What strategies can I use to stay awake during academic seminars? I want to hear what they’re saying, and I don't want to be that lady who always shows up to take a nap.
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posted by juliapangolin
on Mar 13, 2013 -
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This group has apparently been invited to speak at our office for a free "lunch and learn" seminar. On the surface it looks all legit and something our company's HR department set up to promote health and whatnot. But my spidey-sense is tingling the more I look at the flyers and try to find out stuff on the web. Best I can tell now is that this is some kind of fluffy good-health seminar backed by a heavier sales pitch at the backend. Any thoughts? What I've found is below the fold...
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posted by JoeZydeco
on Mar 11, 2013 -
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I'm starting to get a few requests for speaking engagements and seminars, and I'm not quite sure what to expect on the business side of things. At the moment, these are private individuals who have a little experience with event planning, and know that I could draw a decent audience to a workshop. I'm a little unsure about how profits should be split between me and the organizer. I don't have a problem with the organizer making some money, but I'm the one providing the content, and I want to be fairly compensated. How does this generally work?
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posted by sdis
on Feb 21, 2013 -
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Please suggest interesting, engaging possible short readings related to Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' for a high school AP English class seminar, to be facilitated by an undergraduate student with some workshop-creation experience. It should be readable in a single homework assignment and possible to cover during a single class seminar. Other than that, it can be anything (poem, short story, etc).
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posted by reenka
on Apr 9, 2012 -
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Can anyone recommend an interesting activity that I can get philosophy students to engage in, to accompany a seminar on the expression theory of art?
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posted by leibniz
on Sep 16, 2011 -
6 answers
My significant other is interested in attending a Landmark Education seminar. What should I know?
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posted by anonymous
on May 19, 2011 -
53 answers
Would you share videos of any presentation in front of a live audience, whose speaker's presentation style you found extremely effective
(or affective)?
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posted by Tufa
on Jul 21, 2010 -
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What are some interesting and non-typical food/cooking/culinary workshops that you've attended? Looking for ideas different than the usual "Foods of [insert country]" and "Great Brunch Ideas."
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posted by webhund
on May 5, 2010 -
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Looking for materials (readings, film clips, audio, etc.) to use to stimulate discussion around transgendered issues and body diversity for a seminar on diversity.
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posted by emilyd22222
on Jan 29, 2010 -
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I just started at a web development/SEO firm here. We're looking to present a seminar on social media and marketing, but we're really unsure exactly what's going to grab people about it. If you got a postcard about a seminar like this at your business, what would make you read it rather than throw it away?
posted by aliceinreality
on Nov 2, 2009 -
13 answers
I'm going to be in Denver for a seminar. Arriving Saturday, leaving Thursday. Staying a little east of the city center. Should I bother renting a car?
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posted by TheManChild2000
on Sep 16, 2009 -
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I need to pick a seminar/conference/class/training/whatever for work to attend within the next 6 months or so, I have until 10PM to choose, and I have no idea where or what the cool stuff is. It should be at least tangentially related to my job as a Unix Systems Engineer/Python Guy, and preferably within the Northeast (NYC is where I'm located), although feel free to recommend anywhere in the US.
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posted by Mach5
on Aug 7, 2009 -
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I'd like to send my favorite cousin to an NYC-area conference for a college graduation present.
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posted by glibhamdreck
on Apr 17, 2008 -
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I'm trying to find information on a physics seminar/lecture/colloquium series that was a tradition at a certain school where the colloquium was always given by a member of the faculty whose name was drawn out of a hat before the start of the talk.
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posted by achmorrison
on Dec 6, 2007 -
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I need a cheap, semi-professional place to hold a week-long conference for college students in late March or early April 2008. We usually hold them over the summer on college campuses and stay in the dorms, but since this one is during the school year, students are living in the dorms, so I can't find a college willing to rent us space. The conference is for about 70 people. Help!
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posted by Amy Phillips
on Aug 27, 2007 -
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I took some course/seminars. I'm updating my resume and getting ready to apply for new jobs. Should I put the courses on my resume?
See below for specifics on job and course.
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posted by spacefire
on Jun 27, 2007 -
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Some family members have gotten involved with a cult/pyramid scheme called Psi Seminars. They've been spending money they don't have (up to $4000/seminar, for which they travel to another state and have to stay in hotels) and it's wreaking havoc on their lives. One has lost his home, two are threatening to end their marriages and are alienating their grown children. They are demanding that our relationships with them be within the context of us paying them to attend these seminars as well.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 21, 2007 -
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MadSkillzFilter: Help this computer engineer find an interesting North American coding conference/seminar.
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posted by stungeye
on Jul 31, 2006 -
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Millionaire Mind Intensive? What are your thoughts/opinions on this "$1300" seminar by T. Harv Eker, author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind?
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posted by jeffmik
on Mar 13, 2006 -
17 answers
Has anyone had personal experience attending a CompMaster Seminar? Specifically for Adobe Photoshop.
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posted by chase
on Nov 18, 2005 -
2 answers
The Landmark Forum / est, courtesy Werner Erhard, has stolen my friends. Please help!
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posted by lorrer
on Mar 20, 2005 -
28 answers
