Monday, June 18, 2007
Reassured
I was quite reassured the other day to see my typically cool, calm and self assured boss fretting over a departmental talk he had to give. It was a special talk related to a prize he was awarded and amongst a few other talks to other departmental award winners. It was reassuring to see that he really was human and gets worried sometimes (usually I am so in awe of him as he's so clever, funny and chilled). It's definitely good to see that people who seem totally on the ball and unflappable on the outside can still feel as imposterish and worried on the inside.
The only downside to this talk as it made me realise even more how hard it is to explain my research and results to audiences. Being between the sciences is great most of the time but when time is limited and you need to explain the significance of the results, it is especially hard when the majority/all the audience are totally unfamiliar with the experimental technique. Still it means I always work hard whenever I have to give a presentation and means I'm not likely to rest on my laurels and risk losing the audience as I have assumed too much previous knowledge, although it's a fine line not being too patronising
The only downside to this talk as it made me realise even more how hard it is to explain my research and results to audiences. Being between the sciences is great most of the time but when time is limited and you need to explain the significance of the results, it is especially hard when the majority/all the audience are totally unfamiliar with the experimental technique. Still it means I always work hard whenever I have to give a presentation and means I'm not likely to rest on my laurels and risk losing the audience as I have assumed too much previous knowledge, although it's a fine line not being too patronising
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