[OT] My tips on giving technical talks

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 05/18/2010 05:50 PM, bearophile wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>
>> I think some people on this list might find the following useful:
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> An interesting reading, thank you.
>
>
>> A good ad­vice to fight­ing the stage fright is to can­cel the symp­toms: walk slow­er, breathe slow­er, drink water, and try to con­trol your voice.<
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> For some people it's hard to cancel those symp­toms, so if their symp­toms are serious and the talk is quite important, they can consider a Beta blocker:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_blocker
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

Yup, my wife advised me to mention the beta blockers but their usage is 
controversial enough to make me avoid mentioning it. Nevertheless, I 
know people for whom beta blockers do work.

Andrei