• plan, prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentation
  
• avoid errors in English by using short easy-to-say sentences
  
• improve your English pronunciation and intonation
  
• gain confidence, and overcome nerves and embarrassment
  
• highlight the essential points you want your audience to remember
  
• attract and retain audience attention
  
• deal with questions from the audience
  

• learning from talks on TED
  
• networking with potential collaborators, professors, fellow researchers
  
• interacting successfully with non-native audiences
  
• posters
  

Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 30 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and academics from 35 countries to write research papers, prepare presentations, and communicate with editors, referees and fellow researchers.