Giving Technical Talks

Table of Contents

Giving Technical Talks

Overview

Acknowledgements:

Your Reason for Giving a Talk

A technical talk is great for conveying:

A technical talk is a poor way to convey:

The Parts of a Technical Talk

Introduction

Body

Technicalities

Conclusions

Who is your Audience?

General Public

CS Folks

CS Folks in your Area

Experts in your exact area of research

The Ten Commandments

Use Logical Order

Concrete Examples before Abstract Ideas

Size Talk to Time

Maintain Eye Contact

Maintain Ear Contact

Simple Visuals

Simple Visuals

Simple Visuals

Seven Deadly Sins

Trying to include too much

Being boring

Speaking unintelligibly

Arrogance

Losing your audience

Conclusions

Email: scot@cs.dartmouth.edu

Home Page: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~scot/

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Presented at Dartmouth's Grad Student Seminar on 1/24/02

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