Suggestions listed below have been complied based on observation of
typical mistakes made
by students in their presentations.
You are welcome to contribute to this list with your own,
original mistake(s),
but please try not to repeat those which are already listed :-).
1. Remember to put credentials
of the paper on your first or
second slide.
2. Speak loudly and clearly. Even if you consider yourself a loud
person, speaking loudly and clearly still takes practice!
3. Do not rush through the setup of the problem. If you lose the
audience at the stage of the setup, the rest of your talk will be
pointless.
4. Never, ever attempt to "say" a formula (e.g., tee is the
square root of gee over ell, all divided by 2 pi). The only allowed
exception from this rule is a
formula that everyone in the audience knows very well, like "e equals
em c square"). All
other formulas must be written, and you should plan on investing time
in explaining its
terms and meaning, if that formula is important to your talk.
5. Look at the audience for a good portion of your talk; don't
just look at your slides.