How do you structure a research presentation?

Question, background and gap, methods, results, limitations, takeaway and next steps. Lead with the question and finish with a single sentence the audience can remember.

How many slides for a 15-minute conference presentation?

About 12 to 15. Roughly one slide a minute leaves time to explain charts properly.

How do you make a scientific presentation engaging?

Ask the audience to predict the result before you show it, use one chart per slide, and say what each chart means in a sentence before you explain the axes.

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Research presentation template

15 minutes 15 slides, 3 livestudio Runs with Presentations Studio

A conference talk deck: question, methods, results and limitations in clean layouts, with an audience prediction poll, a guess-the-result moment and live Q&A.

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Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?

A randomized study with first-year undergraduates · Author names, institution

Title

In short

A research presentation explains one study to an audience: the question, what's already known, the methods, the results and what they mean. This 15-slide template is sized for a 12 to 15 minute conference talk, with clear methods and results layouts, an audience prediction poll, a guess-the-result slide and live Q&A.

Time: 15 minutes
Slides: 15, 3 interactive
For: Researchers and graduate students
Plan: Presentations Studio

Updated October 4, 2026

What's inside

1Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?
2Before we start: what do you predict?Shorter segments improve recall · No difference · Longer lectures do better live
3Our question: do 15-minute lecture segments improve recall one week later, compared with a single 50-minute lecture?
4What we already know
5Study design at a glance
6Procedure
7What we found
8Guess: how many points higher (out of 100) did the 15-minute group score? live
9Recall score after one week (sample, out of 100)
10Key results (sample)
11Limitations
12Takeaway: break long lectures into short segments with a pause between them.
13Next steps
14What would you like to ask the authors? live
15Thank you

How to run it

1Replace the sample study (lecture length and recall) with your own: one research question, your methods, your results.
2Open with the prediction poll and the guess. Audiences remember results they've tried to predict.
3Keep to about one slide a minute: this deck fits a 12 to 15 minute conference slot.
4Leave the questions slide up during Q&A so people can type questions while others are asking theirs.

Questions people ask

How do you structure a research presentation?: Question, background and gap, methods, results, limitations, takeaway and next steps. Lead with the question and finish with a single sentence the audience can remember.
How many slides for a 15-minute conference presentation?: About 12 to 15. Roughly one slide a minute leaves time to explain charts properly.
How do you make a scientific presentation engaging?: Ask the audience to predict the result before you show it, use one chart per slide, and say what each chart means in a sentence before you explain the axes.

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Research presentation template

15 minutes 15 slides, 3 livestudio Runs with Presentations Studio

A conference talk deck: question, methods, results and limitations in clean layouts, with an audience prediction poll, a guess-the-result moment and live Q&A.

Use this template See inside

Free to open and edit. Running it live needs Presentations Studio, free for 14 days on every new account.

Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?

A randomized study with first-year undergraduates · Author names, institution

Title

In short

Time: 15 minutes
Slides: 15, 3 interactive
For: Researchers and graduate students
Plan: Presentations Studio

Updated October 4, 2026

What's inside

1Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?
2Before we start: what do you predict?Shorter segments improve recall · No difference · Longer lectures do better live
3Our question: do 15-minute lecture segments improve recall one week later, compared with a single 50-minute lecture?
4What we already know
5Study design at a glance
6Procedure
7What we found
8Guess: how many points higher (out of 100) did the 15-minute group score? live
9Recall score after one week (sample, out of 100)
10Key results (sample)
11Limitations
12Takeaway: break long lectures into short segments with a pause between them.
13Next steps
14What would you like to ask the authors? live
15Thank you

How to run it

1Replace the sample study (lecture length and recall) with your own: one research question, your methods, your results.
2Open with the prediction poll and the guess. Audiences remember results they've tried to predict.
3Keep to about one slide a minute: this deck fits a 12 to 15 minute conference slot.
4Leave the questions slide up during Q&A so people can type questions while others are asking theirs.

Questions people ask

How do you structure a research presentation?: Question, background and gap, methods, results, limitations, takeaway and next steps. Lead with the question and finish with a single sentence the audience can remember.
How many slides for a 15-minute conference presentation?: About 12 to 15. Roughly one slide a minute leaves time to explain charts properly.
How do you make a scientific presentation engaging?: Ask the audience to predict the result before you show it, use one chart per slide, and say what each chart means in a sentence before you explain the axes.

All presentations

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Change anything in the editor. When you're ready, press Present: everyone joins with a scan and answers on their phone.

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Research presentation template

Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?

Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?

Before we start: what do you predict?

What we already know

Study design at a glance

Procedure

What we found

Guess: how many points higher (out of 100) did the 15-minute group score?

Recall score after one week (sample, out of 100)

Key results (sample)

Limitations

Next steps

What would you like to ask the authors?

Thank you

What's inside

How to run it

Questions people ask

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Research presentation template

Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?

Do shorter lecture segments improve recall?

Before we start: what do you predict?

What we already know

Study design at a glance

Procedure

What we found

Guess: how many points higher (out of 100) did the 15-minute group score?

Recall score after one week (sample, out of 100)

Key results (sample)

Limitations

Next steps

What would you like to ask the authors?

Thank you

What's inside

How to run it

Questions people ask

Goes well with

Urban trees and summer heat in mid-sized cities

Delirium in hospitalized older adults: prevention first

A 34-year-old with sudden shortness of breath

Journal club

[Company name]

Lab safety quiz

Hi, I'm Jamie

Let's make this a conversation

Open it, make it yours, run it live.