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How to Give a Good Talk

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1. bsoles ◴[] No.45121160[source]
Having gone to many international academic conferences, I learned to distinguish the quality of the talk from the quality of the content.

I have seen good speakers with fluff content and terrible speakers with useful content. At this point, as long as the quality of the content shows and is discernable, I don't mind bad but sincere speakers. I even kind of like it...