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Category Archives: Seminars
Don’t say “that’s a good question” after your seminar!
A good presentation will have questions afterwards. All too often, the speaker answers by saying “That is a great question,” or something like that. It may seem like you are congratulating the brave questioner for their brilliance, so you may … Continue reading
Need to open really old powerpoints?
You probably aren’t old enough to have talks from the 1990s that you want to open with Powerpoint, to grab old slides, to see how you did it back then, or simply our of curiosity. But if you are and … Continue reading
Guest post on the tenure talk by Liz Haswell
The Unique Nature of the Tenure Talk Here is Liz Haswell‘s take on talking for tenure. The Tenure Talk. If your department has these, you’ve known it’s on the horizon for years—but it can be terrifying once you actually start … Continue reading
Posted in Life in a biology department, Seminars, Tenure
Tagged academia, Biology, communication, force, Liz Haswell, molecular biologists, plants, Research, seminar, tenure
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It isn’t only your story: acknowledge forward
What does it feel like when you hear someone talk about your work as if you never existed? What do they gain by leaving you to a pile of names at the end? Heck, you even made those slides. You … Continue reading
Posted in Presentations and seminars, Scientific meetings, Seminars
Tagged Meeting, Powerpoint, scientific presentation
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Will anyone remember your meeting talk?
What if you gave a talk and everyone came, but no one remembered it even as they left the room? What if they did not remember what the main problem was, how you approached it, or what you discovered? What … Continue reading
Can a big group write a good paper?
This week I’m at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center at a Catalysis meeting on the Evolutionary Origins of Multicellularity. There are 28 people on the list. NESCent is the more recent Evolution match of Ecology’s NCEAS. We will spend the … Continue reading
Follow up and new topic questions after seminars
Few things are as deflating as pouring your soul into a talk, then having no questions at the end as your audience scrambles to escape. At some level, it might be your fault. Perhaps you left too little time for … Continue reading
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