The 3 Minute 
Presentation 
(in around 10 minutes)
Converting your thesis to presentation. 
Presenting it. 
That one slide.
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What is that one sentence you want your 
audience to remember?
The (X) Second Challenge
Story Time
Presenting
Stand Up
Be deliberate
Verbal Ticks
Repetition
That One Slide
Suggestions for your one slide 
o You have just one slide to summarise your entire thesis. 
o So the obvious thing is to put everything into one slide: Your research, your results, and any images relevant to the thesis. 
o Maybe a quote from a famous person that encapsulates your thesis. 
“97% of all quotes on the internet are misattributed.” - Albert Einstein 
o Just in case the audience missed it, be sure to repeat an important point that you have already mentioned in your slides. Say, dot point #2. 
o So the obvious thing is to put everything into one slide: Your research, your results, and any images relevant to the thesis. 
o If you can’t fit it all in, just use a smaller font. 
o Do you think rhetorical questions are good to pose on a slide like this? 
o If you need an image, then find an appropriate piece of clipart. There is approximately ten squidillion individual pieces of clipart on the 
internet just waiting to be used. Submit. Clipart is your friend. 
o If you don’t use clipart, be sure to leave an offering on the altar to the Gods of Clipart. Otherwise the Gods of Clipart will rage, and your life 
will become a torrent of unexpected clipart. You will wake one morning, finding your entire body has been transformed into an amusing stick 
figure with an exclamation mark hovering above your head. And we don’t want that now, do we? 
o Include a bibliography. 
Bibliography 
Elliott, Sean M. The Three Minute Presentation. Melbourne, RMIT, 2014. Presentation.
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    The 3 Minute Presentation (in around 10 minutes)
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    Converting your thesisto presentation. Presenting it. That one slide.
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    What is thatone sentence you want your audience to remember?
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    The (X) SecondChallenge
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    Suggestions for yourone slide o You have just one slide to summarise your entire thesis. o So the obvious thing is to put everything into one slide: Your research, your results, and any images relevant to the thesis. o Maybe a quote from a famous person that encapsulates your thesis. “97% of all quotes on the internet are misattributed.” - Albert Einstein o Just in case the audience missed it, be sure to repeat an important point that you have already mentioned in your slides. Say, dot point #2. o So the obvious thing is to put everything into one slide: Your research, your results, and any images relevant to the thesis. o If you can’t fit it all in, just use a smaller font. o Do you think rhetorical questions are good to pose on a slide like this? o If you need an image, then find an appropriate piece of clipart. There is approximately ten squidillion individual pieces of clipart on the internet just waiting to be used. Submit. Clipart is your friend. o If you don’t use clipart, be sure to leave an offering on the altar to the Gods of Clipart. Otherwise the Gods of Clipart will rage, and your life will become a torrent of unexpected clipart. You will wake one morning, finding your entire body has been transformed into an amusing stick figure with an exclamation mark hovering above your head. And we don’t want that now, do we? o Include a bibliography. Bibliography Elliott, Sean M. The Three Minute Presentation. Melbourne, RMIT, 2014. Presentation.

Editor's Notes

  • #2 I’m clearly not practicing what I’m preaching. My allotted time is 10 minutes, so I intend to use it all.
  • #13 You have just one slide. So clearly you need to put all of your research onto that one slide.