tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post5699296678095755602..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Conference panels: a pop quizundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-3890473169747066852009-02-01T07:12:00.000-08:002009-02-01T07:12:00.000-08:00Mactire, the cards sound like a good idea, not com...Mactire, the cards sound like a good idea, not compulsive at all. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if those spoof MLA panels about longwinded panelists have ever used the airhorn. <BR/><BR/>Professor Z, I am allergic to those long introductions, too. For one thing, they take up time; for another, they make the audience anxious about their own productivity. I much prefer the simpler approach.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-79543425020151996112009-01-28T21:53:00.000-08:002009-01-28T21:53:00.000-08:001c, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5a.I am, however, less committed t...1c, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5a.<BR/><BR/>I am, however, less committed to my answer on 4 than to the others. I'm also not convinced about my choice of all mid level people for the question on htat, because mid level types can get sloppy. Many grad students are still super conscientious, and many senior types are over the sloppy phase and really know how to present.<BR/><BR/>On introducing the speakers - I don't except by name, their affiliations are in the program, and people probably know their accomplishments or if they don't and are interested, they will find out. I do say all names at the beginning and the relevant name before and after each paper. Perhaps I should say more - I am just allergic to those big laudatory introductions, and I tend to like to strip them away and let the paper itself take the foreground.<BR/><BR/>Big yes on those laminated cards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-83052623143695368872009-01-28T08:38:00.000-08:002009-01-28T08:38:00.000-08:00I made a set and now carry them to every conferenc...I made a set and now carry them to every conference. If I chair, you can be the cards get shown. If I present, I like to give them to the chair and ask him to tell me 5 min, 2min. This may seem a bit compulsive, but he/she usually asks to use them for other panelists. Although sometimes you still have to get out the airhorn....Mac Tírehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791774880084007681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-30270227469404152182009-01-27T20:37:00.000-08:002009-01-27T20:37:00.000-08:00And I don't know how the tech stuff breaks when no...And I don't know how the tech stuff breaks when nobody touches it, but you're right, it always does.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-4216295273960123042009-01-27T20:36:00.000-08:002009-01-27T20:36:00.000-08:00Great points! Re #6: a and then c/a (thank you) wo...Great points! Re #6: a and then c/a (thank you) would be my choice. <BR/><BR/>I wish every conference had those cards.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-25917043039996736792009-01-27T18:59:00.000-08:002009-01-27T18:59:00.000-08:00Actually, re 2, if you are the division head, you ...Actually, re 2, if you are the division head, you push for two panels to present as a linked series that both mix senior and junior people. The AHA has started doing grouped panels like this, and it offers some nice continuity in audiences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-58561627505985381702009-01-27T18:56:00.000-08:002009-01-27T18:56:00.000-08:001c, 2b, 4a, 5a.3a, or "people whose proposals show...1c, 2b, 4a, 5a.<BR/><BR/>3a, or "people whose proposals showed a clue about audience plus email in advance some clear guidelines and a link to Linda Kerber's piece on how to give a good conference paper."<BR/><BR/>And 4a is because she better show up early and get that tech in place before the panel starts, while you are doing introductions, people are drifting in, etc. The tech you set up beforehand will mysteriously break while no one touches it during the previous 2 papers. Remind me not to go to a panel run by the person who answers D.<BR/><BR/>Can I write 6?<BR/><BR/>At what point do you introduce the speakers?<BR/>a) introduce them all at the beginning, because that's what you see most people do<BR/>b) introduce each one before they speak so that the latecomers are not fiddling with their program trying to figure it out<BR/>c) briefly at the beginning while announcing the order, then in more detail before each paper, plus a "thank you, dr. x" after each paper for the people who entered in the middle.<BR/><BR/>PS re 5. I once attended a quite big conference (6-8 panels at once, over 3-4 days) in which every room had laminated, color-coded "5 minutes" "2 minutes" "stop now" cards for the chairs to use. Excellent innovation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com