Visualizing biological data and design principles
http://www.vizbi.org
Commentary on science communication/visual communication
https://www.the-scientist.com/opinion/opinion-communication-crisis-in-research-39868
http://blogs.hbr.org/schrage/2013/03/the-question-all-smart-visualizations.html
http://www.sciencefriday.com/blogs/10/18/2013/show-not-tell-the-rise-of-the-infographic.html?series=20
Visualization of thought/cognitive science
http://flowingdata.com/2012/12/14/an-introduction-to-diagrams/
http://mechanism.ucsd.edu/teaching/F12/cs200/Readings/tversky.visualizingthought.2010.pdf
Association of Medical Illustrators
http://www.ami.org
Conference on visualization in science and education
http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=14030
National Science Foundation Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge
https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/
Science visualization tutorials
http://www.clarafi.com
Color deficiency resources
http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/
http://colororacle.org/
Science communication training
https://www.chalktalkscience.org/