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Oral presentations: preparation of slides, preparation of the talk, delivery…

3 votes
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Presenting in a remote conference via video-conferencing

A paper of mine just got accepted to a computer science conference. Due to personal reasons I cannot fly to that conference. I was suggested to ask a friend who flies there to present the paper for me …
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9 votes
2 answers
592 views

Presenting half-baked results in a department seminar

So, I scheduled a presentation in a local math department seminar. My hope is that, when people come to a seminar, they have more time to listen, and probably some of them will be able to help me. …
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13 votes
5 answers
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How can I thank/acknowledge people during a short presentation?

But what do I do in a 15-minute presentation (e.g. in a non-archival conference)? … How can I thank/acknowledge people during a short presentation? …
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5 votes
3 answers
499 views

How to save my presentation if the audience does not reply?

Some time ago, I gave a 60 minutes Zoom presentation in a department seminar. I usually ask simple questions during my talks, in order to keep the audience awake. … Is there anything I can do in this situation in order to "rescue" my presentation? Or should I just keep talking to "no one" and learn the lesson for the next presentation? …
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44 votes
10 answers
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Is it good to have slides that may be skipped during a presentation?

Currently the presentation contains some theorems and some proofs. Probably, I will not have time to explain all the proofs - I will have to skip some of them. … ", or - Keep the slides with the proofs hidden, and during the presentation, if I see that there is enough time, unhide and go through them? …
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-1 votes
1 answer
201 views

Inaccurate equations in slides or posters

In a paper I am presenting, a key equation contains the term $1 / floor(n/k)$, where n and k are some integers. This term is quite cumbersome, so I thought that, when I present my paper in a poster or …
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44 votes
3 answers
7k views

Asking to not present in a conference on Saturday

I am about to submit a paper to a conference. I just found out that the conference falls in Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Since I am an observant Jew, I don't want to present on Saturday. …
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