You understand that your presentation style has to fit the norms of your field. But as I’ve seen from my wife’s (and her colleagues’) medical research presentations, changing the norm could do wonders for their presentations. Lots of great tips have been mentioned about story-telling styles, paper handout supplements, etc., so let me just add this.

Rather than overwhelm your audience with all of your data and figures, show the most interesting and insightful info. Data the audience doesn’t need to see can simply be summarized as part of the story. Focus on the data that provided significant meaning and make it look good. Use simple, clean graphs, charts and tables that use subtle modern design elements. Think of turning white, square-lined graphs on black backgrounds into the clean, bright and modern looking figures available in apps like Apple’s Numbers.