{"id":64,"date":"2020-02-10T19:43:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T19:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pittsburgh2020.thencptw.org\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2020-02-13T15:07:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T15:07:56","slug":"how-to-present","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"How to Present"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Presenting in front of an audience is not easy, even if you&#8217;ve done it before. Below then are some tips and suggestions for how to make the most of your presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Practice.<\/li><li>Practice.<\/li><li>Practice.<\/li><li>Nothing is more obvious than if you&#8217;re not prepared, or underprepared. Plan to go over your talk at least five times before your session. Ask some friends and colleagues to sit in and offer suggestions, too.<\/li><li>If you are more comfortable reading a paper, then do that. Just remember to look up and make eye contact, and be sure that the paper is meant to be heard.<\/li><li>Use slides if they help further your talk, but do not feel that you must.<\/li><li>Do NOT go over your time&#8211;that&#8217;s not fair to your co-presenters or the audience.<\/li><li>Try not to talk negatively about your institution or colleagues.<\/li><li>If there is a microphone, use it.<\/li><li>If you can do so comfortably, stand during your presentation.<\/li><li>Bring a few extra copies of your talk for those who appreciate taking in the information that way.<\/li><li>If you do show slides, describe them for the audience.<\/li><li>Dress comfortably. It can also be helpful to create your outfit as if you were going to a job interview. Show off your best self.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Think of creating a handout (with your name and email) so that people have something to take away and a way to connect with you after the conference.<\/li><li>HAVE FUN! The people in your room value writing centers as much as you and want your talk to be successful.<\/li><li>Did we also mention you should practice?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For some thoughts about attending the conference, please see this excellent&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/writingcenters.org\/2015\/01\/09\/getting-the-most-from-your-conference-experience-by-jasmine-kar-tang-and-katie-levin\/?fbclid=IwAR2Npd7xOz8vhFDcGMagYZTN7cyLtRmy2MFc-4ZWDQix6OjQ9t-1rgGkzBM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece&nbsp;<\/a>from Jasmine Kar Tang and Katie Levin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting in front of an audience is not easy, even if you&#8217;ve done it before. Below then are some tips and suggestions for how to make the most of your presentation. Practice. Practice. Practice. Nothing is more obvious than if you&#8217;re not prepared, or underprepared. Plan to go over your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/89"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thencptw.org\/pittsburgh2021\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}