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?
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 1400 – 15
00
The Econ
omics of
Room: J1 Widgets
00
Session C
hair: Rog
er Rabbit
A game t
heoretic
So I’ve got Never Ne
Captain H
ver Land
analysis o
f widgets
in
ook
about 18 mins The patte
rn of ille
including consumpt
functions
ion under
gal widge
t
quasi-line
ar utility
Q&A! Jean-Luc
Picard
A dynami
c model o
widget co f inequal
nsumptio ities in
2006 n in Lillipu
t, 1994-
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