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The impact of pre-conference advice on academic talk effectiveness

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  • Breitkopf, Nikolas
  • Keloharju, Matti

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Utilizing a randomized controlled trial, we explore the effect of advice on presentation quality at a prestigious academic finance conference. Employing a panel of MTurk workers to evaluate presentations for effectiveness, our findings show that treated speakers are 0.22 standard deviations more likely to win a comparison for effectiveness against non-treated counterparts. We further corroborate these results by examining the treatment effects on presentation slides, overall presentation quality, Zoom talk attendance duration, and YouTube viewings. This evidence suggests that informing speakers about good presentation practices can substantially improve the effectiveness of conference talks.

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  • Breitkopf, Nikolas & Keloharju, Matti, 2025. "The impact of pre-conference advice on academic talk effectiveness," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:104:y:2025:i:c:s0272775724001018
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2024.102607
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    Keywords

    Conference; Presentation skills; Advice; Randomized controlled trial;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments

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