Entire slide filled with equations You get lost before the talk is half finished Speaker flips back through several slides No eye contact from speaker Obvious typo Image or diagram too small Speaker is too quiet to hear Somebody asks a question that is really a comment Speaker forgets to thank coauthors or collaborators At least 2 graduate students leave Picks up the pointing stick Speaker spends several minutes on outline slide Skips over slides to save time Signal to noise is mentioned No contact details Speaker sucks up to host professor Work tied into the latest buzz words in field Somebody is nodding off Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, …) "That is an interesting question" Repeated use of “um”, “er”, … Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Slide with far too much information Speaker reads out exactly what is on the slide Laptop malfunction Cell phone goes off "The data clearly shows" "Beyond the scope of this work." Sign up sheet does not get passed around "Future work will …" Entire slide filled with equations You get lost before the talk is half finished Speaker flips back through several slides No eye contact from speaker Obvious typo Image or diagram too small Speaker is too quiet to hear Somebody asks a question that is really a comment Speaker forgets to thank coauthors or collaborators At least 2 graduate students leave Picks up the pointing stick Speaker spends several minutes on outline slide Skips over slides to save time Signal to noise is mentioned No contact details Speaker sucks up to host professor Work tied into the latest buzz words in field Somebody is nodding off Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, …) "That is an interesting question" Repeated use of “um”, “er”, … Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Slide with far too much information Speaker reads out exactly what is on the slide Laptop malfunction Cell phone goes off "The data clearly shows" "Beyond the scope of this work." Sign up sheet does not get passed around "Future work will …"
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Entire slide filled with equations
You get lost before the talk is half finished
Speaker flips back through several slides
No eye contact from speaker
Obvious typo
Image or diagram too small
Speaker is too quiet to hear
Somebody asks a question that is really a comment
Speaker forgets to thank coauthors or collaborators
At least 2 graduate students leave
Picks up the pointing stick
Speaker spends several minutes on outline slide
Skips over slides to save time
Signal to noise is mentioned
No contact details
Speaker sucks up to host professor
Work tied into the latest buzz words in field
Somebody is nodding off
Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram,…)
"That is an interesting question"
Repeated use of “um”, “er”,…
Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide
Slide with far too much information
Speaker reads out exactly what is on the slide
Laptop malfunction
Cell phone goes off
"The data clearly shows"
"Beyond the scope of this work."
Sign up sheet does not get passed around
"Future work will …"
