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Scripting Life:goals & logistics for day 2

Vince SmithNatural History Museum, London

vince@vsmith.info

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Purpose of day-two

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Primary goals• Introductions • Contributions & roles (ViBRANT is complex)• Highlight admin. & legal obligations• Medium term-planning

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Purpose of day-two

Background considerations• Our audiences (old & new) - VIBRANT is about

engagement• Functional overlaps (internally & externally)• Scheduling, dependencies, status reporting, risks• Processes & standards of delivery• External engagement & opportunities• Most of ViBRANT is NOT research• Avoid stovepiping

Some time for discussionViBRANT is an agile project

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WP Session Structure (x8)• 10 min. overview by WP leader• 5 min. lightning talks by partners• 10 min. Q&A session

Structure of day-two

09.10 WP1: ViBRANT Project Management

09.40 WP3: Training and Sociology10.20 COFFEE BREAK10.50 WP4: Date standards11.25 WP8: Data mobalisation

12.05 WP5: Data services12.50 LUNCH13.50 WP6: Publishing

14.20 WP7: Biodiversity Literature15.00 COFFEE BREAK15.30 WP2: Technical architecture16.00 The most exciting risk analysis - ever !!!16.30 Workpackage integration activities (panel discussion)

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Lightning talks?

• “A conversation where the audience doesn’t speak for 5 minutes”• Back-to-back 5 minute presentations• No other rules!

WHAT

• Encourage engagement & awareness• Breakout groups (often) don’t work• Lots of long talks can be boring

WHY

• PPT Template as a guide - its okay not to have slides

• Make your point (not too much background)• Only include essential detail

HOW

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Timing is everything…

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