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I have always emphasized the importance of writing and speaking  clearly and effectively. If you google “how to give talks”, there are plenty of advices online. But here is a video example on how to give an excellent technical talk.My colleague, Professor Christos Cassandras of Boston University recently givea prestigious lecture entitled “The Complex made simple” which is a modern example on how to give a technical talk and to use the the software PowerPoint to its maximal advantage  .  Furthermore, you will also learn something that occupied his lifetime of research.

Well worth one hour or more (repeated) watching this video available on

http://www.bu.edu/buniverse/view/?v=1ao7HV1Ql

note added 4/10/2014: Unfortunately the above URL link does not work in China in general. But this is being fixed. See comment [2, 3 and 4] below.