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Re:How to give a great scientific talk by janwillemb on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:30PM (#18847441)
> practice

+1. Practice out loud, rewrite, practice out loud again, rewrite, repeat, repeat, repeat.

Also: let a real person listen to your talk at least once while rehearsing. (Tip: use spouse, if available)

Re:How to give a great scientific talk by caillancm on Monday January 07, 2019 @06:15PM (#18851286)
For very important presentations, recording yourself can be useful too. It can be excruciating to watch it again, but it forms part of a powerful iterative loop.