When you’re in the hot seat,don’t yawn or shoehorn in your own research. And for goodness sake, get speakers’ names rightThink of the worst conference chairs you acquire ever experienced . The ones who forgot or mispronounced the speakers’ names, and failed to turn up altogether. The ones who didn’t notice the shy hand-raisers,and only called on the masters of gesticulation. Or the ones who took advantage of the opportunity to explain the audience about their fascinating research and superior knowledge. Or the ones who apparently couldn’t explain the time, didn’t seem to care that the audience was gasping for a drink, or let awkward silences drag on and on.
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Source: theguardian.com