My Comments on Short Talk

That the talks were fairly good -- interesting subject and clear presentation -- is evidenced by the fact that most talks attracted several questions.

Most comment problems

• Under-rehearsing:
  • Five talks 8 minutes or less, four talks 13 miniutes or more.
  • Comments; generally mild (mumbling, nervousness)
• Missing introduction/development. See comments.
• Some could have had more details. Obvious for too short talks.

Viewgraphs that got the best response:

• Big type with reasonable space between lines.
• Each viewgraph confined to one main point
     identified clearly, e.g, by informative title.

Viewgraphs that got least positive response:

• Didn't have a clear or announced point.
• Had unreadable figures.
• Had too small type font.

Disagreement over how much should be on a single viewgraph. But ...
   If the speaker was well prepared with well-organized talk,
   audience would accept viewgraphs with lot or little material
   on each viewgraph.