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13.6 Take Your Time
Always leave enough time for digesting the entire content of each slide (which
should be easy if you have not included text and have carefully introduced graphs).
Do not hesitate to stop for a few seconds once in a while, for instance, when transitioning to a new slide.
But of course, to have the luxury of taking your time, you must have carefully
planned the amount of material to be conveyed if the allotted time is very tight.
Resist to the temptation of including every single aspect of your work in your
talk. You will be the only one to know if you chose not to present something (see
Sect. 11.8). No one will miss what you have not included. Just provide the right
amount of details, be concise, do not dwell on anything without a good reason.
You will also appreciate the luxury of taking your time and not feeling pressed
by the clock.
When preparing and practicing for your oral presentation, you have to keep the
duration of your talk in mind. But once on stage, talk duration should be the least of
your concerns, since you will have made all required efforts ahead of time to ensure
timing is good.
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