Thesis

Question: Rate your ability to use allocated presentation time effectively

Rating Scale: ( 0 = Very Ineffective and 10 = Very Effective)

Out of 235 people who presented at the conference, 65 completed the pre-conference survey and 45 completed the post-conference survey. However out of the data submitted only 39 records were usable.

Participant	Pre-Conference Survey (16)	Post-Conference Survey (20)	Because of your experience at the Student Academic Conference, did your ability to utilize allocated presentation time effectively (increase, decrease, no change) (Post 21)	Briefly explain how speaking at the Student Academic Conference either made you more or less effective with regards to allocated presentation time (Post 22)
02	6	10	increase	I did a poster, so I just had a certain time period to be there. Though I felt that having the later poster sessions was not the best idea, because the day started to get long and people left.
03	8	10	no change	no change
04	7	7	no change
05	9	10	no change	No change. Effectiveness with regards to allocated presentation time always strong, as I usually prepare.
06	9	10	no change
07	7	9	increase	as I stated before, the time limit helped. I also designed my presentation so I could have complete control of it, therefore going as fast as I needed to.
08	8	10	increase	I guess it increased because this was the first time I had to use allocated time.
09	7	9	no change	no change
10	6	8	no change
11	5	6	increase	I talked too fast
12	5	8	increase	I knew ahead of time how long my presentation would be. I stayed within my range. Except there were more questions that I thought, so that made us go over a little.
13	9	9	no change
14	5	10	no change	Time was not a factor in my presentation.
15	10	10	increase	I had to stay under time, so I wrote my presentation properly and now I know how much to write to fill a time.
16	9	0	increase
17	10	9	no change
18	10	10	no change
19	7	8	no change	none
21	9	10	no change	The time limit was actually relaxed at the conference. Normally there are severe penalties for going overtime. As a result, I make sure to stay consistent, something I manage to do quite well. My time rarely varies by more than 5 seconds.
22	6	8	no change
23	8	10	increase	I had to cut down my presentation from 30 minutes to 12 and I was able still use that amount of time effectively.
24	8	8	increase	I didn't think I could talk for that long a period of time, but I suprised myself and actually, I think I could have gone on for another hour if that was possible!
25	8	10	no change
26	9	7	no change
28	8	8	increase	My partner and I went over our presentation several times to get the time just right
29	6	9	no change
30	9	9	no change
31	6	9	increase	na
32	6	10	no change
33	6	9	no change
34	5	8	no change	I did a poster, so time really wasn't a factor
35	8	7	no change	Estimating time in my presentations is always difficult for me, and because my audience had no familiarity with the topic I could not make up the extra time with questions or discussion.
36	7	10	no change	No change.
37	5	8	no change	didn't look at clock so don't even know how long spoke
38	9	10	increase	I feel that I did a good job of filling the time that I had. I had a number of different people stop by to talk about the results that I had found. I was able to do this in the time that I had been given.
39	8	6	increase	I listen to others that I work with or other presenters to see how they smooth out their speaking to utilize time better
40	7	9	increase	The SAC definately helped me here. When I first put my presentation together, my first practice lasted 25 minutes. I had to work really hard to cut it down to the 12 minutes, but this was great experience in really looking at my presentation to figure o
41	4	7	increase	My partner and I were well prepared with our material and presentation style and knowing the limitation of time and following speakers was extra incentive to maintain our timelimit.
42	8	10	no change	I had thirty minutes to present hours worth of information. It was a challenge to get done what I wanted.