How to speak (academically)

02 Aug 2026

Start with a PROMISE => promise listener that they will gain something at the end of the talk
Speak in cycle => important idea need to be repeated three times (not repeatedly, but circling back now and then throughout the talk)
Put a fence around your idea => make sure your idea get its own recognition, and not just something akin to another more or less popular idea
Verbal punctuation => give listener a way to get on the bus after they have lost track of what you are talking about => ordered list works
Ask a question to re-engage => wait max 7 second for an answer, a question can’t be too hard or too easy, keep it engaging
Inspire other => always exhibited passion about what we are presenting => that is how to inspire other
Ideas are like your children => don’t let them goes into the world in rags
You can get used to being famous => you will never get used to being ignore
That is why you need to get a bit famous for what you are doing, it holds gravitas
How to get your work remembererd?
- Symbol => something easy to remember and resemble of your work
- Slogan => some short line that quickly describe your work and catchy (could be trendy and transformative)
- Surprise => it has to have an element of suprise to the conclusion
- Salient => it has to be an idea that stick out from other
- Story => it has to tell a story about its origin and contributions

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