Cell phone goes off "Not sure I understand the question" "Beyond the scope of our work." "That is an interesting question" Somebody is nodding off Somebody asks a question that is really a comment Speaker forgets to thank coauthors or collaborators "I'll just go back to that" Speaker sucks up to someone in the session Entire slide filled with graphs Someone can't get into the Teams meeting Speaker reads out exactly what is on EACH slide Post- School Slide with FAR TOO MUCH information Work tied into the latest buzz words in field Repeated use of “um”, “er”,… Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram,…) Free! Speaker runs out of time Someone's internet connection is dodgy Speaker is too quiet to hear "The data clearly shows" Obvious typo High Quality Really bad formatting Skips over slides to save time You get lost before the talk is half finished Speaker flips back through several slides Speaker spends too long on outline slide No contact details Laptop malfunction Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Improve Access Image or diagram too small Picks up 'where they left off' "Future work will …" "Meaningful Pathways" Cell phone goes off "Not sure I understand the question" "Beyond the scope of our work." "That is an interesting question" Somebody is nodding off Somebody asks a question that is really a comment Speaker forgets to thank coauthors or collaborators "I'll just go back to that" Speaker sucks up to someone in the session Entire slide filled with graphs Someone can't get into the Teams meeting Speaker reads out exactly what is on EACH slide Post- School Slide with FAR TOO MUCH information Work tied into the latest buzz words in field Repeated use of “um”, “er”,… Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram,…) Free! Speaker runs out of time Someone's internet connection is dodgy Speaker is too quiet to hear "The data clearly shows" Obvious typo High Quality Really bad formatting Skips over slides to save time You get lost before the talk is half finished Speaker flips back through several slides Speaker spends too long on outline slide No contact details Laptop malfunction Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Improve Access Image or diagram too small Picks up 'where they left off' "Future work will …" "Meaningful Pathways"
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Cell phone goes off
"Not sure I understand the question"
"Beyond the scope of our work."
"That is an interesting question"
Somebody is nodding off
Somebody asks a question that is really a comment
Speaker forgets to thank coauthors or collaborators
"I'll just go back to that"
Speaker sucks up to someone in the session
Entire slide filled with graphs
Someone can't get into the Teams meeting
Speaker reads out exactly what is on EACH slide
Post-School
Slide with FAR TOO MUCH information
Work tied into the latest buzz words in field
Repeated use of “um”, “er”,…
Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram,…)
Free! Speaker runs out of time
Someone's internet connection is dodgy
Speaker is too quiet to hear
"The data clearly shows"
Obvious typo
High Quality
Really bad formatting
Skips over slides to save time
You get lost before the talk is half finished
Speaker flips back through several slides
Speaker spends too long on outline slide
No contact details
Laptop malfunction
Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide
Improve Access
Image or diagram too small
Picks up 'where they left off'
"Future work will …"
"Meaningful Pathways"
