Speaker Guidelines

Reiterate mission statement: welcoming, learning space; explore outside of your immediate field of research.

Picking a paper:

• Look at popular papers in the database (see "Paper Database" tab) to see what your colleagues would like to learn more about!

  • Want to suggest a paper? Go here?

• Pick a paper outside of your immediate research area, so you are exposed to new ideas as you prepare.

  • It's OK if there are others in the audience who are more of an "expert" than you on the topic you are presenting. It's a learning opportunity!

• You must announce the paper you will be presenting at least 2 weeks before your scheduled presentation (ideally, at the CMJC meeting before). If you do not announce your paper on time, you will be assigned whichever paper has the most votes in the database.

Preparing to lead a discussion:

• Talks should be aimed at a graduate student level.

• Bring a laptop or tablet with slides or notes (or at least to show the paper to the room) to facilitate referencing the paper's content and main ideas.

• Aim for about 5 minutes of background/context, 30 minutes of discussion of highlights of the paper, and leave some time at the end for open discussion.

• As this is an informal setting, plan for questions and discussion during the presentation as well.

Participant guidelines?: