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title: "Good advice for presentations, scholarly and otherwise"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/27/good-advice-for-presentations-scholarly-and-otherwise.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/11/27/good-advice-for-presentations-scholarly-and-otherwise.html"
published: "2003-11-27T17:26:00"
updated: "2003-11-27T17:26:00"
tags: ["Cool Articles", "Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "A helpful essay by William Germano, \"The Scholarly Lecture: How to Stand and Deliver,\" from The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i14/14b01501.htm -- Edward Tufte , November 27, 2003"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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---

# Good advice for presentations, scholarly and otherwise

By Roy Osherove November 27, 2003 In [Cool Articles](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-articles), [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 27, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

A helpful essay by William Germano, "The Scholarly Lecture: How to Stand and Deliver," from The Chronicle of Higher Education

[http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i14/14b01501.htm](http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i14/14b01501.htm)

\-- [Edward Tufte](http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/asket.xml), November 27, 2003

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