In these 60-minute videos, Professor Adrienne Christiansen advises students on giving effective oral presentations such as formal in-class research talks, senior capstone presentations, and honors oral defenses. The videos are tailored to the needs of students in different divisions and are divided into different topics. To view the videos, you must have a Macalester ID and password.

Advice for Anthropology students
Audience adaptation
Developing goodwill (Ethos)
Primacy/Recency Effect

Advice for Math/CS students
Differences between writing and speaking
Role of audience
Primacy/Recency Effect
Public speaking pitfalls

Advice for Political Science students
Oral capstone presentations
Audience adaptation
Primacy/Recency Effect
Contending with awkward silences
Public speaking pitfalls
Concluding remarks

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