Presenting and Speaking

Presenting and Speaking

Slides: one idea per slide, and nothing the audience has to read while you speak

An audience cannot read and listen at the same time, and reading wins.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Presenting and Speaking

Chairing a session: your job is time and access, not commentary

A chair who talks too much takes time from the people the audience came to hear.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Presenting and Speaking

Explaining to non-specialists: cut detail, never cut conditions

Simplification and distortion look similar from the inside and are entirely different from the outside.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Presenting and Speaking

Speaking up in seminars: asking a question is participation, not interruption

In many academic cultures, staying silent through a seminar is read as disengagement.

19/08/2026 3 min read

Presenting and Speaking

Presenting in English: slow down and structure, do not memorise

A memorised talk collapses at the first interruption; a structured one survives it.

19/08/2026 3 min read