1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE COMMITMENT
3. PREPARATION
   • Dress
   • Special Requirements
   • Assessing the Audience
   • Fitting Into the Program
   • Content
   • Drafting the Talk
   • Death (or Worse) to Those Who Run Overtime
   • Practice, Practice, Practice
4. HANDOUTS
   • VISUAL AIDS
   • The Ten Commandents of Visual Aids
5. DELIVERY
   • Q & A POINTERS
6. IMPROMPTU TALKS
   • ADDRESSING A NONSCIENTIFIC AUDIENCE
7. CONCLUSION
   • BIBLIOGRAPHY

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