TAILIEUCHUNG - Tips on Talks OR How to Keep an Audience Attentive, Alert, and Around for the Conclusions

Tips on Talks OR How to Keep an Audience Attentive, Alert, and Around for the Conclusions at a Scientific Meeting by H. Edward Clifton . Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, California 94025 “Breathes there a speaker with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, As he hears his name from the podium read, I wish to hell I stayed in bed!” “First slide, please.” The hall lights dimmed, the audience hushed, and the speaker launched into his paper – the culmination of 15 years of painstaking research. An important talk, it included everything he knew on the. | Tips on Talks OR How to Keep an Audience Attentive Alert and Around for the Conclusions at a Scientific Meeting by H. Edward Clifton . Geological Survey 345 Middlefield Road Menlo Park California 94025 Breathes there a speaker with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said As he hears his name from the podium read I wish to hell I stayed in bed First slide please. The hall lights dimmed the audience hushed and the speaker launched into his paper - the culmination of 15 years of painstaking research. An important talk it included everything he knew on the subject. Flitting from point to point he realized that he was running out of time and read the paper even faster. He didn t have much time to dwell on his complicated slides which was unfortunate for they tabulated years of data. By the end of the talk he was going so fast that there wasn t time to reverse the seven slides that were projected backwards. After the chairman finally got the speaker s attention he closed the talk and stood back for the accolades. The lights came on. Two thirds of the audience had let under the cover of darkness the other third was asleep. Our speaker is obviously a caricature-hardly anybody is that bad. But then again at a recent meeting -well never mind The point is that although few speakers do everything wrong even fewer do anything right. As a member of the scientific audience I find far too many talks that are disappointing. Generally the problem is not due to the quality of the material presented but rather lies in the quality of the presentation. The suggestion offered herein are for the most part elementary - the sort of thing one would expect every speaker intuitively to know. Yet virtually all are founded on shortcomings. I have observed in recently presented papers some of which unfortunately were my own . They deal with three basic elements of a talk content organization and delivery and conclude with some suggestions in preparation. The viewpoint is primarily that of

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