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Storytelling in Presentations For Dummies
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Storytelling in Presentations For Dummies

by Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
September 2023
Beginner content levelBeginner
384 pages
9h 7m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 21

Presenting a Paper at a Conference

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding how presentations, symposiums, and conferences differ

Bullet Getting ready for your conference

Bullet Avoiding mishaps in your message

Bullet Assessing results and nailing networking

Bullet Becoming a keynote speaker

Bullet Networking at a conference

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

–ALBERT EINSTEIN, PHYSICIST

How does a conference (also called a symposium) differ from other types of presentations? It’s a large event where attendees meet to share ideas and experiences. This term applies to various types of gatherings, but is often used for business, academic, educational, ecological, scientific, social/cultural, peace, and trade gatherings, to name a few. Conference organizers typically plan a full agenda of events that include keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and social events. Attendees ...

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