Advice to Beginning Physics Speakers
JUL 01, 1991
Public speaking is a necessity of professional life. But what do you do if, like many physicists, you’re basically a shy person? Here is some advice on how to give talks that won’t wreck your career or humiliate your thesis adviser.
DOI: 10.1063/1.881265
If you’re a physics graduate student, it’s highly likely that before you receive your degree, you’ll be asked to give a talk on your research—possibly at an APS meeting, or maybe just to fellow students. And once you finally graduate, you’ll undoubtedly find yourself standing behind a podium. Whatever the situation, it’s going to matter that your presentation be well received and that your audience depart with a favorable impression.
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James C. Garland, Ohio State University.
© 1991 American Institute of Physics
