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Biophysics of Systems s eminar WS 2009/2010

Biophysics of Systems s eminar WS 2009/2010. What we are looking for in a talk. Professor Dieter Braun. General information. Goals of this seminar Gain excess to a new topic Get accustomed to working with English Primary literature Consolidate the lecture topics

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Biophysics of Systems s eminar WS 2009/2010

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  1. Biophysics of Systems seminar WS 2009/2010 What we are looking for in a talk Professor Dieter Braun

  2. General information • Goals of this seminar • Gain excess to a new topic • Get accustomed to working with English Primary literature • Consolidate the lecture topics • Learn how to give a talk • Time frame of the talk • 30 minutes speaking + • 10 minutes topic related discussion + • 5 minutes didactic discussion • Grading • 6 CP; • Grade based on talk and test / exam

  3. Structure of the talk • Introduction (5 min) • Motivation • Maybe introduction as well as outline • Main part (20 min) • Take the background and state of knowledge of the audience into account • What is the audience expecting • Summary (5 min) • Sum up the central concepts • „take home message“

  4. Sources for literature? • Search engines e.g.www.google.de, http://scholar.google.de/ • Wikipedia • Scientific databases, wie e.g. PubMed(public)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez ISI Web(from inside the MWN)http://isi6.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek • Bibliotheken LMU, TUM, MPI für Biochemie (translations English  Deutsch:www.leo.org)

  5. Slide design • Not too much content per slide • No superfluous information • ca. 2 min per slide • A picture is worth a thousand words • use a uniform, big font • Text at 32 pt is better than text at 16 pt • Label diagrams thoroughly

  6. Wie halte ich einen Seminarvortrag 1. Wenn man nun so einen Seminarvortrag halten muss, dann empfiehlt es sich, möglichst lange Sätze auf die Folien zu schreiben, damit die Zuhörer nach dem Vortrag aus den Folienkopien noch wissen, was man eigentlich gesagt hat. 2. Während so einem Vortrag schaut sowieso jeder zum Projektor, also kann man das selbst ruhig auch tun - damit kontrolliert man gleichzeitig auch, ob der Beamer wirklich alles projiziert, was auf dem Laptop zu sehen ist. Außerdem kann man so den Strom für das Laptop-Display sparen. 3. Übersichtsfolien am Anfang sind langweilig, enthalten keinen Inhalt und nehmen den Zuhörern die ganze Spannung. Schließlich gibt es im Kino am Anfang auch keine Inhaltsangabe. 4. Powerpoint kann viele lustige Effekte, hat tolle Designs und Animationen. Die sollte man zur Auflockerung des Vortrags unbedingt alle benutzen, um zu zeigen, wie gut man das Tool im Griff hat. 5. Nicht zu wenig auf die Folien schreiben. Man weiß ja nie, ob man sie nicht doch ausdrucken muss, und man kann so wertvolle Zeit sparen, wenn man nicht weiterschalten muss. 6. Man sollte versuchen, möglichst lange zu reden. Die Zeitvorgaben sind nur für die Leute, die nicht genug wissen - eigentlich will der Prüfer sehen, dass man sich auch darüber hinaus mit dem Thema beschäftigt hat, und wer nicht ordentlich überzieht, kann nicht genug wissen. Wenn du was zu sagen hast, schaffe dir dein Forum! Not like this

  7. Giving the talk • Give a trial talk • Practice the introduction • Come up with transitions between slides • Address the audience • Talk to the audience (not your notes) • Use the laser pointer • Keep eye contact with the audience • Your are the only one to notice small mistakes

  8. Frequent mistakes • the speech is halting a lot (long pauses) • The talk is too long • No central theme is followed • The central point is lost in unnecessary details • The audience is not the wall (reactions as feedback) • Apologies don‘t belong in the talk

  9. Questions and Answers Don‘t fear the questions!!! No one prepared as thoroughly as you yourself Questions • friendly • pointed but not aggressive • comprehension questions during the talk • save further questions for after the talk Answers • keep your answers short (epic answers seem insecure) • don’t get defensive

  10. summary • Practice the talk at least once • The talk is a dialog, not a monolog • Show your enthusiasm ! • The central point has to be clear

  11. Assessing the talk Criteria: • Structure • Understandability • Logical structure (important: Conclusion!) • Scientific quotes • Optical appeal • Tension (sway the audience)

  12. A quote I need 3 days to prepare a good, spontaneous 3 minute speech. Mark Twain

  13. contacts Dieter Braun Dieter.Braun@lmu.de 2180 - 2317 Discuss the prepared talk with Christoph Wienken or Mario Herzog! christoph.wienken@physik.lmu.de mario.herzog@physik.lmu.de Phone: 2180-1484

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