Tag Archives: talks

Stay for the whole meeting, skip some of the talks

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Joan E. Strassmann

Sometimes it seems like there is this game at meetings where people show how important they are by how little time they can stay. They just dash in, give their talks, then dash out. Don’t do this. Meetings are not … Continue reading →

Posted in Scientific meetings | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Have a goal at a scientific meeting

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Joan E. Strassmann

Meetings are like village feasts. There are so many amazing people to talk to. All those authors and researchers are right there. They wrote the papers you read carefully, studied, absorbed, used to transform your thinking. Whom should you talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Scientific meetings | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Scientific meetings are important, so plan your summer now

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Joan E. Strassmann

Some meeting deadlines have already passed. Others are hard on us. Choose a meeting now and figure out how to get to it. If you are a student, or postdoc, find all the competitions you can enter and do it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Presentations and seminars, Scientific meetings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments