Guidance for any scientific talk:
- We highly recommend Share Your Research: How to Give a Good Talk, a free, self-paced course from iBiology.
- This recording and these slides are from Naledi Saul's seminar How to Handle Q&A and Audience Interruptions.
- Links to excellent resources on designing and practicing your talk can be found on our "Giving Effective Research Talks" page.
- This Scientific presentation preparation resources handout contains resources on structuring your argument, handling Q&A, tips for non-native English speakers, and guides for navigating both long and short talks.
- iBiology and Susan McConnell (Stanford) takes you through designing effective scientific presentations in this video.
Conference Talks:
- This Conference Talk Rubric describes the features of an effective conference talk. Give it to your audience when you're giving a practice talk!
Job Talks:
- This Job Talk Rubric evaluates the features of an effective job talk for a position at an R1 institution. Give it to your audience when you're giving a practice talk!
- These slides describe an effective job talk for a position at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI).
- This rubric evaluates the features of an effective job talk for a position at a PUI. Give it to your audience when you're giving a practice talk!
- These slides outline the features of an effective job talk for a position in industry.
Posters:
- Check out "Designing and Delivering Research Posters" for multiple resources on figure and poster design as well as how to print posters at UCSF.
