Present your research in 15 minutes
You have 15 minutes for your lecture and 5 minutes for questions from the audience. You may want to use a PowerPoint in your lecture, but this is not necessary.
Audience
Try to consider what will interest your audience and consider their frame of reference.
General approach - suggestion
Include these four important components in your lecture: message, research question, results, and contributions.
1. Message
First, consider what is the most important aspect I want to convey? What one thing do I want my audience to remember? Your lecture will build around this message. Imagine that your entire presentation should permeate your entire lecture.
2. Research question
We are interested in hearing about your research question. You may want to make it personal, perhaps by explaining why this area of research interested you. Include anecdotes and some drama! Your audience will appreciate this.
3. Results
Then we want to know what the work process involved. Pick out a few individual events or meetings, for example, that made you choose your path and that led you to your results.
4. Contribution
Tell your audience about the importance and contributions of your research. Who will they benefit, and what effect has your research had or will it have?