It will be impossible to include everything you know about the subject - so stick to the nuts and bolds. Cover the important topics and conclude by repeating your key messages. Your talk may be presented in a small classroom seating 100, or in a large theatre seating over 600. Make your audiovisuals legible-use at least a 32 pt font. Every hour you invest in organizing what you want to say and perfecting your skill in saying it will reap abundant returns from your audience.
Audiences are extremely appreciative of well prepared and carefully presented talks.
Their silvery leaves are an adaptation to high UV at high elevations. A favorite snack of introduced ungulates, the silverswords are highly endangered. The ohia is the dominant tree in Hawaiian dry to wet forests, from sea level to tree line, and on new lava flows to old growth forest. They are currently being raised on the Big Island primarily for aquarium trade although they are prized as a delicacy all over the Pacific and Japan. Photo courtesy of Mark Mohlmann Webmaster .