How to: Speak

What is your key message? - Who is your audience?

Be clear, know your audience and for goodness sake, ditch the jargon! Here we've complied the best advice on how to talk about economics, no matter who is listening!

How can you avoid speaking economic gobbledegook

Five Tips for Economics Interviews on Camera

Learn how to nail those interviews

Explain Your Economics Research in 15 Seconds

Can you explain a research paper in only fifteen seconds?

Planning a presentation

See our advice on how to plan successful presentations

Advice from Economists in the Public Eye

What advice do some of the UK’s top economics communicators have for their fellow economists?

Five tips for economists on camera

5 great tips for interviews on camera!

Visual aids for presentation

Nobody Cares about your Title – Paul Krugman

More tips for hosting economics interviews

Sweet Talk with Deirdre McCloskey

Five Steps of an Economics Research Video

Tips from Dr Marianna Koli on talking to the media

Don’t be afraid of dumbing down

Golden rules for hosting interviews

How can Economists Better Engage with the Public?

Euphemisms: from George Orwell to George Carlin

Take a tip from the Climate Scientists

Useful Links

TED Talks give their advice for giving a great speech

12 pieces of advice for giving talks that have impact

Read the blog

The Science of a Great TED

What makes a speech go viral?

Read the blog

How to Give and Academic Talk

Paul Edward of MIT gives his advice

Read the paper

Bank Underground

Enhancing understanding of central banks through better communications

Read the blog

Economists and Scientists on Twitter: A Tale of Two Styles?

Dr Marina Della Giusta, Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Reading, discusses how economists can use social media to get the public more involved in economics.

See the video

The Trouble with Fake News

Michele Belot, Professor of Economics at the European University Institute, argues that the problem posed by ‘fake news’ lies not in fake facts, which can be easily checked, but in the misleading interpretation of those facts.

Read the blog