[Closed] Job/Course Interview - Presentation Advice

Take anything, I guess they're not really looking to learn something about the object, more a question of your ability to communicate. Focus on the presentation and the story you're going to tell.
e.g. clipless pedals.
Title: why clipless pedals are better than flats or normal pedals.
part 1. what they are. (different types/brands, locking you into the bike).
part 2. why they are better than normal pedals. (efficiency, safer, weight and anything else you think of...).
Q&As (so learn around the subject so you can answer anything).
Practice over and over until you have it comfortably within the time limits. DO NOT GIVE THEM A 5 MINUTE + PRESENTATION, Q&A will pack it out if they want more info.
3-5 minutes will only permit you ONE slide, so choose it carefully, I'd suggest a picture of a clipless pedal and nothing more.
Relax and enjoy it. Good luck.

Thanks ds, excellent advice I'm sure. I've got a couple of ideas now (3 including clipless pedals) I was working on a presentation helmets splitting it down into

1/Potted history
2/Arguments surrounding them being made compulsory.
3/Possibly talking about how I could incorporate helmets in a class discussion - although not sure about this bit.

Now thinking about still using a helmet as my object but giving the actual presentation on the rise of the [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608 ]MAMIL[/url]

That's perfect, the more ideas you have, the less likely you're going to fall short in the presentation.
Now put all the ideas on a big sheet of paper.
The group the common ideas together. The more you have at this point, the better. Don't work with sentences or a script, work with ideas.
The helmet thing looks good, but be sure that the presentation has a logical story. I agree with you on point 3, remember it's only 3-5 mins, but keep the info in reserve, that sounds like an answer waiting for the question to be asked.

For my graduate teaching award (a bit like teacher training but not particularly difficult!) I did a 5 minute presentation on.. Making a paper aeroplane btu I didn't say that was what I was doing.
I called it 'In the footsteps of Ken Bradbury'. Everyone was given a handout but told not to turn it over.
Slide 1 gave the background to Ken as he was the world record holder. (1 picture of Ken)i.e. This is Ken Bradbury he's a world record holder and today we are going to try and emulate his success. (so this slide took less than 30 seconds)
Slide 2 said what everyone was going to do (make something and learn the correct way of using said item)(again 30-45 seconds).
Slide 3 Showed the hand-out they'd all been given so I could instruct them how to make the plane. This stayed up for the 2 minutes that I gave everyone to make the plane.
Slide 4 Health and saftey- don't chuck at your mates face. (at 4.30s I put this slide up, it was a picture of a kid crying, with a hand over his eye).
All in all did the presentation; only spoke for about two minutes, but it went down a storm though that could have been because everyone else did really dull talks on the tin mines of north cornwall...
Personally I'd say that listening to someone drone on about a subject they love (but often you don't) is repetive and dull, so I'd like to think that getting people involved is a better strategy. (Not disputing DS advice though because its good just wanted to give an alternative POV)
Hope that helps or at least gives some ideas.

Any news?

Hi ds, absolutely nailed the interview and presentation. Did the presentation on helmets, a bit of history, a bit on are they effective which led into should they be made compulsory.

Just a matter of waiting now.