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Category Archives: powerpoint
a planner’s approach to the first draft
Writing a draft. Mmm. The word ‘writing’ suggests that all you have to do is sit down and type or scribble away. And lo and behold a text is born. But there are different pathways to writing a draft. Some … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, free-writing, looping, planning, planning a paper, poster, powerpoint, storyboard, storyboarding, Tiny Text, titles
Tagged academic writing, drafting, Pat Thomson, planning a text
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flip your presentation format
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
writing course day three
The entire five hours today was spent on PowerPoint presentations. People had been asked to prepare a few slides which showed: 1. the name of the journal 2. the title of their paper 3. the big context that would connect … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, conclusion, introduction, powerpoint
Tagged journal article, Pat Thomson, PowerPoint presentations, writing course
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our paper on academic blogging: using powerpoint as a planning tool
Thesis Whisperer and I have been researching for a paper we are giving at a forthcoming conference. it’s about academic blogging and you can read our initial abstract here. We divided the researching task into two and Inger ‘found’ and … Continue reading
rules for conference presentations
Having just returned from a conference where the presentations were a little mixed – to say the least – I was reminded of the reality that conference presentations are not the same as the conference paper. The paper is the … Continue reading
Posted in argument, audience, conference papers, conference presentation, powerpoint, so what
Tagged Anthony Weston, argument, conference presentation, Pat Thomson
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killing me softly, slide by powerpoint slide
I’m just about to head into another conference. I have to prepare my own presentations over the next few days and it’s made me think about what I loathe about powerpoint and its cousin prezi. I don’t mind a set … Continue reading
