Learning to tell a compelling research story can have a significant impact on your career. It can make you stand out at professional conferences, on the job market, or during an ideal networking opportunity. It is easy to tell a research story badly. It takes time and effort to learn to tell a research story well. Once you have mastered the basic principles of good storytelling, you will experience the satisfaction of performing well in front of an audience. This compact and engaging volume presents a series of essential presentation techniques followed by followed by theatre-inspired, field-tested exercises that will help you or your students improve your research presentations and informal discussions of your research at poster sessions, interviews, and other networking opportunities. Once you've learned how to create a dynamic live performance of your research story, you may find that this professional obligation is no longer something to dread, and you might even come to enjoy presenting your research in public.