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Annual Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium December 10th 8:30am Title and Abstract (approximately 130 words) Talk: 15 min long with 5 min for questions presentation can be prepared as a powerpoint file but saved as a pdf file as well

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My Title and Abstract 11-29-11 Presentation

see JoAnne's 11-4-11 e-mail

Hi everyone,

We are looking forward to hearing your presentations at the Annual Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium on December 10. Below are instructions for preparing the presentations. Please note that we need the titles and abstracts by November 29 and the slides by December 6.

Thanks, JoAnn

This year the Annual Biological Design Graduate Program Symposium will be held at the Arizona Science Center (600 E. Washington St.) on Saturday, December 10th. Students should plan to arrive at 8:30 am and stay until 5:00 pm. Lunch will be provided. ** Presentations ** Students giving talks should prepare a presentation on their current research to be delivered to other BDGP students and faculty. The talk should be 15 minutes long, with 5 minutes allowed for questions. Talks should be given using PowerPoint slides. Students should prepare an abstract of their presentation for a general scientific audience with a maximum of approximately 130 words for use in the printed symposium program. The **title and abstract** should be submitted to the BDE 792 Fall 2011 Blackboard **by noon on Tuesday, November 29**. A pc-type computer will be used to show the presentations. The presentation can be prepared as a PowerPoint file and should also be saved as a pdf file. The files will be loaded and checked on the laptop computer that will be used for the presentations a few days prior to the symposium. The **presentation files** should be submitted to the BDE 792 Fall 2011 Blackboard **by noon on Tuesday, December 6**. Students will be scheduled to give their talk sometime between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm. A few pointers for presentations: 1.Know your time and adjust accordingly. 2.Focus on the punchline. Start with the information you most want to convey and then work backwards or around it for the presentation. It is bad to not leave yourself enough time to present your best stuff. 3.Limit your background to what is appropriate for the audience and time you have. Especially in short talks only give the background that they need to appreciate what you are going to have as a punchline. 4.When someone asks a question, take your time to listen carefully. Let them finish the question before you answer. 5.It is best not to use dark background slides as they are harder to read than light background slides.

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