Resources for Giving Talks and Poster Presentations

LaTeX

• Getting started with LaTeX. A collection of resources on getting started with LaTeX: Links to the (free) LaTeX software, tutorials for beginners and intermediate LaTeX users, and a collection of tips for intermediate to advanced LaTeX users.
• Math into LaTeX, Chapter 1. A free online version of part of the book "Math into LaTeX" by George Gratzer, and perhaps the best online introduction to mathematical LaTeX.

Beamer

• Making Slides with Beamer (MIT Beamer Tutorial) (pdf file). An excellent first guide to beamer, created in beamer itself. Covers all the basics and some advanced stuff.
• Introduction to Beamer (from Wikibooks)
• A Quick Tutorial (from Norm Matloff)
• Beamer theme gallery. Shows the various beamer "themes" available. A great tool if you want to try out different "looks".
• Beamer Theme Matrix. Another theme gallery, organized in matrix form.
• The Beamer User Guide. The official, 250 pages, beamer manual. Download or bookmark and look up as needed.

Posters

• The beamerposter package. Beamerposter is the most widely used LaTeX package for producing posters in LaTeX. It is based off the LaTeX Beamer class for creating PowerPoint-like slide presentations in LaTeX.
• The baposter LaTeX poster style. An alternative to beamerposter for producing posters in LaTeX. It is not as polished as the beamerposter package, and it has some quirks, but the posters created with baposter have a uniquely attractive look.
• Poster Presentations (Eastern Kentucky University) Good general advice on creating posters.
• Design of Scientific Posters (Penn State) Advice on poster design, with several samples.
• Designing Effective Research Posters (Justin Matthews, Cal State Monterey Bay)

Examples of Poster and Beamer Presentations

• Boise State REU Publications. Lots of examples of beamer presentations and posters. In particular, see the section on the AAAS Meeting.
• Brown University ICERM 2012 Summer Research Program. The section "Final Student Presentations" has examples of beamer presentations with some interesting graphics and animations.

Related links

• Publicizing Your Research. Advice on presenting, and publicizing, undergraduate research. (Slides from a talk I gave at the IGL Seminar in 2013.)
• Undergraduate Math Conferences. A listing of conferences of interest to students engaged in undergraduate research projects in mathematics. I'll try to keep the listing up-to-date and add additional conferences as they get announced.
• How to give a good 20 minute math talk. (William T. Ross)
• Advice on Giving a Good PowerPoint Presentation. (Joseph Gallian)