On cards a quarter the area of this page, write ideas for your talk. Rearrange, rewrite often. Your new discovery or invention is what we want to hear about. Concentrate on that and mention methods only briefly. When all seems ready, go through the notes with a broad red crayon and brutally slash out non-essentials. Number the cards. On card one, list the items to take with you: clock, pens, a card to mask your transparencies, exhibits and so forth. Write with large letters and only on the upper part of each card; then you can read without a lectern lamp. The lamp distracts listeners and casts an unflattering light on your face.
Rehearse to a tape recorder in the presence of a friend, who should time you. If you've not heard yourself before, you may be shocked when you hear the play back, as most of us are the ...
