10 Words You Need to Stop Misspelling Emotional intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) can be defined as the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.[1] There are three models of EI. The ability model, developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer, focuses on the individual's ability to process emotional information and use it to navigate the social environment.[2] The trait model as developed by Konstantin Vasily Petrides, "encompasses behavioral dispositions and self perceived abilities and is measured through self report" [3] The final model, the mixed model is a combination of both ability and trait EI, focusing on EI being an array of skills and characteristics that drive leadership performance, as proposed by Daniel Goleman.[4] It has been argued that EI is either just as important as one's intelligence quotient (IQ). History[edit] Definitions[edit] Ability model[edit] Measurement[edit]
Academic Phrasebank Department of Chemistry | How to Prepare and Present a Scientific Poster Thomas C. Erren and Philip E. Bourne PLoS Comput Biol 3(5): e102. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030102 Posters are a key component of communicating your science and an important element in a successful scientific career. Rule 1: Define the Purpose The purpose will vary depending on the status and nature of the work being presented, as well as the intent. Rule 2: Sell Your Work in Ten Seconds Some conferences will present hundreds of posters; you will need to fight for attention. Rule 3: The Title Is Important The title is a good way to sell your work. Rule 4: Poster Acceptance Means Nothing Do not take the acceptance of a poster as an endorsement of your work. Rule 5: Many of the Rules for Writing a Good Paper Apply to Posters, Too Identify your audience and provide the appropriate scope and depth of content. Rule 6: Good Posters Have Unique Features Not Pertinent to Papers The amount of material presented in a paper far outweighs what is presented on a poster.
Home § Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations The sketchnote revolution « Dachis Group Collaboratory I’ve got an idea for a new year’s resolution: Join the sketchnote revolution. Sketchnotes are a visual form of note-taking that can include drawings, various lettering sizes and styles, color, icons, arrows, boxes and more — whatever works for you. I’d say that sketchnoting is officially a movement — maybe you’ve seen some from SXSWi or other conferences. But these sketchnotes are pretty great. We all go to conferences. Enter sketchnotes. Seriously, anybody can do it. Benefits of Sketchnotes By writing and drawing key concepts you can make a better connection with the content as opposed to just typing out someone’s words.Non-linear note-taking lets you arrange things in ways that make sense to you and allows you to go back embellish and enhance key points.Simply by doing it more, you become better at drawing and less self-conscious about it.People actually are interested in reading notes like this — they get passed around. In my view there are two ways to do sketchnotes. Draw!
Get Your Writing Fighting Fit Chapter 3 Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images.--Thomas Babington Macaulay In writing, empty calories come in the form of filler words, abstractions, redundancies, and oxymorons. Eliminate meaningless phrases. In speech, little conversational superfluities lighten the linguistic load for our listeners by filling time with material a listener can discount quickly, leaving the mind free to focus on meaty matters.In written text, these fillers require too much attention and cost money to put on the page.Every editor has a hit list of these useless phrases. Get rid of these empty calories and all their cousins. Make abstractions concrete. Concrete nouns name things we access through our senses. Abstract nouns are those that make no clear image in the mind. The farther you move from the concrete in your writing, the more uncertain your communication. Sometimes you must use abstract terms. Original sentence: People with a disability will have access issues.
Poster Presentations - Designing Effective Posters - Resources by Subject - University at Buffalo Libraries Poster Presentations - Designing Effective Posters The poster presentation is a dynamic communication tool evolving over the past four decades, as a means to accommodate the increasing number of researchers, especially graduate students, seeking a means for scholarly presentations of their research. Since then the poster session at many conferences is a major component of meetings of professional associations and societies in many disciplines used to highlight research results and discuss their significance in an informal and interactive setting. Often posters have their own special location and times for presentation; have their abtracts and presenter contact information list in program booklets or proceedings. Designing Effective Posters Disclaimer & Permissions If you are involved in planning a poster session for a conference, symposium, or meeting, consider posting this site to your own program’s Web site to assist those considering submitting a poster. Mary Helen Briscoe A. B. C. D.
Resources for GRADEpro | The Cochrane IMS HELP files We highly recommend using the HELP files found in the GRADEpro software. The HELP files provide specific information to create Summary of Findings (SoF) Tables and use the GRADE approach to grade the quality of the evidence. Also found in the HELP files is a brief step by step task list to create an SoF. The Cochrane Handbook The Cochrane Handbook includes two principle chapters which provide information on how to create Summary of Findings Tables using the information from Cochrane systematic reviews and GRADEing the evidence. Chapter 11: Presenting results and ‘Summary of findings’ tables Chapter 12: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions Webinars and online modules Online modules for GRADE criteria and Summary of Findings TablesA variety of online modules have been created to help GRADE the evidence in systematic reviews and create Summary of Findings Tables. Also available is the pdf of the slides used during the webinar(without commentary). Additional materials
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Big Five personality traits In psychology, the Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality. The theory based on the Big Five factors is called the five-factor model (FFM).[1] The five factors are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Acronyms commonly used to refer to the five traits collectively are OCEAN, NEOAC, or CANOE. Beneath each global factor, a cluster of correlated and more specific primary factors are found; for example, extraversion includes such related qualities as gregariousness, assertiveness, excitement seeking, warmth, activity, and positive emotions.[2]:24 The Big Five model is able to account for different traits in personality without overlapping. §Five factors[edit] A summary of the factors of the Big Five and their constituent traits, such that they form the acronym OCEAN:[4] Openness to experience: (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious). §Openness to experience[edit]
Guest Post: How I Went From Writing 2,000 Words a Day to 10,000 Words a Day by Rachel Aaron When I started writing The Spirit War (Eli novel #4), I had a bit of a problem. I had a brand new baby and my life (like every new mother’s life) was constantly on the verge of shambles. I paid for a sitter four times a week so I could get some writing time, and I guarded these hours like a mama bear guards her cubs – with ferocity and hiker-mauling violence. To keep my schedule and make my deadlines, I needed to write 4000 words during each of these carefully arranged sessions. But (of course), things didn’t work out like that. Needless to say, I felt like a failure. So, once and for all, here’s the story of how I went from writing 500 words an hour to over 1500, and (hopefully) how you can too: A quick note: There are many fine, successful writers out there who equate writing quickly with being a hack. Update! Side 1: Knowledge, or Know What You’re Writing Before You Write It The first big boost to my daily wordcount happened almost by accident. Side 2: Time