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One common mistake graduate students make in their first talks is failing to address the weaknesses in their work. They believe, and I was one of them, that giving the audience the impression that their experiment was any less than perfectly conceived and flawlessly implemented, invalidates their entire work. The truth is, no experiment is [...]

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Handling Tough Questions

July 11, 2008

A friend twittered this great article on handling 7 types of tough questions during presentations. I encourage you to read it because it has a lot of great little tips, but the key take-aways are:

Before answering a hostile, negative, or irrelevant question, identify the key issue then rephrase the question in terms of the key [...]

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