While the average paper is on the order of four pages of text and two or three pages of graphs, pictures and charts, some people are overly verbose. Remember that the Declaration of Independence takes only one page. Very few pages require more than an average of seven or eight pages. The 20 minutes allowed for the paper presentation consists of 15 minutes for the paper and 5 minutes for questions and answers and for getting to and from the podium. You have only enough time to give a digest of the paper.
Overhead projector transparencies only.
Allow 3 minutes for each viewgraph. Viewgraph font size should be no less than 14 points, but 18 is preferred. Seven lines of seven words each, visible from 100 feet will give you a great viewgraph. Not more than three variables on a graph. Make sure that graph axes, lines and titles are clear and distinct.