Geodynamics

Get conference ready!

Iris van Zelst December 5, 2018 Conferences No Comments

Let's just accept the fact that nobody at a geosciences conference ever looks this smart
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It’s almost time for the AGU fall meeting 2018! Are you ready? Have you prepared your schedule and set up all your important business meetings? Here are some final tips to nail your presentation and/or poster!

Nailing your presentation
• The art of the 15-minute talk: how to design the best 15-minute talk
• Presentation skills – 1. Voice: how to get the most out of your presentation voice
• Presentation skills – 2. Speech: how to stop staying ‘uh’

Making the best poster
• Poster presentation tips: how to design the best poster layout
• The rainbow colour map (repeatedly) considered harmful: how to make the best scientific figures

By Iris van Zelst

Iris is a postdoc at the German Aerospace Center in Berlin, Germany. Her current research revolves around modelling Venus. Previous projects concerned subduction dynamics and the associated seismic and tsunami hazards. Iris is the former Editor-in-chief of the GD blog team and now sometimes just blogs for fun. You can reach Iris via email. For more details, please visit Iris' personal webpage or check out her youtube channel: youtube.com/irisvanzelst.

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