Conference Presentation Prompt Templates

Suggested Outline (15 minutes total):

1. Opening hook (1 min): Start with a vivid quote from a participant about missing their office persona. This grounds the abstract topic in real experience.

2. Research question and why it matters (2 min): Professional identity theory assumes physical artifacts and face-to-face interactions. 70 million Americans now work remotely at least part-time. What happens to identity work when the office disappears?

3. Brief methods (2 min): 40 semi-structured interviews, theoretical sampling across industries and tenure. Keep this tight since the audience cares more about findings.

4. Findings: Three strategies (8 min total):
 - Digital curation (3 min): How workers use LinkedIn, Slack presence, video backgrounds
 - Boundary rituals (2.5 min): Getting dressed, commute substitutes, workspace design
 - Virtual communities (2.5 min): Professional networks that replace water cooler identity talk

5. Theoretical contribution and implications (2 min): How this extends identity work theory, practical implications for managers...

Slide 1 - Title slide: Your title, name, affiliation, conference name. Keep it simple.

Slide 2 - Hook: A stark statistic or quote. Suggested: '53% of faculty considered leaving academia last year' (Source). No other text. Let the number land.

Slide 3 - The puzzle: Image of the 'ideal academic' vs. reality. Something like a split image. You'll talk about the gap between academic culture's expectations and sustainability.

Slide 4 - What we know: 3-4 bullet points max. Key prior findings. Keep these at headline level; you'll elaborate verbally.

Slide 5 - The gap: One sentence: 'But we don't know how early-career academics experience and cope with burnout in real-time.' This is your contribution hook.

Slide 6 - Methods: Simple graphic showing 25 interviews over 18 months. Participant demographics in a small table or just verbally. Don't clutter.

Slides 7-9 - One slide per theme: Theme name as title, one illustrative quote, maybe a simple visual...

Suggested Layout (left to right reading flow):

Column 1:
- TITLE BANNER (top, spans full width): Keep title under 15 words. Include authors and affiliations.
- BACKGROUND/PURPOSE (left side): 3-4 bullet points maximum. The problem: injury recovery varies widely. The gap: psychosocial factors understudied. Your question.
- METHODS: Brief text + participant flow diagram. N=150 athletes, 3 measurement points. Don't bury people in scale descriptions.

Column 2:
- KEY FINDINGS: This is your visual center. Large figure showing main regression results. Consider a path diagram or bar chart of beta weights. Make the p<.05 findings visually obvious.
- MODERATION RESULT: Smaller figure showing interaction effect. Two lines showing social support effect at low vs. high injury severity.

Column 3:
- CONCLUSIONS: 3 bullet points maximum. What does this mean? Keep it practical.
- IMPLICATIONS: Brief text for coaches and athletic trainers.
- QR code linking to full paper or your email for interested visitors...

Likely Friendly Questions:
1. 'How would your framework apply to music generated by AI?' Response: Great extension. The same principles would apply because...

2. 'What's the first step to implementing this?' Response: Acknowledge this requires legislative change, but suggest interim judicial interpretations that could move in this direction.

Likely Challenging Questions:
3. 'Doesn't your framework essentially reward people for clicking a button?' Response: Acknowledge the concern, then distinguish between prompt engineering skill and simple prompts. The framework requires meaningful creative contribution, which I define as...

4. 'How do you address the training data problem?' Response: Important question I didn't fully address. Briefly acknowledge the issue, note it's a separate question from output copyright, offer to discuss further after.

Questions to Hope For:
- 'How does this compare to the recent [relevant case]?' Shows your framework has real-world relevance.

Questions to Dread:
- 'Has any jurisdiction adopted something like this?' Honest answer is no, which may undermine practical viability...