{"id":707,"date":"2018-02-08T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/?p=707"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:43:15","slug":"wishnok-prize-suggestions-for-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/2018\/02\/08\/wishnok-prize-suggestions-for-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wishnok Prize &#8211; Suggestions for Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#events&amp;deadlines<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Content and Scientific Merit<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Introduction<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Define significance<\/li>\n<li>Identify the need and question being investigated<\/li>\n<li>Outline the general approach you have taken<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Body<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Address audience at an appropriate level (rigorous but understandable)<\/li>\n<li>Present sound scientific points and arguments, and support your arguments with data<\/li>\n<li>Describe approaches<\/li>\n<li>Provide relevant evidence to support\/contradict hypothesis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Conclusion<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Summarize major points of the talk<\/li>\n<li>Identify potential weaknesses and next steps<\/li>\n<li>Provide a clear \u201ctake-home\u201d message<\/li>\n<li>Describe the impact of the project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Delivery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enthusiasm and excitement for topic<\/li>\n<li>Loud, clear speech<\/li>\n<li>Crisp efficient language free of filler words<\/li>\n<li>Diverse eye contact across audience<\/li>\n<li>Well-rehearsed, polished storytelling<\/li>\n<li>Concise, professional responses to audience questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Presentation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readable, well-placed text (minimize text to make it optimal for the viewer who is both listening and reading)<\/li>\n<li>Careful headers that convey the main point of each slide<\/li>\n<li>Figures containing key information and avoiding excess information (it is generally better to make your own figures rather than relying on figures that were made for a different context)<\/li>\n<li>Clear figures\/images\/diagrams that can easily be seen at the back of the room<\/li>\n<li>Clear explanation of what is in the figures, including specifying the axis labels<\/li>\n<li>Appropriate referencing of data and methods not generated by the presenter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More tips can be found at \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/Tips-on-giving-a-successful-BATS-talk.pdf\">How to Give a Great BATS Talk<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Blog post by <a href=\"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/fellows_staff\/prerna-bhargava\/\">Prerna Bhargava.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wishnok Prize for the Bioengineering and Toxicology Seminar (BATS) was established by the Department of Biological Engineering in 2015 in honor of Pete Wishnok, who led BATS for over three decades. The Wishnok Prize is awarded for the best talks in the Fall and Spring Semesters.","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graduate-milestones-bats"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1652,"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/1652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitcommlab.mit.edu\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}