Going to a conference abroad: by plane, by train, or better stay at home?
Scientists are among the most frequent of travelers, globe-trotting to various international conferences, summer schools, meetings, … We are all aware of the negative impact …
Posts about Presenting online
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What do you do when they won’t turn on their webcam?
‘Online presenteren. Het voelt alsof je tegen een zwart gat spreekt.’ Peter, professor aan de UAntwerpen, vindt het erg vervelend dat hij zijn studenten niet kan …
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How do you prefer your coffee? Let’s discuss polls and poll fatigue
Ellen starts her online presentation with a question: 'How many women were diagnosed with breast cancer in Belgium in 2018?' We see 5 options, from …
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Online presentations follow their own set of rules and you’d better get the hang of them
Online presentations are quickly gaining a bad reputation. Take a look at the following email, for example, that recently made its way into our mailbox: "The …
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How do you get your online audience to respond?
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You are presenting an online class or talk and you ask your audience a question. You wait, and wait …
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More warmth in your online presentations
I had been talking in front of the webcam for the past half hour. Three participants had asked a question in the chat box, but …
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Presenting your PhD in 20 minutes: how do you get started?
“One of the best presentations seen in Corona times.” This sentence comes from the jury report, following the PhD defense of Elien Bellon (KU Leuven). …
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Zoom deserves a second chance
Video conferencing tool Zoom was placed under strict restrictions or even outright banned at most Flemish academic institutions in April 2020. The reasons for this had …
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Presenting online? Bring the essence and only the essence
Recently we’ve transitioned to also hosting all our workshops online. That is going well and we continue to learn new things along the way. From …
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Online presentations: how do you get started?
Currently, all meetings, classes and conferences have been suspended. Fortunately, there are plenty of online tools that allow us to continue to communicate with each …