10 steps to successful presentations

Your presentation should consist of approximately 15 slides. As you will have 15 minutes, design your talk so that you will talk around one minute per page.

You should spend a reasonable amount of time for preparing your presentation. All students taking this course are expected to participate in all of the presentations. They are also expected to attend all the weekly math and Science seminars.

 Discuss your presentation with your instructor, who will give you tips on how to prepare a good presentation.

Your presentation should include an introduction, an overview, a motivation page. Additionally you need one page for each major idea, contribution.

Do not put to much information in one page.

Use big (at least 18 points) fonts.

Practice your presentation at least four times before presenting it in class. Time yourself to exactly 15 minutes.

 During your presentation point to the screen. Do not point to the transparency.

During your presentation face the audience. Do not face the screen.

For more information you can download an empty presentation template from here.