Better conference talks

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/04/04 11:37 CDT | 27 comments

I've been to a lot of conferences and seen a lot of talks and it's amazing to me how a bad presentation can get in the way of really exciting science. Here are my recommendations for how to approach a talk, and tips and tricks to make your talk better.

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An editorial on the LPSC 2013 oral sessions

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/03/28 12:26 CDT | 6 comments

In which I complain just a little bit about talks at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

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Scientists: Register to be a Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Microblogger!

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/01/30 01:20 CST

Hey planetary scientists! Many of you know that the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) is a great meeting in a venue that is perfect except for one thing: Internet access is positively lousy. So I'm really excited that a solution that I advocated to conference organizers is being adopted.

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The Curiosity Kerfuffle: the big (and increasing) difference between data and discovery

Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/12/03 03:12 CST | 17 comments

I'm in San Francisco, reporting from the American Geophysical Union meeting. This morning, there was a much-anticipated press briefing featuring the latest results from Curiosity.

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A dispatch from J-school: two short videos

Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/10/23 11:05 CDT

Two short videos produced by Jason Davis on astronomy and planetary science work taking place at the University of Arizona.

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Can tweets recap a new media space workshop?

Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/07/24 10:01 CDT | 1 comments

Recapping the 2012 University of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics new media workshop with attendees' tweets.

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