Oral presentations: preparation of slides, preparation of the talk, delivery…
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Individual presentation for a PhD application
A friend of mine applied to a PhD program and luckily they called her for a presentation. They said that the presentation should be maximum 10 minutes long and should consist of three slides. These ...
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What do I need to ensure my presentation will go smoothly?
From a technical stand point, what do I need to show up to a conference with (in general) to ensure that my presentation will go smoothly?
Two things I can think of:
Presentation remote
Equipment ...
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“making it look good”- is it always important?
Recently I created a project report for the project that me and my classmate are working on. The project report goes to the external examiner to whom later we have to give a demo on our project.
Me ...
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Where can I get presentation slides of research papers
When I go through the Abstract section of a research paper and find a subject that I'm interested in, then I go through the whole paper. But going through the whole of it, takes lots of extra time ...
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Proper way of refering to yourself, according to graduate level
I currently have a degree as a Master in Computer Sciences, and i was always wondering on how to call myself in a more "short" manner. For example, a PhD might introduce himself as a "Doctor" to other ...
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Is it acceptable to email the authors of a paper for the slides they used while presenting it in the conference?
I've noticed that while there's no alternative to going through the actual paper in detail, it often helps if I've gone through the presentation based on the paper, which the authors had used while ...
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“Looking for a postdoc” ad inside a conference talk?
I got my PhD one year ago; I am looking for a position (e.g., postdoc).
I am going to a fairly attended conference, and was pondering about how to make audience aware that I am on the market.
An ...
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Is use of unconventional design elements or layout something frowned upon in academic context?
I quite enjoy paying attention to how I design my documents and presentations. I usually spend hours thinking over and designing my slides for a workshop or presentation, so that they are ...
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Can I use Google images for my presentations without violating any copyrights?
I am teaching a freshman science course for the 1st time and I am doing also outreach activities in high schools. To be able to attract the young generation to science one has to connect the concepts ...
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Should the slides in a presentation be self-explanatory or be as minimal as possible?
When you do a research presentation, what is usually the focus that you take.
Some professors tell me to make the slides as self explanatory as possible, and I quote:
Someone should be able to ...
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Copyright issue for talks
I have a question about copyright. When I make a presentation based on my research (together with co-authors from other countries), who owns the copyright of the presentation? I think, only I have the ...
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Can I present the results of a paper that is currently under review?
Among the presentations in a major conference, I attended one where the author cited a paper (of theirs) under review in another major conference. Not only cited it, but showed some of its results.
I ...
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How to prepare a Journal Club (or Methods) presentation?
I recently gave a presentation that was poorly received by my PI. I presented a technique that I have been trying to master (Patch Clamp). My PI thought I was not adequately prepared but gave no ...
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What are the key features of a short (15 min) conference presentation?
I am preparing to give a conference presentation from scratch.
What is an effective ratio of introduction / methods / results / conclusion slides?
How can I balance the details of research without ...
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How to create HTML Slides with audio for online lectures?
This follows on from a recent question about embedding audio in PDF slides. I don't like the thought of users needing to use a particular PDF viewer in order to hear the audio and I don't like the ...
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How to create PDF of slides with audio?
When creating online learning materials, I like the idea of sharing slideshows with audio commentary for each slide. I know it is possible to do this with PowerPoint (e.g., see this MS Office ...
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What's the best way to share my presentation slides online?
I'm thinking of posting slides from some of my technical presentations online. One option I've used in the past is just posting the PDFs. But I've seen some sites that offer nice interfaces for ...
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Should I assume that attendees have read my papers when I give a talk?
On occasion during talks, presenters will say, "as you know from reading my papers" or during a Q&A someone will say "you should know from my papers".
The above clearly seems inappropriate for ...
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How can one carry out a “Russian style” seminar?
A "Russian style" seminar, as in the Israel Gelfand form, breaks from the traditional format of talk followed by Q&A and just opens the floor to questions at any time. I've seen a few professors ...
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How to make a concise dissertation defence in Math department
I am a math student in the US preparing for an hour long defense of my thesis. I am assuming that the dissertation committee has already read my dissertation by the time of my defense.
Any advice ...
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What figure formatting can, should, or will be done by a publisher?
Background
When preparing a final version of a figure, it appears that some changes could be more easily made in a graphics software (gimp, inkscape, scribus, adobe) as opposed to R. Such changes ...
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When should I stop including talks on my cv?
When I was applying for grad school, I felt that my CV was pretty empty and so I included all my research related presentations (posters/talks) from conferences/competitions/etc (11 of them at the ...
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Four papers accepted for publication however not published due to some monetary issues?
I have successfully got my papers accepted in different journals. However, due to some money issues, I couldn't get them published. Now I have my final project presentations.
Will it hold value for ...
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How to become well-known in the research community while being a PhD student
This question is mainly about building useful contacts during the course of the doctorate. How does one keep the relevant community in other universities informed about his/her research work? One way ...
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How common is it to write out a script for a talk? What are the benefits?
I have never written a verbatim script for a talk. I have at times written notes or outlines, but I never read from them when presenting (and rarely when practicing). With enough (weeks) of practice, ...
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How to make a presentation that includes math symbols?
For many years, I've used Latex to create my presentations, because I need to include mathematical formulae and symbols. However, it's sometimes quite cumbersome to use, and it's much harder to do ...
