18. How to give a fantastic very short talk

If you haven’t yet taken part in a speaking competition like the Three-minute thesis (3MT) or Famelab, what are you waiting for? You’ll gain so much by working out how to explain your research in a really short amount of time.

This week Michael and Jen are joined by our wonderful colleague Catriona Nguyen-Robertson, who has had great success in a number of speaking competitions.

Together, we give all our best advice on how to prepare and deliver a brilliant short talk. We also have excellent tips for you from our alumni Kate Huckstep and Sarah McColl-Gausden.

Plus here are a couple of resources to help you:

How to Become an Authentic Speaker

11 Tips for the Three-minute thesis competition

The three-minute thesis: principle of scientific communication

Tips for the three-minute thesis slide

Famelab: Judge’s top tips

Transcript: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/f6pe