EES Graduate Seminar Fall 2008 Geoc/Geol/Geop/Hydr 592

1. Graduate Seminar EES Graduate SeminarFall 2008Geoc/Geol/Geop/Hydr 592 Rick Asteraster@ees.nmt.eduMSEC 356-5924

2. Graduate Seminar Course Web Site http://ees.nmt.edu/Geop/Classes/Geop592

3. Graduate Seminar Objectives • To gain experience with presentations and get candid feedback from your peers! • To communicate the range of work going on in this department (and maybe learn some new science). • To promote greater interaction among EES programs • To gain experience in critically and collegially evaluating presentations.

4. Graduate Seminar Participation Requirement • Master’s students • Attend seminar for two semesters • Make one presentation, normally in your second year • Doctoral students • Attend for three semesters • Make two presentations, normally in your second and third year

5. Graduate Seminar Requirements • Speakers • Attendance • Professional web page (make one if you don’t have one already!). • Title and abstract to me by email at least one week before your seminar day (file formats: pdf, doc, rtf, txt) • Be ready to go 10 minutes before seminar time (check AV and computer systems) • Look at your video! Let us know what surprised you (or if you think you looked even better than you thought you would, for that matter).

6. Graduate Seminar Requirements • Introducers • Get introduction information from speaker before seminar time • Be prepared to time the speaker, prompting them as time runs out • Manage question period • Reviewers • Provide constructive feedback to speakers immediately after the talk (and private comments within 24 hours at the latest)

7. Graduate Seminar Giving a Good Talk PRACTICE!! • Check out equipment in advance • Run through all the slides • Do movies, etc. run? • Have you practiced it as a show, e.g., so you expect your animations when they come? • Know how to use the pointer, etc. • Speak slowly, clearly, and project your voice • “Speak” from the slide – do not read. • Be natural; Don’t fidget; Make eye contact.

8. Graduate Seminar • Make the talk content appropriate to the audience. • Don’t be afraid to be (appropriately) humorous. • Be gracious to your collaborators and audience • Have an Introduction and a Conclusion • Why should we care what you do? • What do you think is important about what you’ve done? • Define terms, remind people of simple concepts so they stay up with you • Keep slides relatively simple • Don’t be tempted to put too many graphics onto one slide • Make text and figures big enough to read easily

9. Graduate Seminar • Make the talk content appropriate to the audience (know your audience!) • Have an Introduction and a Conclusion • Why should we care what you do? • What do you think is important about what you’ve done? • Define terms, remind people of simple concepts so they stay up with you • Keep slides relatively simple • Don’t be tempted to put too many graphics onto one slide or extraneous material. • Make text and figures big enough to read easily

10. Graduate Seminar • Consider the consequences of background and background color

11. Graduate Seminar More Tips • Consider the consequences of background and background color

12. Graduate Seminar Busy Slide?

13. Graduate Seminar Oregon Frontal Thrust: Pore pressure and stress from seismic velocity Seismic data Lab core data ODP Leg 146 (Tobin et al., 1994)

14. Graduate Seminar Graphics • Keep it simple • Show only what you need • watch out for stuff you don’t understand on your own slides! • Axes? Orient the audience • Movies can be captivating and illuminating • No tables full of fine print!

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16. Graduate Seminar AVOID GARISH FONT EFFECTS Avoid distracting animations

17. Graduate Seminar Dates: (I will be out of town on April 8) January: 28 February: 4, 11,18, 25 March: 4, 18, 25 April 1, 15, 22 (Aster at NMMNHS), 29 May 6