Tips for preparing a research presentation

First, organize your talk:

• Identify the important ideas
  Your work (or the work you are presenting) likely has many details, but only one or two main ideas; structure your talk around these main ideas.
• Create a talk outline 
  Your talk should be organized in a top-down manner. You should have the following main sections in your talk:
  • Introduction, the big picture: what, why and why we should care, and how. Be sure to include:
    • a statement of the problem being solved (what)
    • motivation and putting the work in context (why and why should we care)
    • a high-level view of the solution (how)
  • Details of solution
  • Results demonstrating your solution
  • Critiques of the work (possibly compare to related work)
  • Conclusions and future directions for this work
  
  The talk should be organized so that the important ideas are presented first, the details second, and the conclusions last. Each section of your talk should be organized in a similar manner: big ideas, details, then summarize.

PAPER PRESENTATION-ADVICE ARTICLE

First, organize your talk:

• Identify the important ideas
  Your work (or the work you are presenting) likely has many details, but only one or two main ideas; structure your talk around these main ideas.
• Create a talk outline
  Your talk should be organized in a top-down manner. You should have the following main sections in your talk:

PAPER PRESENTATION - ADVICE

The oral presentation of a paper is usually limited to a 12-minute presentation of your research. Speakers should rely on handouts for all supplemental materials; however, either a 35-mm slide projector or an overhead projector for transparencies may be available during the presentation.
Recognize the constraints imposed on your presentation: