What is a flash talk?
Flash talks are brief formal presentations about your research, usually 1-3 minutes. They are mini-oral presentations to accompany research posters or journal articles. Other names include lightning talks, speed talks, rapid-fire talks. Their goal is to provide big picture ideas and make your research interesting to a broad audience.
They are similar to elevator pitches, except flash talks include a visual element (usually 1-3 PowerPoint slides). Sometimes the visual element is your full poster and nothing else, in which case you want to design your poster with this in mind. Add large visuals and large text.
Advice for flash talks (video links):
Winning Tips for Preparing a Successful Three-Minute Thesis 3MT® Presentation, OhioUPhysics, YouTube [12:32]
How to give a flash talk - tips and tricks for scientists, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), YouTube [2:58]
The perfect pitch - explaining your research in one minute, Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien IVA, YouTube [7:32]
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