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=== Golden Rules of the Colloquium Speaker ===
 
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Golden Rules of the Colloquium Speaker

  • Underestimate, as much as humanly possible, the expertise (but not the intelligence) of the audience.
  • Make the first 10-15 minutes of your colloquium intelligible to non-physicists. For guidance, consider how you might explain your work to a relative.
  • Make the next 10-15 minutes intelligible to undergraduate physics majors.
  • Let the third 10-15 minutes be sparklingly clear to graduate students and to professors who are not specialists in your area.
  • Use the last part of the talk to impress the experts