How to give a good research talk

"How to give a good research talk," Jones et. al.




As a new graduate, I have no experience to present my work at the stage since I do not have work. I only have the experience to present other person's work at meeting. Therefore, I feel hard to understand some suggestion of the paper such as don't put outlines in the start of the slides, don't start preparing slides early.



I summarize the paper as below.


What to say?

• Using examples to prevent your talk from too abstract, since your talk will persuade your listeners to read your paper.
• Do not waste time on an abstract description of what the talk is about, just try to jump straight in with an example.
• Be honest to talk about the difficulties in this paper, let the audience help your research!

How to prepare slides?

• Don't start with contents slidessuch as outline, it wastes your precious minute.
  
• Use some aids such as overhead projector.
• Don't start writing slides too early.
  

When giving the talk,

• Try steady, deep breathing and relaxation exercises beforehand, and make your eyes contact with audience on the stage.
• Do not over-run.