Category Archives: conference presentation

conference tips – the old-school handout

Posted on August 19, 2019 by pat thomson

We’ve all been to that conference session where the presenter puts up a slide with a really complicated table. Or a very dense set of quotations. They don’t do this to deliberately confuse people or give them eye strain – … Continue reading →

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flip your presentation format

Posted on July 22, 2019 by pat thomson

Conference presentations. We almost always have one coming up somewhere. So we are often thinking about how best to organise what we have to say. Now, there’s a lot written about conference presentations and what can go wrong with them. … Continue reading →

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going to a huge conference

Posted on April 8, 2019 by pat thomson

I’m at a conference. A huge, utterly ginormous, gobsmackingly giant North American conference. As only the North Americans can do. It takes up a whole downtown conference centre and the meeting rooms of two additional hotels. The five-day conference runs … Continue reading →

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a conference paper? it may be five texts, not one…

Posted on October 16, 2017 by pat thomson

Conference season begins again. Well it certainly seems that way – there are lots of calls around for papers, workshops and posters. A conference paper seems like an easy thing to do. Just write the abstract, then write the actual … Continue reading →

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choosing a conference

Posted on September 4, 2017 by pat thomson

I’ve recently been asked how new PhDers ought to go about choosing academic conferences. Here goes… Because conferences are discipline specific, you really do need to talk with your supervisor and your peers about which are the best conferences to … Continue reading →

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viva? conference presentation? it’s all about the ‘improv’

Posted on August 24, 2017 by pat thomson

So it’s one of those academic occasions when you have to present yourself and your work  – to people who are there to judge you. Think the viva. The interview panel. The first encounter with a new class. The conference … Continue reading →

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writing to be read aloud

Posted on August 25, 2016 by pat thomson

Many years ago I spent a pleasant mid morning sitting in the sun being read to. The occasion was a writers’ festival in my home town of Adelaide, Australia and the reader was Louis de Bernières. He’d just completed his … Continue reading →

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conference blog – who’s coming to my paper?

Posted on September 25, 2014 by pat thomson

You know those insecure feelings you get when you throw a party… that anxiety that no-one will turn up… You’ve got more than enough supplies for everyone you’ve invited as well as for some uninvited hangers-on. The food is arranged … Continue reading →

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conference blog – dealing with ‘post paper’ questions

Posted on September 24, 2014 by pat thomson

I like lippiness. When I was a teacher I liked the lippy kids the most. They had a bit of spark and energy. They were often smart and funny. And of course I’ve been more than a bit lippy myself … Continue reading →

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conference blog- let’s flip the format!

Posted on September 22, 2014 by pat thomson

It’s the end of the standard conference day. You’ve seen every session. Keynote. Panel. Three papers. Keynote. Three papers. Panel. Each session Chair has tried to allow time for discussion and most of them have succeeded – sort of. A … Continue reading →

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