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

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How can slow thinkers learn to respond to questions?

To address a specific case from your question: This is sometimes hurting my progress because if it's my advisor asking these questions during our weekly meetings then we often can't progress any furt …
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How to deal with presentation time running out in a scientific conference?

It comes down to how well you prepare. After practising a trial version of your talk with own research group and taking on board their changes, it's well worth practising again. This could be in fron …
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Meaning of 'high-level overview' in a Maths talk?

It may help to consider an analogy: flying over the topic at high altitude (=level), the details can't be seen, but the shape of the whole landscape can be appreciated. This is "high-level" in the …
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Giving a career talk in my old university, how prominently should I tell students my salary?

Some universities (such as the one where I work) publish their pay scales. There's a level of abstraction between scale points and job titles but with a quick check of the salary bands in job adverts …
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What did Universities use in lectures before they starting using PowerPoint?

Starting uni in the late 90s I saw the first data projectors appear in the big lecture theatres and they were rubbish. You couldn't have copied down an equation much more complex than E=mc² without s …
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