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datadrivenangel ◴[18 Jun 24 12:51 UTC] No.40717227[source]▶

"Once you write the slides and script, it’s time to practice… a lot."

All great speakers are look great because they practice and iterate on the material and end up with polished presentations that they've given dozens or hundreds of times.

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1. parpfish ◴[18 Jun 24 15:41 UTC] No.40719122[source]▶

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practicing talks is great at highlighting two things:

- helping you come up with natural, smooth segues between slides/ideas

- making it clear if there’s any missing background/detail you need to add or reorder slides. One of the worst things to do as a presenter is to realize this mid-talk and then start jumping through slides out of order

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A long guide to giving a short academic talk (2022)