Jonathan Shewchuk has a great page on giving an academic talk that is full of sound advice. He says

“This is a sample of my opinions on how to give a talk (using slides or transparencies) in computer science, concisely distilled for my students and students attending Graphics Lunch. Most of these thoughts are based on my going to conferences and seeing the same mistakes repeated by a plurality of speakers. You are welcome to disagree with my opinions, as long as you think each issue through for yourself. The only sin to make a choice without knowing you are making one.”

His page covers both preparation and delivery. I’d add to that a section on what you should to after you give your talk, including putting your slides online and making it easy for people to find them. I put together some thoughts on this and related topics for increasing research visibility on the Web for our graduate course on Basic Research Skills.

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