So today we had our second and last meeting. Scott Cochran came and talked with us (not to, with!) about good presentation skills. I am not much of an extrovert, so I'm not naturally good at giving presentations. Public speaking actually makes my mouth go dry and my heart beat out of my chest. I did give a presentation on work I did with the GGC last fall, so I wasn't incredibly worried about this presentation because of my prior experience. But turns out there are a lot of things you can do wrong when giving a presentation. It was all good advice, but I'm a lot more nervous now, exponentially so.
Before the meeting and earlier in the day, I submitted my paper and sent my presentation to Dr. Schwartz to see what suggestions he had. He promptly emailed me back, and gave said suggestions. I am currently waiting on some information from Melanie before I finalize (and practice the living daylights out of) my presentation. I'm a bit worried about the time limits but I'm going to have to find a way to cram all of my information into the presentation.
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