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# Advice

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- [Unsorted/advice on talks](Unsorted/advice%20on%20talks.md)


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# Talks

- <https://faculty.washington.edu/heagerty/Courses/b572/public/HalmosHowToTalk.pdf#page=3>
- <https://mathcomm.org/wp-content/uploads/Preparing_a_math_presentation1.pdf#page=1>
- <https://klein.mit.edu/~poonen/papers/speaking.pdf#page=1>
- <https://mathcomm.org/teaching-presentations/handouts-other-presentation-resources-for-students/>

Appreciate that giving a blackboard talk is more difficult than it seems!  
Your presentations will require thoughtful planning and practice.  
• Most people write too small at the board – write for the audience at the  
back of the room, not for yourself.  
• Most lectures are too fast. Plan to pause frequently and ask for questions.  
You can often gauge from facial expressions whether people are engaged  
and following.  
• A rough rule of thumb is that it takes 30 minutes to cover 2 one-sided,  
single-spaced pages of notes. Of course, the best way to know your timing  
is to practice the talk.  
• Not every word you say needs to be written on the board, but everything  
you want the audience to remember should be written down