NCMR08 9

I hate academic presentations that are read from the presenter's paper. I know it's the norm, especially in the humanities, but it's just ineffective public speaking.

This is my subject matter, I'm a quick study/information sponge/sharp analyst; I'm a fast typer. If I can't record your major points, you're doing something wrong.

Here's a project: better training for comms grad students in public speaking and presentation techniques. True, the more seasoned professionals give a good talk, but younger communications scholars should be amazing spokespersons for their own work, at the very least, if not for the advocacy community in general.