SVP Student Presentation Evaluations

["Andrew A. Farke" <andyfarke@hotmail.com>]

This was on the VRTPALEO list a few weeks ago. . .just thought I'd pass it
along. Let me know if any of you are interested!

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I am pleased to announce a new program for students and postdocs at the
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual meeting in Denver.  This year at
the annual meeting we will begin voluntary evaluation of oral presentations
given by students and post-docs in order to provide constructive criticism
on your presentation. (Interested in being an evaluator, see below).
 
Evaluations will be conducted by a team of faculty, postdoctoral and
graduate students who will provide comments on your abstract, slide content
and layout, as well as presentation organization and speaking ability. The
purpose of the evaluations is to acknowledge which areas of your
presentation are done well and emphasize those that need more work. 

Please Note: These evaluations are NOT for any type of award, but would be
solely to provide you feedback to help you improve future presentations.

If you are an undergraduate, graduate or postdoctoral student giving an oral
presentation at SVP 2004 in Denver, in sessions other than the Romer Prize
session, and would like to receive constructive comments on your
presentation, or be an evaluator, please contact either Bob Feranec
(bferanec@yahoo.com or feranec@socrates.berkeley.edu) or Andy Farke
(afarke@ic.sunysb.edu) with the following information.

1. Name as it appears on the abstract
2. Title of the talk
3. Date and Time that your oral presentation will be given.
4. Email address and mailing address so that we can confirm with you.
5. Taxon or keywords, so appropriate evaluators can be found.
 
If you are interested in being an evaluator, please email either Bob or Andy
using the above email addresses.  We especially are in need of
faculty/professional evaluators.  In the email please provide contact
information as well as areas of interest.  We will try to match you with
appropriate talks. 

We are also happy to answer any questions you may have.

Sincerely,
Bob Feranec and Andy Farke