Your oral report should be about 10-12 minutes in length,  with 3 minutes for questions.

Oral presentations come in many different forms.  If you will be preparing Power Point slides to go with your presentation, you may wish to use the following guidelines:

• Save your Power Point document on your N-drive for quick, easy access.  In addition, bring a back-up flash drive containing the saved document, in case of technical difficulties.
• Each slide or transparency should contain only a few key ideas in large font.
• Outline form is preferable to complete sentence structure. You will say more than is written on the page.  It is often helpful to prepare separate "note sheets" for discussing each slide.
• Pictures or sketches are a good way to convey information. They may be presented individually or in conjunction with a few words.
• You should spend about one minute on each content slide or transparency, so your 10-12 minute talk should have no more than 12 slides: a title/introduction slide, about 8-10 content slides, and a slide of references.

When speaking to an audience, slow down your speech and use your best clear and loud voice.  Think of your presentation as a professional experience.  Prepare well, be organized and practice!