Oral Presentations
- Plan 15 minutes (12 minutes to speak and 3 minutes for questions). The schedule will be strictly enforced so be sure to practice your timing. [Honors will have 20-min sessions]
- A moderator will be in your room to track your time and give you a 5 min. warning.
- Expect a small room setting with presenter at the front of the room.
- A computer and projector will be available. You will not use your own computer!
- Up to the day before (business hours only) you will be asked to upload your digital presentation, if you have one, to a shared webpage managed by the AV people in the conference center.
- You should still expect to show up before the start of the first oral session to verify that your presentation is loaded. bring a thumb drive copy just in case and keep a copy of your presentation in your email as a backup.
- Tips on preparing oral presentations:
- Practice your timing repeatedly.
- Have visuals
- Don’t talk too fast
- If using PowerPoint:
- plan roughly a slide a minute.
- Don’t use a lot of text that you will read from.
- Use large font that can be read from 6 feet away
- Know your material
- Practice, practice, practice!
We reserve the right to cancel a presenter’s session if the above requirements are not met.