Zen Presentation?

Public presentation is not only about how good you are in talking, it is also about how you capture people attention.

A person with good English command can give a perfect, non-grammatical mistake presentation, yet the audience may still on and off  “strayed-away”, and some even manage to sleep with eyes opened.

OK, of course fluency in speech is important, but it is not all. The slides are as important as the speech.

You might want check out “Presentation Zen” on how to make an attractive yet simple slides

And, my friend found a site (Note and Point) which can might be helpful to spark your creativity.

How to Read Figures, Mathematical Expressions and Equations, and Glossary

Sometimes we do face problem in reading mathematical expressions. Reading it correctly can avoid embarrassment during presentation.  I found a good PDF file by Judy Noguchi and Eri Shinoda. Enjoy!

Senmon Talks

Posting information about “Senmon Talks” (sent by Maria-Lucia.)

International Cross-Disciplinary Exchanges

How many of us have listened to other people talk about their fields and felt interested and yet not quite sure we really did understand? Senmon Talks is an opportunity to listen to people from very different fields discuss their areas of expertise.

We meet once a month to welcome a presenter who gives a 30 minute talk followed by twenty minutes of Q&A. We continue the discussions over dinner and hopefully take away from the evening a slightly enlarged view of a different “senmon”.

Come join us and bring your fresh perspective to our table!

国際異分野間交流

他分野の人がどんな研究をしているか興味ありませんか？専門Talksでは毎月様々な分野からプレンセンテーターを招待して自分の専門分野を一般の人に分かりやすく紹介してもらいます。　興味のある方お待ちしています！！

EVENT:

Presentation by PATRICK ANTOLIN, PhD student, Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo.

“Why is the solar corona so hot? Tackling the coronal heating problem.”

30 minute presentation followed by questions and discussion

WHEN: July 17th 2009,  6:00PM-7:00PM

WHERE: 国際交流セミナーハウス International Seminar House

INFORMATION:

Contact: Takesi Matsuyama
Tel.: 090-3655-3233
e-mail: sinistrum[at]gmail.com

The announcement of the event can be downloaded HERE (pdf).