I spent today in Auckland attending a theme meeting of the MacDiarmid Institute. All the research presented had to do with either biological engineering, soft matter physics, nanotechnology or some combination of these areas.
I was fortunate to give a talk and overall I was pleased with my presentation. As you could tell from my posts last week, I started to work on my slides rather late. In fact it took me a full day's work on Saturday to complete my slides. Having finished my presentation so late I have very little time to practice what I wanted to say during my talk. I ran through the slides a couple times last night; then again this morning and during the lunch break, but I would have preferred more time to let my talking points stew. It's very much like writing a paper; a first draft might get a point across and in some instances may be all the effort required for a given task, but a second draft is typically clearer and gets points across effectively. Extending this idea numerous drafts and feedback from others yields a better product.
While I am happy with the results today thinking about presentations has perked me up for my talk next month in Germany and I am keen to make sure I am thoroughly prepared.
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