EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Writing and Presenting Research

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EFS 698C: Week 3 Notes
 

I. Review of last week: the value of informal presentation.

II. Describing your research informally: 1 minute presentation--present your research to the class

III. Describing your research informally: presentation. http://www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/efs/2008/summer/2008FHSLecture2Clip3.mov; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq0tan49rmc; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbz25q0M9hU; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtAwGIu7qhw; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6O98o2FRHw; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_Dgsf4iiZg; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgCssZhVUUE

IV. Describing your research informally: writing

• Discussion: when do you have to write about your research informally (i.e., not for publication)?

V. Describing your research informally: 5 minute presentation--present your research to the class

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Homework:

1. Write a two-page (double-spaced) description of your research in one of the following contexts (your choice)

• Academic job application

• Industry job application

• Grant proposal

• Other ?

In each case try to think of what the audience would want to see and indicate it, writing accordingly.

The paper is due by Sunday, October 15 at 10:00 pm. Please email it to me (efs@stanford.edu). I would like to be able to read it prior to our meeting on Monday or Tuesday. .                                                                                                                                                                  

   2. Meet with me individually to review the videos of your talks last week; you may also submit writing (other than the preceding assignment), and we can look at it after we finish reviewing the videos. For those of you who presented, i will place your videos in your Coursework dropboxes.

For each video, come prepared to discuss the following:

• Do you think the audience understood you clearly? Why or why not?

• Within the time limits provided (1 and 5 minutes), did you have to leave out critical information? If so, what other information could you condense or eliminate to make room for it?

• Assuming this was meant to be an informal (or semi-formal) talk, do you think your presentation style and language were appropriate? If not, why not?

• Other? We can also talk about anything else you notice.