Successful Presentations:
Beat the Clock

Your
presentation
has run 5
minutes over
time.

Is the audience listening?

I’ll take that as a no.

So how do you
keep their
attention?

Stay within your allotted
time.

C’mon! Give me
some real tips!
Stay within your allotted
time.

1. How much time do you
have to speak?

1400 – 15
00
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Jonathan
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1400 – 15
00
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omics of
Room: J1 Widgets
00
Session C
hair: Rog
er Rabbit
A game t
heoretic
Never Ne analysis o
f widgets
So I’ve got
ver Land in
Captain H
ook
about 18 mins
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functions quasi-line
including Q&A! Jean-Luc
Picard
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nsumptio itie
2006 n in Lillip s in
u t , 19 9 4 -
Jonathan
Swift

Or contact the
organizers if
timing
information is
unavailable.

2. If there is no Q&A, speak for
no more than 95% of your
allotted time.

3. If there is a Q&A, aim for no
more than 75% of the allotted
time.

4. Practice with
a timer.

5. Practice with
a timer.

And if you didn’t catch that
last point…

6. Practice with
a timer.

7. If you run over
time during
practice, cut or
shorten
material where
possible.

Thanks for reading
and
Good luck!

Marin Gemmill-Toyama
http://www.linkedin.com/in/maringemmilltoyama

Photo credits
Slide 1: Hourglass, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/950850
Slide 2: Clock, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1089143
Slide 4: Dog, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/594476
Slide 6: Smiling man, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/30866
Slide 12: Phone booth, http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=823262
Slide 15, 16, 18: Stopwatch, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/256328
Slide 19: Scissors, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/952730
Slide 20: Handshake, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/911615