> From: Mary Kate Alexander <mca at princeton.edu>
>> Subject: Public Speaking
>> Date: 9 Jul 1998 06:35:35 -0700
>>> All this talk lately of preparing students/postdocs for aggressive
> questioners at seminars is making me a bit nervous. I'll be giving a
> talk for the first time in about three weeks, at a very large meeting
> (Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology, at University of Maryland). So
> far, my public speaking has been limited to presentations within my own
> department. In addition, this will be my first time attending a
> scientific meeting. Do any of you have some words of wisdom for
> beginning speakers?
Here's a site with some advice on oral presentations, and meetings for
graduate students:
http://www.physiology.uwo.ca/SurvivalWeb/index.htm
This was a thread in past women-in-bio discussions. You should be able
to find some helpful advice, by going to
http://www.bio.net/hypermail/WOMENINBIOLOGY/ and searching for "Giving a
Poster/Paper".
My strongest advice is to practice as much as possible, to as many
different audiences as possible.
Bharathi
