Some guidelines for presentation of a paper:

Describe:

1. Why are they doing this? (Very important and often not given enough weight by students)

2. What did they do, and how did they do it?

3. What did they find out?

• It is not necessary to include all the data in your presentation; you will provide a valuable service to your listeners by editing out, or at least abbreviating, the less important data. If you leave out something important, we will let you know it, and you will learn. If you play it safe and include all with equal weight, we will sleep.
• Avoid simply going through each figure as "then they did this, and then they did this" with no linkage between experiments.
• Use the blackboard, but not as a crutch, and not casually. Label diagrams clearly and completely. Use all the space available and don't erase until you run out of room. Don't speak into the blackboard.
• If you make overheads of data from a paper, take advantage of the magnification abilities of photocopiers to maximize the image. If you make overheads of your own points, be sure to use large print (>= 14 pt bold)
• Don't speak too slowly. If you are speaking too fast, we can tell you to slow down. It's more difficult to tell you to speed up.