Timeline for How to deal with presentation time running out in a scientific conference?
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| Sep 15, 2015 at 0:08 | vote | accept | Kay | ||
| Sep 14, 2015 at 9:31 | history | edited | Wrzlprmft♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed time-management tag – this is about totally different time scales.
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| Sep 12, 2015 at 21:45 | comment | added | JeffE | @JiK Exactly so. | |
| Sep 12, 2015 at 16:08 | comment | added | JiK | @JeffE I think you mean "some five minutes need only one slide; some five seconds require a full slide". | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 15:20 | comment | added | keshlam | Additional thought: When rehearsing, note how long it should take you to get to significant points in you presentation, and plan in advance what you're going to drop later in the presentation if you're running late or add if it's going faster than expected. Then watch the time during the actual presentation and adjust accordingly. In other words, structure it the same way you would a set list for a musical performance; know what's essential and what isn't and be prepared to correct for estimation errors to use the allotted time optimally. | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 13:18 | history | protected | eykanal | ||
| Sep 11, 2015 at 12:20 | answer | added | RHertel | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 10:52 | answer | added | Dan Steingart | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 9:30 | answer | added | ratchet freak | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 11, 2015 at 8:37 | history | edited | enthu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited tags; edited title
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| S Sep 11, 2015 at 5:54 | history | suggested | virmaior | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
original title was unclear.
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| Sep 11, 2015 at 5:38 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 11, 2015 at 4:28 | history | edited | Kay |
added a tag
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| Sep 10, 2015 at 22:32 | answer | added | Pieter Geerkens | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 22:11 | comment | added | Calchas | Do not skip your acknowledgement slides. Especially if you are working in a large collaboration, it is discourteous. I remember when people don't thank me for my contributions, and I am sure to repay the favour. ;) I would put the acknowledgement slide near the beginning, so it is out the way quickly. (By the way, I am not saying you should spend five minutes on that slide. I am just saying, show the slide, say thanks, make your joke about getting your excuses in early, move on. But everyone is happy that you thanked them properly.) | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 22:07 | comment | added | Calchas | Do not skip the summary slide. If you are already rushing, many people will have no idea what is going on by the time you get to the end slides. That's fine, as long as you can summarize it coherently at the end. Anyone who is super interested can ask about it later over drinks. So sometimes you want to think in your head, "slides 12 & 15 are nice to have but if time gets short, I will skip past the details on those slides to give me time to talk to summarize". | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 21:30 | comment | added | JeffE | There seems to be an implicit assumption in the question that each slide in a talk should normally take the same amount of time. But that would just be silly. Some slides need only five seconds; others need five full minutes. The only thing that matters is the total length of the talk. | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 19:33 | comment | added | Benedikt Bauer | @StephanKolassa In the latter case you are stealing 30-40 seconds from the coffee break. That could make some people really mad! ;-) | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 16:46 | answer | added | xxxxxxxxx | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 16:03 | history | edited | Kay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
there was an unclear sentence
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| Sep 10, 2015 at 15:42 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | If you take 30-40 seconds longer, that's 30-40 seconds you are taking away from the speaker after you, unless you come right before the coffee break. | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 15:36 | answer | added | J.R. | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 14:55 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAcademia/status/641988313558175745 | ||
| Sep 10, 2015 at 14:55 | answer | added | Michael Hoffman | timeline score: 8 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 14:44 | comment | added | keshlam | Rehearse. Rehearse. Rehearse. Edit down to fit the available time. Repeat. If you can't do the pitch within the stated time, you're saying too much. | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 14:37 | answer | added | xLeitix | timeline score: 54 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 13:43 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 13:06 | answer | added | Piotr Migdal | timeline score: 70 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 12:53 | answer | added | aeismail | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 12:49 | history | asked | Kay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |