Being at your best whilst there. Post-conference tips. Pre-conference. Arrival and departure ... ( Photo on poster) Handouts (A4) ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation
Hutchinson Training Development 2 Anticipated outcomes
Preparing for conferences
Advantages of conferences
Presentation skills top tips
Oral papers
Posters
Networking
Possible dangers
3 But what do you want?
How many of you have attended conferences already?
National or international?
Specialist or general?
Attendee or presenter?
How many of you will attend a conference in the next 6 months?
How many of you want to attend a conference and are struggling to?
4 Conference experts
What do you need to get more from conferences in the future?
What was difficult at previous conferences?
What advice do you have for those who are new to conferences?
5 Conference virgins
What are your questions about conferences?
What are your concerns and what barriers are affecting your chances to attend?
What questions do you have for those who have attended?
6 Aspiring conference attendees
What is stopping you?
What do you hope to achieve by attending conferences?
7 For all of you
When will you be attending your next conference?
What will your role be there?
What are you most concerned about?
What would the perfect conference do for you?
8 Why did I do that?
First rule of conferencing
Know why you are going
Think about what you need to ask
Think about what you need to convey
Why are you going to the next conference you will attend?
Tell me
9 What are conferences for?
Present
Build reputation and impact
Present your work
Understand different perspectives
Get advice on particular problems
Find out about other meetings and professional opportunities
10 What are conferences for?
Future
Meet your professional peers
Meet potential employers (and their groups)
Find partners for collaborations
Hear and see areas of active research in your field
Talk to role models about how they got there
11 Why are conferences so great for research students?
Great equalisers
Direct connection with key researchers
Social network
Job opportunities
Collective intelligence
12 What do you need in your toolkit?
Pre-conference preparation
Best practice for Posters
Best practice for Oral Papers
Best practice for networking
Being at your best whilst there
Post-conference tips
13 Pre-conference
Arrival and departure
Programme
Highlight key talks
Work out your path
Down time
Delegates
Go through list
Make connections (student-supervisor) (key people/your supervisor)
14 Pre-conference
What do you need?
Next job?
Breakthrough in PhD?
Alternatives to academia?
Work out how you will ask these questions
15 Best Practice for posters 16 A few questions
What actually is an academic Poster?
Why has it evolved as a communication mech.?
When do we use them and who looks at them?
5 mins 17 What is a Research Poster?
Oral pres ? research poster ? journal piece.
Static display with a motile audience.
A means of effective and economic communication.
A shop window
A means of stimulating conversation!
It is NOT your whole project on a piece of wallpaper
18 Getting your Poster RIGHT
Take photos of good posters
Identify KEY points
Make it easy to navigate
An outline of your work to prompt discussion
Keep it simple
Handouts? Reprints? Visual aids?
Transportation
Time to prepare
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Follow the guidelines
Posters are still, audiences move
Make it easy, make it flow
Catch their eye and then control it
5 minutes from 5 feet
25 Question
What is your hypothesis?
(A thesis isnt a thesis without a hypothesis)
Do you know?
Good posters often have a central question / story / clearly articulated research hypothesis.
Poor posters are often the result of a too-broad subject area.
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Flow of Information
Numbered sections
Logical order
Academic conventions?
Colour schemes to link
Arrows
Be careful! 27
Text
Be consistent
Double space
Can you read it from 5 feet away? (Try in office)
Use bold / underlining and colour
Dont use italics
Dont use word-art
Use sans-serif fonts
Not like this! i or i 28
Defending Your Poster
Be Proactive - Start conversations
Dont wander off!!! (Photo on poster)
Handouts (A4)
Have a one minute talk of your poster prepared to guide people through it.
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