Present with Confidence—Or At Least Fake It Like a Whitehall Press Secretary

Fake it till you make it - it's all about optics and confidence.

Let me tell you something, dear reader. There’s nothing more British than the slow, excruciating death of a poorly delivered academic presentation. It begins with a trembling hand, a dry gulp, a PowerPoint full of unreadable diagrams, and ends with a polite clap from an audience more interested in the free biscuits than your research on ‘socio-neurobiol…