EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Writing and Presenting Research

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EFS 698C: Week 9 Notes
 

I. Asking and responding to questions (see handout); determining question types

II. Gregory Petsko example talk from TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic.html. What do you think of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cublR0kHVbs&feature=fvwrel

III.  Presentations: non-presenters are each responsible for asking at least two questions, one during and one after the talk.

IV. Review of abstracts

V. Visual aids & Presentation on problem presenters (next class)

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Homework: 

1. Review your presentations: come prepared for the next meeting to go over them with me. Bring notes specifying how well you did with each of the "6 Ps" in (see Week 8) for the presentation.

2. Prepare your final presentation: 15 minutes on a topic of your choice. Be prepared to respond to different types of questions.

3. Write (or rewrite) an abstract (150-300 words) for a conference or a journal based on what you've learned about abstracts. Bring 3 printed copies to the last class for peer review.

Note--no class next week due to Thanksgiving break. The last class is December 2.