Introduction

Rules of Engagement

How to Start

Four Sample Heuristics

The Tools: Time and Place

The Tools: Boards, Props, and Slides

Informing: Promise, Inspiration, How To Think

Persuading: Oral Exams, Job Talks, Getting Famous

How to Stop: Final Slide, Final Words

Final Words: Joke, Thank You, Examples

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MIT How to Speak, IAP 2018
Instructor: Patrick Winston
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Patrick Winston's How to Speak talk has been an MIT tradition for over 40 years. Offered every January, the talk is intended to improve your speaking ability in critical situations by teaching you a few heuristic rules.

0:16 Introduction
3:11 Rules of Engagement
4:15 How to Start
5:38 Four Sample Heuristics
10:17 The Tools: Time and Place
13:24 The Tools: Boards, Props, and Slides
36:30 Informing: Promise, Inspiration, How To Think
41:30 Persuading: Oral Exams, Job Talks, Getting Famous
53:06 How to Stop: Final Slide, Final Words
56:35 Final Words: Joke, Thank You, Examples

This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility.

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