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* __Group meeting__:
* __Goal__: Update people on what you are doing and get help.
* __What to talk about__: Short intro on your problem, brief update on what you've tried, long discussion about where you are going/what you need help on.
* __What to bring__: If you are seeking feedback, bring a notepad and pen to keep track of suggestions. You will most likely forget what you don't write down.
* __Short talk at conference__:
* __Goal__: Entertain people, get people to read your paper/blog or use your software.
* __What to talk about__: Short intro on your problem, brief explanation of solution, links to software
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There are only a few hard and fast rules here. I really like Zach Holman's style guide [speaking.io](http://speaking.io/) and [his actual talks](http://zachholman.com/talks). My suggestion is pick one template/style and go with it for a few consecutive talks to avoid costly overhead. See what you like and what you don't, then edit. Here are the only hard and fast rules.

* Title slide must have a contactable form of you (twitter handle, email address, etc.)
* Fonts can never be too big. Go huge. Small fonts will be met with anger.
* All figures should have big axes in plain English.
* Any figure you borrow off the internet should have a web link to the source
* Any figure you borrow off a paper should have a web link to the paper
* Any time you use someone else's slide you should put "Slide courtesy of So and so" with a link to their page
* Unless you know what you are doing, pick a solid (dark/light) background slide color and an opposite (light/dark) font.
* Pictures beat words by a ratio of 1000 to 1


* Fonts/colors
* Title slide must have a contactable form of you (twitter handle, email address, etc.)
* Fonts can never be too big. Go huge. Small fonts will be met with anger.
* Unless you know what you are doing, pick a solid (dark/light) background slide color and an opposite (light/dark) font.
* Figures
* Spend time on your figures; they should be clean and *self-explanatory* (although you will explain them)
* All figures should have big axes in plain English.
* Any figure you borrow off the internet should have a web link to the source
* Any figure you borrow off a paper should have a web link to the paper
* Pictures beat words by a ratio of 1000 to 1. Pictures on an otherwise word-heavy slide add balance.
* Borrowing
* Any time you use someone else's slide you should put "Slide courtesy of So and so" with a link to their page

What you should say out loud about figures in your talk
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