{"id":615,"date":"2016-07-25T14:04:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/?p=615"},"modified":"2016-07-25T14:04:14","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T20:04:14","slug":"tell-a-story-with-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/reccs\/2016\/07\/25\/tell-a-story-with-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell A Story With Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 23rd, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week I finished up my data processing and finalized the figures for my poster and oral presentation, put together the rough draft of my project poster, and had a phone interview with science writer from CU Boulder to talk about my experience at RECCS. At the communication workshop, I participated in a discussion led by Lesley about setting goals and making plans for the future.<\/p>\n

The biggest challenge I had this week was definitely meeting the deadline for my poster rough draft while I was still in the midst of data processing. I had some major inhibitions that were preventing me from getting it done earlier in the week: trying to determine which components of the project I wanted to discuss, how to best represent the data I had visually in figures, and having a lot in my R scripts to edit to make sure my figures were correct. I had a lot of late nights this week! Thankfully, I pulled through and managed to get it done.<\/p>\n

Currently, I don\u2019t feel well prepared for my presentations. I know if I had to present right this second that I\u2019d have plenty to talk about, but I haven\u2019t had a chance to really figure out the flow of my presentation yet. That is what this weekend is for! I plan on putting my PowerPoint together and practicing my talk. I feel confident that by Friday of next week I will feel very prepared. I have a mock presentation on Monday morning for the research team at the Fierer Lab and another one on Wednesday during the workshop. I shouldn\u2019t have to go into the lab much next week either, so I should have a lot of time to practice before Friday comes.<\/p>\n

Noah gave me a good piece of advice this week about preparing a talk. He said that I should really determine the \u201cstory\u201d that I want to tell which will be complemented by the data I\u2019ve obtained \u2013 not to approach it in reverse. I was getting caught up in analyzing the data and thinking about what I could talk about based off of what I was seeing, instead of focusing in on one or two topics and seeing how the data fits into those topics. It\u2019s a subtle difference, but it definitely has helped me narrow down the most important points.<\/p>\n

It is such a bittersweet feeling for me that next week is the last week of this program. It accelerated quite dramatically and the end seemed so far away initially. I’m so grateful for everything that I’ve learned in this program and it has solidified my goal of becoming a research scientist! I look forward to my future and so much credit is due to the amazing people who have helped me along the way these past 8 weeks!<\/p>\n

Next major life event: presenting the findings of my first research project!<\/p>\n

I’m back to feeling excited and nervous again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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