I'm sick of going to talks where the speaker gets interrupted 5+ times for somebody/ies else to share their stream of consciousness questions. If it's a seminar for outside your lab, make it accessible by letting the speaker explain their slides in order without interruptions.
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I don't think it's appropriate unless the speaker explicitly invited intra-talk questions, and even then use some discretion; the speaker isn't there to have a conversation with you
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People seem uniformly disapproving of those who yell out questions in movie theaters (again, questions often answered in the next shot or scene). Talks shouldn't be any different.
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If no interaction is desired then it may be more efficient to put the talk on YouTube and answer any questions in the comments section.
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I object to non-clarification Qs that are a bombardment of "stream of consciousness" Qs. I do not object to any interaction. It's a spectrum and I am talking about a situation in which the speaker is always rushing to finish because they are interrupted by pointless IMHO Qs.
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Did you read what I said in my thread? If not, go here and read the thread above this tweet.https://twitter.com/o_guest/status/1098867944652705793 …
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Like I said, this differs from one institution and workshop to the next. I have attended countless ones where repeated interruptions were the norm. I have seen talks where people did not make it past slide 2. And people found it interesting.
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I'm not usually prone to produce diplomatic utterances like this, but I think it is safe to say that there are annoying and non-annoying ways to interrupt talks for both audiences as well as speakers.
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I have learned my lesson. Next time I present at any business school, I won't be preparing anything more than an overview slide.
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