tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1878487160426278182024-03-05T19:43:41.759-08:00Great Presentations InstituteJanet L. Kayfetz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08229265805578359553noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187848716042627818.post-89421125834991065872020-02-08T09:04:00.001-08:002020-02-08T09:06:24.434-08:00Abraham Lincoln<h3 class="" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2;">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">“</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">Abraham Lincoln had a poetic literary sensibility. He was aware of the right rhythm and sound. An editor of the Gettysburg Address might say that ‘Eighty-seven years ago’ is shorter. Lincoln wrote instead, ‘Four score and seven years ago.’” </span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">Ted Sorensen</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #262626; font-size: 11pt;">"Abraham Lincoln always struggled to see the thing or the idea exactly and to express that idea in such language as to convey that idea precisely." </span><br />
<span style="color: #262626; font-size: 11pt;">Lincoln's law partner, William Henry Herndon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</h3>
<h3 class="" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Helvetica; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 2;">
<div class="" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">
<span class="" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<div class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
<span class="" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">"Abraham Lincoln respected the meanings of words, and he wrote and spoke with </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">clarity. He knew what he was talking about. He had consummate skill in logical </span><span class="" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">analysis. He was able to put profound thoughts simply. He was sincere and </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">earnest. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">He had both dignity and humor. His language was pungent and he knew the art </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">of timing. He was a master of balance and had an ear for rhythm. He could rise to </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">a lofty eloquence that has not been surpassed in the history of oratory. "</span></div>
<span class="" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">
<div class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
Historian Theodore Blegen</div>
</span></div>
</h3>
<div class="" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span class="" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<div class="" style="background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
<span class="" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;">
</span></div>
Janet L. Kayfetz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08229265805578359553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187848716042627818.post-12723694424653284202019-10-31T09:17:00.000-07:002019-10-31T16:26:29.797-07:00E.B. White on Style<h3>
<i>“There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to write clearly, no key that unlocks the door, no inflexible rule by which writers may shape their course. Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion."</i></h3>
<div>
<i><br /></i></div>
<div>
<i>***</i></div>
Janet L. Kayfetz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08229265805578359553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187848716042627818.post-63482420596980415142019-10-30T05:31:00.000-07:002020-02-08T09:00:52.485-08:00What is the Great Presentations Institute?GPI is an esteemed center for intellectual and practical dialog about the ways we present science in speech and writing.<br />
<br />
We believe that scientists must build excellent writing and presentation skills in addition to technical and research abilities so they can write about and talk about their work with colleagues, co-workers, their students, government agencies, funding agencies, business and industry partners, and the general public. And we believe that all ways of presenting science ideas and stories must be done at the highest level of excellence.<br />
<br />
GPI hosts instructional seminars throughout the year as well as opportunities for science professionals and advanced science students to present their work and receive feedback and mentoring.<br />
<br />
GPI also develops writing and presentation skills teachers -- professionals representing the future of excellence in science communication in practice.<br />
<br />
<u>CONTACT</u> - Please contact Janet Kayfetz at janetkayfetz@gmail.com if you have questions about GPI.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #999999;">____________________</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Janet L. Kayfetz, Ph.D.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); color: #999999;">Founder, GPI</span></span><br />
<br />
<br />Janet L. Kayfetz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08229265805578359553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187848716042627818.post-63688386647210433032019-10-26T19:48:00.002-07:002019-12-03T13:50:12.961-08:00How to Give a Great Presentation - Columbia University GPI/CTL November 1, 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99mW1bu5X0jjLkXXsbX8U5vYu6qedbDsuU_u9BjOw7Go_PwE2t68PDUj8l3oNUK901667cd1LHi0zQY6OVSseY-e_Jb2I2AgPjdBhebqHWSo-26zwT2QZR4SSQSCuLJdAcAj3DLEjivE/s1600/GPI_Siyan.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99mW1bu5X0jjLkXXsbX8U5vYu6qedbDsuU_u9BjOw7Go_PwE2t68PDUj8l3oNUK901667cd1LHi0zQY6OVSseY-e_Jb2I2AgPjdBhebqHWSo-26zwT2QZR4SSQSCuLJdAcAj3DLEjivE/s640/GPI_Siyan.jpeg" width="476" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://civil.columbia.edu/ceem-lead-teaching-fellows-host-seminars-phd-students-and-postdocs" target="_blank">Read about</a> GPI's seminar with Civil Engineering Ph.D. student and Teaching Fellow Siyan Wang.</div>
Janet L. Kayfetz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08229265805578359553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187848716042627818.post-32466409901572296822019-10-25T08:19:00.002-07:002019-11-04T12:17:49.807-08:00Making Your Thesis Proposal Great - Columbia University GPI/GEEC July 25, 2019<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVjyLk-Kp62b9iaC1iyOIaPihPd0a8x491AwwDo3eKbBS_rzRKiYz53Ny8s_26wiXgBnAqvD8kt2QbPtt1BUy-9FBCFbZcwoOUJJa4ovm_qk0IYq3KLFEcNlzcT9Jb8VT2ytxuXXcX10/s1600/IMG_0830%25281%2529.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="795" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVjyLk-Kp62b9iaC1iyOIaPihPd0a8x491AwwDo3eKbBS_rzRKiYz53Ny8s_26wiXgBnAqvD8kt2QbPtt1BUy-9FBCFbZcwoOUJJa4ovm_qk0IYq3KLFEcNlzcT9Jb8VT2ytxuXXcX10/s400/IMG_0830%25281%2529.PNG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Read about <a href="https://www.ee.columbia.edu/geec-event-welcomes-great-presentations-institute" target="_blank">GPI's inaugural event</a> at Columbia during Summer 2019. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Thank you to our hosts -- GEEC/Graduate Electrical Engineering at Columbia.</div>
<br />Janet L. Kayfetz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08229265805578359553noreply@blogger.com