Help your audience understand your work and why it matters.
TECHNICAL PRESENTATION TRAINING
Present Your Science helps scientists, engineers, and technical professionals turn complex information into clear, compelling presentations. Through workshops, coaching, and focused skill sessions, we help your team shape the message, design effective slides, and communicate with confidence.
TRUSTED ACROSS
Changing the world, one presentation at a time.
Whether it’s the latest app, a safer design, or a lifesaving drug, innovations in science and technology can save the world.
But when you can’t present your ideas clearly, you’re at risk for having your most important projects delayed, shelved, or even killed. Present Your Science will transform how you communicate your work forever—with zero ramp time.
Melissa speaks their language. Her energetic teaching is anchored in communication research and cognitive psychology—earning credibility with even the most skeptical technical audiences.
Science-minded people respond to evidence.
CREDIBILITY THAT CONNECTS
3M+
Views of “Talk Nerdy to Me”
Since
2009
Training technical professionals worldwide
Microsoft
MVP
Recognized annually since 2019
Training that changes what happens in the very next presentation.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Training that changes what happens in the very next presentation.
Choose a full curriculum, a targeted skill session, or personalized coaching. Every format is practical, engaging, and grounded in research.
Live Virtual Training
Interactive programs for private groups, from focused 60–90 minute sessions to full-curriculum workshops. Core programs include Present Your Science: Transforming Technical Talks and C-Suite Conversations: Presenting to Decision Makers, both of which can incorporate AI-assisted presentation strategies
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On-site Workshops
Bring hands-on communication training directly to your scientists, engineers, and technical teams. Available as two-day courses, one-day courses, half-day workshops, and 60–90 minute skill sessions.
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Presentation Coaching
One-to-one guidance for high-stakes technical talks, from the critical claim to the final rehearsal. Clarify the core message, shape audience-centered content, create persuasive visuals, and strengthen delivery through focused dress rehearsals.
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Keynotes
Lively, practical talks that inspire audiences to change the way they present technical work. Available virtually or in person for conferences and organizational events—designed to motivate positive, lasting change.
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Choose a full curriculum, a targeted skill session, or personalized coaching. Every format is practical, engaging, and grounded in research.
AI-Assisted Scientific Presentations can be integrated into a core curriculum or delivered as a standalone skill session—with advice participants can use immediately.
Clear. Compelling. Immediately useful.
THE APPROACH
No generic public-speaking formulas. Participants work with strategies designed for the real complexity of technical ideas and the audiences who need to understand them.
Identify the critical claim and the details that matter most to this audience.
Filter and Focus
Structure complex content so listeners can follow, care, and remember.
Build a clear story
Create visuals that communicate evidence rather than decorate slides.
Show the science
“She was a funny and engaging speaker. Our attendees overwhelmingly cited her talk as their favorite part of our event.”
IN THEIR WORDS
Annie Kao, P.E. · Simpson Strong-Tie
Founded by Melissa Marshall, Present Your Science brings together communication expertise and firsthand technical experience. Melissa’s background in science communication and Shane Haydt’s engineering experience help us connect presentation strategy to the realities of communicating complex work.
Melissa helps scientists and technical professionals present complex ideas clearly. Her work includes global training and consulting, university teaching, and the TED talk “Talk Nerdy to Me.”
Melissa Marshall
FOUNDER
PRESENTATION COACH, TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION TRAINER AND ENGINEER
Shane Haydt, Ph.D.
Shane is a skilled one-on-one presentation coach and manages much of Present Your Science’s private coaching. His engineering background helps him engage deeply with technical content and guide presenters through message development, slide design, and rehearsal.
Make the next technical talk the one people remember.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Tell us about your team, your audience, and what needs to change. We’ll help you build the right training experience.