Subjective view on conference talks: North-American (trained) speakers take presenting far more seriously as a skill, and it shows #iconNL
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Only have NA experience. Grad school ethos was unclear communication sells the work short. Yes to practice runs and major feedback.
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Eek! Which uni was this?
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UNC. Maybe ethos is the wrong word. More like culture, maybe? Certainly not explicitly stated, but notable coming from outside.
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I'm glad you're able to notice and hopefully (have) retrain(ed) yourself. To put it into perspective I didn't get any serious feedback until
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after my phd on how to make good talks.
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During, I had very little training on writing or presenting and it really showed.
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I think communication and management are two areas where we are all continuously learning
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Absolutely, it's just I was implicitly taught things I then had to unlearn.

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