I think reading from a script is rude toward the audience - you can have a script and bullet points to guide you through but to make ..
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Replying to @hisotalus @waterlego and
.. an audience sit through you reading from a printout is just wasting everyone's time.
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sorry to barge in in the middle of the convo but this is done in some disciplines regularly. i sat in history talks/readings. it's not a
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Replying to @zerdeve @hisotalus and
waste of time if the audience is interested in the topic. it's a mindset to expect to be entertained during a talk. like students do. but i
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Replying to @zerdeve @hisotalus and
Sorry, think even if audience is interested passive reading makes it d/t to engage & it personally takes me a lot of effort to stay focused
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It is not engaging. It may be the done thing in some fields but that doesn't make it an effective way of communication
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Replying to @hisotalus @zerdeve and
Half talks I attend are philosophy, half computational stuff & I think the difference is striking & I engage & learn so much more in latter.
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Replying to @Abebab @hisotalus and
I think this should be the case for most people. Reading off a piece of paper AND being engaging is a very very very rare skill.
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Oh no I didn't mean it's engaging. I meant not all talks need to be engaging. Everyone should be allowed to present to the best of their
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ability/knowledge/interest and the audience gets to choose what they want to listen to. I've listened to engaging talks with no substance.
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Can't agree more. Esp on that last one — hahha.
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lol i think we've all been exposed to too many TED talks (or the likes) by now.
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