1. Start with a title slide giving YOUR name, your organization, and the TITLE of your presentation. The slide should also include any acknowledgements for funding or other major assistance. No, you do not need to put me (Dr. Price) in your acknwls.
2. The next slide should be a brief outline of the topics you will cover in your talk. But make them specific to your talk, not just 1.introduction, 2.methods, 3. Results, 4.conclutions…You talk should probably include the following:

1. Title, name, organization, acknowledgements
2. Background and Justification for Work
3. Statement of the Problem
4. Brief report on data and methods used
5. Conclusions
6. Future Work, if appropriate

1. Present the aspects of your work that will be interesting to a general audience.
2. Present enough background information so a general audience can understand the purpose and justification for your project.
3. Do not get bogged down in technical details. Mentioning specific commands is almost never appropriate, and is a sure way to turn off your audience.
4. For short talks, keep the information presented to a bare minimum. You will not have time to mention more than a few major points.
5. Reiterate the most important findings at the beginning and end of the talk. In other words, tell ‘em what you’re going to tell them, tell them, and tell ‘em what you told ‘em.
6. Bullet slides are a great way to present you major points to the audience (and also keep yourself on track.

Other general guidelines

1. Dress professionally, to indicate that what you are talking about is important.
2. Do not read from your notes or a prepared text.
3. Practice the talk several times to make sure you can do it smoothly, present all the major points, and that IT IS NOT TOO LONG. If you can coerce a friend or two to listen to it they can provide excellent feedback on your presentation.
4. Keep slides simple. Do not crowd them with information.
5. Use a large enough print size so that the entire room can read slides comfortably..