EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Writing and Presenting Research

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EFS 698C: Week 3 Notes
 

I. Presentations: Your 3-minute speech. Take a few minutes to warm up, then present and focus on one or two specific performance issues we discussed last week.

II. How can you present your research so that it's easiest to understand and remember? Rule of 3/Power of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Y_0tKR5Sg; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YvpFNZjtEA

II. Continuation of last class: issues in non-published writing.

    Discussion: what other kinds of non-published writing do you need to be good at?

    A. Grant proposals: summary of related work plus plans for the future

    B. Job applications: cover letter, research statement, teaching statement

    C. Emails, especially requests to strangers

Tips for effective professional emails:

–http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/e-text/e-mail.htm

–www.43folders.com/2005/09/19/writing-sensible-email-messages

    D. Recommendation and other letters

    E. Reviews & responses to them

    F. Other?

III. Public abstract:  http://usuenglishgrad.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-are-requirements-of-public.html; http://www.pcori.org/assets/PFAguidelines.pdf, p 20

IV. Peer review

    A. Review form: value of constructive feedback

    B. Reading & commenting

    C. Response

    D. Example: extended abstract http://toomastamm.com/cv/files/ResearchAbstract.pdf; if this were a public abstract, what advice would you have for this person?

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Homework:

1. Writing an E-mail Request

   Write a 100-200 word email to an individual or organization making a request. Assume the recipient either doesn’t know you at all or only knows you slightly. Be sure to use an appropriate subject heading, salutation, closing and overall tone.

   Option 1 – Write to someone requesting a personal meeting. This could be for business, as a job applicant, for advice, etc.

   Option 2 – Rewrite or revise an actual request of some kind you have made recently

   Please email your email to me by Monday, January 28. We'll discuss it in our meeting.

   2. Revise your paper from last week. make it in the form of a public abstract, avoiding or defining all technical jargon, ~2 pages double spaced. Bring three copies to class next week. Keep in mind any suggestions from the class peer review.

   3. Send me anything else you want to, up to 10 pages double-spaced, by Monday, January 28.