EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Writing and Presenting Research

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EFS 698C: Week 6 Notes
 

I. Steve Jobs' response to a presentation problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W3GsbogqTE

II. Present your example speaker

    A. Describe your choice

    B. Show your model

1. P: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjGzqhbYZw0

2. K: http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_fonda_life_s_third_act

3. V: http://www.ted.com/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance#t-701098

4. I: http://www.ted.com/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion?language=en 

5. C: https://www.ted.com/talks/sheikha_al_mayassa_globalizing_the_local_localizing_the_global#t-192427

6. S: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=268

7. A: http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_success_is_a_continuous_journey?language=en#t-32256

Presentation for next week: do a standard academic presentation on any topic related to your work (7-10 minutes) with slides or other visual aids as desired. pay particular attention to your introduction.

III. Review of model paper

IV. Formal writing for publication: some key concepts from EFS 698B--what parts are most important to you? (discussion)

• Style and correctness; convention (from Williams & Colomb Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace)

• Clarity:           verbal over nominal style

                        main character as subject

                        control of passives

• Cohesion: flow of one idea to the next; given/new structure

• Coherence: logical development of the text, sequence of topics

• Emphasis: important information last

• Concision: eliminate unnecessary elements

• Controlling long sentences--dealing with interruptions; modifiers

OTHER

• Genres: structure of academic papers; conventions of your individual fields (see assignment 2 below)

• Discourse functions

• Abstracts

• Introductions

• Dissertation writing

• Conclusions

V. Other areas (not in 698B)

• Discussion sections

• Figures, tables, appendices

• Titles

• Writing in posters and PowerPoints

        • Other?

VI. Notes on proposal writing: What are the reviewers looking for?

• http://orsp.umich.edu/proposals/pwg/pwgcontents.HTML (proposal writer's guide)

• http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/scholarly_pursuits.php Harvard professional development guide

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Homework: 

1) Work on a current piece of writing--send me up to 10 pages or write a grant proposal. Also, come prepared to discuss any specific writing issues you have based on the preceding list.

2) Review your short videos from this week--we can discuss them briefly at our meeting.

3) Prepare your presentation for next week, a standard academic presentation on any topic related to your work (7-10 minutes) with slides or other visual aids as desired. pay particular attention to your introduction.

Remember that I will be gone for the middle half of our class next week (roughly 4:00-5:30, though I'll try to make it shorter). I will be sure and set up everything for your presentations before I head off to my meeting.