From: Anders Melchiorsen <postmaster@and.nospam.kampsax.k-net.dk>
Subject: Re: The Talk
Date: 05 Oct 1998 16:29:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k92fulom.fsf@k0817.kampsax.dtu.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: luis fernandes's message of "Sun, 4 Oct 1998 14:35:01 -0400"
luis fernandes <elf@ee.ryerson.ca> writes:
> The rule of thumb I use for my presentations is 1 overhead per minute
> of talking. I find that having overheads or other multi-media aids
You can easily spend two to three minutes per overhead; switching them
around all the time can disturb the audience. The speaking should not
just be reading the slides aloud, they usually just contain headlines.
> makes for less boring talks than just talking straight. Note that my
> audience has usually been 2nd to 4th year electrical engineering
> students with short attention spans.
Hmmm... I am a 3rd year engineering student. :-). My above suggestions
were taught to me by the teachers here.
> I have a LaTeX template for overhead slides I dug out of the CTAN
> archives, if you want it.
I for one would like a pointer to that one.
--
Regards, Anders
(address is valid)
A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-10-05 14:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-03 6:14 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-10-03 20:48 ` Harry Putnam
1998-10-03 21:50 ` Stefanie Teufel
1998-10-03 22:58 ` Manoj Srivastava
1998-10-04 0:43 ` Harry Putnam
1998-10-04 18:35 ` luis fernandes
1998-10-05 14:29 ` Anders Melchiorsen [this message]
1998-10-06 6:06 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-10-06 15:05 ` John H Palmieri
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