Question for folks who presented in countries where right-to-left languages (like Arabic or Hebrew) are the primary language:

Are presentation stands typically on the right side or the left side from the audience's perspective?

Asking because, in countries where left-to-right languages are common, you can stick a name or logo in the bottom right of your presentation slides, as the stand is usually on the left side.

I wonder if in right-to-left language countries, it would be better to move the logo and name to the bottom left of the slide.

Why do people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences? Since they do, why would the organizers change their practice?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-professionals/2021/01/speak-for-free

How fit all your research into a short talk...

Don't.

How long does it take you to understand new graph of figure when you read it in a paper?

5 mins?
10?

Need to go away, have a cuppa, and come back to it?

#PHD #Research #Academic #Presenting #PHDChat
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Another pic I worked on months ago and only just recently got around to finishing. =w= Just fem!Llox being a horny fuck :p Cookie mode this time!

I’m going to call it out… just stop putting lots of text one your slides. You know its bad, I know its bad, everyone knows its bad… so can we just not?

Alright scumbags. Guess who thought of a legit use for LLM / gen AI / regurgitative AI / whichever, in specific cases?

Mandatory condition: middle managers and C Suite or SMT dumbasses use the garbage multiplier on their own.

They need to learn how shit they are at communicating when the stolen vomit static mash-up program can't give them precisely what they want.

yes backfires possible and likely.
But jfc, if it means people who know "creative" just means "someone who tries something" get a tiny possible break from the hierarchical bullshit, that's a positive.

Coming soon… Streamiverse.

A curated streaming fediverse post API compatible with the Mastodon API for use in teaching, demos, presenting, etc. Basically, if you were using the Mastodon public timeline API for these use cases before it started to require authentication, this will be a good alternative :)

If you have suggestions for the curated feed, reply to this with links to posts.

When live coding on a Mac, don’t just mirror your screen as no one will be able to see what you’re doing. Use, e.g., SwitchResX to mirror your screen at a larger retina resolution (1280×720 works if presenting on a 1920×1080 projector).

That way, you shouldn’t have to alter the text size in your terminal, browser, etc., and the audience will still be able to read your screen. Also goes for live streams, etc.

https://www.madrau.com

Wow, I only just realised (using Laura’s five-year-old hand-me-down MacBook Pro) that when you use Keynote on a MBP that has a touch bar, you basically get your presenter display on it. That’s amazing. Especially given you don’t always have the luxury of one at smaller events and/or if you’re live coding but also have slides.

Damn… wish they hadn’t discontinued those now :)

iA Summer Reads: Writing

How to make a good impression:

I practiced presenting in a mirror back in the early 90s & attended Toastmasters. It was... painful.

Nowadays, there's a new feature in Microsoft PowerPoint that watches you present & intelligently identifies ways to improve, listening for when you 'read the slides' , use filler or potentially sensitive phrases, etc.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/rehearse-your-slide-show-with-speaker-coach-cd7fc941-5c3b-498c-a225-83ef3f64f07b

And I still use the attached technique for major presentations & public speaking:

For fans of #TheGlobalJigsaw - our very own @beverly_ochieng is doing a sterling job by #presenting #BBCNewsday today - the world's largest radio breakfast news programme you can tune in here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service_news_internet