tailieunhanh - The Craft of Scientific Presentations - M Alley (Springer 2003) Episode 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the craft of scientific presentations - m alley (springer 2003) episode 5', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Structure The Strategy You Choose 73 grounding helps many in the audience to stay with you through the abstract or mathematical parts of your presentation. Using an example in this way was a favorite technique of Richard What Background Is Needed to Understand the Subject An unspoken fear that many audience members have about attending a scientific presentation is that they will not understand the subject. All too often audiences find themselves sitting in scientific presentations and having no real idea what is being discussed. Such a situation is frustrating particularly when the format does not allow the audience to ask a question until the presentation s end. Even if audience can ask questions many in the audience will not do so for fear that the question would distract the rest of the audience or for fear that the rest of the audience might think them ignorant. Because different types of audiences often attend scientific presentations a speaker should be sensitive to the background information that audiences need to understand the presentation. How do you know what background information to provide This question is not easy to answer. Sometimes the time limit of the presentation is such that you have few options. In such cases it is often important to state up front what you are assuming that the audience knows. That way those who do not have that information can set reasonable expectations for what they will comprehend. By knowing that they will not understand all of the presentation the audience can prepare itself to receive a reduced amount. In a way that knowledge allows the audience members to relax and perhaps to understand more than they would if they tried to follow every step. Note that a speaker does not have to give the audience all of the necessary background in the introduction 74 The Craft of Scientific Presentations of the presentation. Another possibility is to provide background as the audience needs it during the presentation. In .