Student Day for
Graduate Students and Post-docs
HOW TO PRESENT
EFFECTIVELY
National
Capital Area Chapter
Society
of Toxicology
Student
Day Symposium
December 12, 2002
Room 201
NCAC-SOT
Student Day Symposium
Presentations have become a significant part of a graduate student and post doc’s life. Ranging from a poster presentation in the professional conference, an oral presentation in the classroom or a professional symposium, to the proposal defense, thesis/dissertation defense, and the presentation in an interview, an effective presentation is not only about what you know, but also about what you say in a limited time and how you say it. In this Student Day, experts will share their secrets of an effective presentation, from how to make a great poster, how to get your points across (and how to chose your main points), all the way to how to answer the sometimes unpredictable questions thrown at you after your presentation. You will also know how the judges and employers evaluate your presentation for considering awards and hiring. Most importantly, you can make a presentation and get instant evaluations and suggestions from the panel of experts. Students and post docs who do not wish to make presentations at this time are still encouraged to participate in the afternoon session and learn from others. This is a unique opportunity for graduate students and post docs in any stage of their study and developing career to improve their presentations. A reception for graduate students and post docs will be held in the same room at 5:30 PM. Light refreshments will be provided in this non-alcohol event.
8:00 a.m. Registration,
and Posters Set-Up
8:30 a.m. Welcome
and Opening Comments
Susan Makris, US Environmental
Protection Agency
President, NCAC-SOT
Amy Wang, Virginia Tech
Student
Representative, NCAC-SOT
8:40 a.m. Say what? A communication crash course
Nancy Grimshaw,
9:10 a.m. How to present a poster
Fran Younger, Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory
Suzanne Fitzpatrick, US Food
and Drug Administration
10:10 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. How to make a short platform
presentation
Marion Ehrich, Virginia Tech
Gary Kimmel,
US Environmental Protection Agency
11:30 a.m. How to make
a longer (40-minutes) platform presentation
John
Robertson, Virginia Tech
Bernard Schwetz, US Food and Drug Administration
12:30-1:30
p.m. Lunch
and Poster Session
1:30 p.m. Student
presentation: poster presentation
3-minute poster presentations by attendees (each
immediately followed by 5 minute evaluation by facilitators)
2:20 p.m. Break
2:35 p.m. Student
presentation: platform presentation
10-minute presentations by attendees
(each immediately followed by 5 minute evaluation by facilitators)
4:45 - 5:00
p.m. Closing remarks
Facilitators
comment regarding all student presentations
5:30 –7:00 p.m. Reception
