PD writing summary - extended

[Alfred Hill]

Dear all,
Tx in advance!

When I write my summary, I started feeling not very comfortable with what I've been writing. I don't know if I am right about how to write my summary.

In my summary of the seminar sessions, I targeted to write 'what I've learnt'. is that right idea?

But in the way, it sometimes looks like 'extracting the content'. So, I tried to remind myself all the time that I needed to 're-write the material' but not 'quoting the content'. is that OK/right?

Also, I only put down the things that I learnt ( sth useful to me and worth to mention it ) instead of putting everything or sth that are easy/superficial. is that enough?

Pls kindly give me some idea and if you are agreed with me. Again, is it right with my approach? is that enough with the above?

[Surfohio]

If your write-ups are anything like your post, I wouldn't approve them for grammatical/spelling reasons.

But to answer your question, if you are asking what your write-up needs to contain, the general idea is that it does not need to be a description of the content, but how that content can be applied to your work.

[Alfred Hill]

If your write-ups are anything like your post, I wouldn't approve them for grammatical/spelling reasons.

But to answer your question, if you are asking what your write-up needs to contain, the general idea is that it does not need to be a description of the content, but how that content can be applied to your work.

Thanks for your help and I've corrected a bit with my question so that it is more readable. Sorry for that.

But, if I put down the things I've learnt, will that be equivalent to show that those are the things I will apply to my work?

eg1. " ...I learnt that my company may apply nicotine test for P/H that chose as non smoker but are smoker."

eg2. "...I learnt that the product development process could breakdown into 7 stages: concept development, pricing, implementation, introduction.."

[Phil]

There's a lot more you can write besides "What I learned". You can also include "What I felt", "What I disagreed with", "What personal projects I will use it for", "What I thought of the lecture style", "What I am interested in learning next", "What I would recommend for the presenters next year", "Whether it will help me on my job or not", "Whether the meeting was as good as I thought it would be", "Whether I like the handouts", etc.

All of the above is personal, which is what the SOA wants, and does not require you to repeat the material, which is also what the SOA wants.

Just remember:
"I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I!"

There should be an "I" or a "me" in every sentence. If you have any sentence that only describes material and doesn't mention you in it, then feel free to strike it from your summary unless (a) you are desperate to make your summary long enough, or (b) it is necessary in order for the SOA/your advisor to understand some other part of your summary.

Good luck ^_^

[DoppelGranger]

There's a lot more you can write besides "What I learned". You can also include "What I felt", "What I disagreed with", "What personal projects I will use it for", "What I thought of the lecture style", "What I am interested in learning next", "What I would recommend for the presenters next year", "Whether it will help me on my job or not", "Whether the meeting was as good as I thought it would be", "Whether I like the handouts", etc.

All of the above is personal, which is what the SOA wants, and does not require you to repeat the material, which is also what the SOA wants.

Just remember:
"I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I!"

There should be an "I" or a "me" in every sentence. If you have any sentence that only describes material and doesn't mention you in it, then feel free to strike it from your summary unless (a) you are desperate to make your summary long enough, or (b) it is necessary in order for the SOA/your advisor to understand some other part of your summary.

Good luck ^_^

That's the best advice you could get for these summaries - and I don't think I would have thought to put it in those terms. If you follow only one rule, definitely make sure you are focusing on "I" statements to make sure everything you put down is an observation coming from you rather than a regurgitation of information coming from the presenter(s). I couldn't agree more (and wish someone had said the same to me when I started writing up program summaries!)