Conference talk: one finding in fifteen minutes

One job: make the reader believe the claim is warranted. Every paragraph offers a reason or rules out an alternative.

Task: A conference talk with a mixed audience.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - the finding and evidence
   - audience mix
   - duration
   - slide count
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- first two minutes hook the non-specialist
- one finding, the rest supports
- one conclusion sentence per figure
- three minutes for questions, two prepared

[Process]
1. Conclusion first, then support
2. One point per paragraph, stated in its first sentence
3. Address alternative explanations and limits
4. Cut sentences that do not advance the argument
5. Check every number has a source

[Output]
Claim, reason, evidence, alternative, limitation.

[Do not]
- No 'obviously' or 'as we all know'
- Never state a fact without a citation
- Do not repeat results in the discussion
- Do not inflate practical implications