If I hold a seminar upon invitation, should my slides contain my institution's logo or the hosting institution's logo?
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6Why do you think any logo is needed?– Moishe KohanCommented 10 hours ago
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@MoisheKohan In my fields, it's pretty normal to have your institution's logo somewhere, at the very least in the acknowledgements. Many people use their institution's slide templates. It doesn't really surprise me this seems unneeded to a mathematician.– Azor Ahai -him-Commented 4 hours ago
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1@AzorAhai-him-: and in pure math putting acknowledgements on slides is very uncommon. (Applied mathematicians do this.)– Moishe KohanCommented 4 hours ago
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@Moishe You never have anyone to thank for anything?– Azor Ahai -him-Commented 4 hours ago
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@AzorAhai-him-: not in a seminar/conference talk.– Moishe KohanCommented 3 hours ago
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I would think that your own institution is better as it makes it more obvious how to find you in the future, assuming people have copies. It would also make citation easier for those who need to do that. And, it might make reuse of the slides for other purposes easier.
It might be different if you were in the running for a position at the new institution.
And, as noted in a comment, it probably isn't needed at all, unless your own institution considers the material proprietary and/or has some rules about such things. Unlikely, but possible.
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Thank you both for the valuable information. Turns out that my downvote-worthy question has a not-so-trivial answer.– MathMaxCommented 10 hours ago
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11I think Buffy's answer may be understating the point a bit ("I would think that ... is better"). Let me state the same answer more forcefully: I for one would find it completely bizarre if someone used the logo of an institution they are not affiliated with on their slides. Commented 8 hours ago
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I'm with @AdamPřenosil. It would be like writing a letter on the letter head of the university you are writing to. It's entirely inappropriate. Commented 2 hours ago
It would be very unusual to put another institution's logo on your slides.
Occasionally, I have seen people list the department/university on the title slide with the date as a way to say "presented at ...".
answered 7 hours ago
Customs vary between fields and institutions.
Very often, academic institutions want their people to use their template whenever they are represented outside of the institution itself, for example, when you give a seminar talk or short course somewhere else. The degree with which one is expected to use this varies a lot. For example, school colors can make content difficult to read, etc, annoying the audience. Often, research groups also have their own templates. In practice, less is often better than more, depending on reading the audience.
If you give a talk at another institution, the customs in the US and in Computer Science is to not put the host institution into the slides other than:
- A title slide could contain the date and host of the talk
- Slides could contain in small script at the top or preferably at the bottom the same information in addition to short name and short title, which is useful only if the slides are likely to be published and copied individually.
Depending on your status and the occasion, you might be expected to tailor your talk to the occasion or to give a generic talk. In the latter case, there is no need to pretend.
answered 4 hours ago
