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Purpose
A satire on conference paper presentations.
Design/methodology/approach
A poetic critique of conference presenters and their occasional failure to engage with their audience.
Findings
What may be fascinating and of assumed and obvious importance to a research presenter may be quite obscure to their audience, who nonetheless participate in the ritual of conference attendance and polite “listening”.
Research limitations/implications
The reader may discover even more meaning in this poem than its original author envisaged.
Originality/value
A poignant reminder of the perils of many conference presentations.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2012
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