2020-2021 CSTE Mentorship Program

Discussion: Virtual Conferences

Have you presented at a virtual conference before? Are you planning to present at one in the future? Share your experiences presenting in the virtual format in the thread below, including any tips or tricks you learned along the way or questions you may have as you prepare.

Comments & Events

Ben Hornstein
This year's CSTE was my first time presenting for a virtual conference. I liked that I was able to pre-record my presentation because I could fix my mistakes without anyone noticing. One trick that I used was when presenting my more complex data, I stated the main take away, but said "pause the video here if you want a closer look at the data." This way, people who are interested in looking at the fine details of demographic stratification have a chance to do so, but people who just want to know which variables were significant don't need to wade through the weeds. 

I am curious what everyone's strategy is for the virtual CSTE conference. There are so many on-demand sessions! How do you like to decide which of the live sessions to attend live, and how many of the on-demand sessions do you try to listen to when the live sessions are not happening?