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ontinuing our ‘‘Ten Simple your presentation was either Rule 7: Practice and Time Your
PLoS Computational Biology | www.ploscompbiol.org 0593 April 2007 | Volume 3 | Issue 4 | e77
help you to define the right number of violation of the other rules. Work hard presentation will go well, and
visuals for a particular presentation. A on breaking bad habits; it is afterward you feel it did not go well.
useful rule of thumb for us is if you important. Other times you dread what the
have more than one visual for each audience will think, and you come
minute you are talking, you have too Rule 10: Provide Appropriate away pleased as punch. Such is life. As
many and you will run over time. Acknowledgments always, we welcome your comments on
Obviously some visuals are quick, People love to be acknowledged for these Ten Simple Rules by Reader
others take time to get the message their contributions. Having many Response. &
across; again Rule 7 will help. Avoid gratuitous acknowledgements degrades
reading the visual unless you wish to the people who actually contributed. If
you defy Rule 7, then you will not be Acknowledgments
emphasize the point explicitly, the
audience can read, too! The visual able to acknowledge people and The idea for this particular Ten Simple
should support what you are saying organizations appropriately, as you will Rules was inspired by a conversation with
run out of time. It is often appropriate Fiona Addison.
either for emphasis or with data to Funding. The author received no specific
prove the verbal point. Finally, do not to acknowledge people at the funding for this article.
overload the visual. Make the points beginning or at the point of their Competing interests. The author has declared
contribution so that their that no competing interests exist.
few and clear.
contributions are very clear. References
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