A few days ago
straussey_wolf

What is an approximant word count range for a presentation that needs to last around 20 minutes?

What is an approximant word count range for a presentation that needs to last around 20 minutes?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Seen as you say presentation rather than speech or address, Id say you are aiming at around 2000 words as a maximum.

100 words a minute is a fair clip to be speaking at if you are also demoing examples, slides, etc. With pauses, pace and interruptions, I wouldnt want to be trying to fit more than this in.

For your personal style, youll have to practice it and see.

Good luck.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
A lot! i had to make a 10 minute presentation and the outline was 500 words….and thats only bullets to talk about! just right out a presentaion and practice it, and addin stuff untill its 20 minutes long!
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A few days ago
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Well, if you’re going to just read the whole thing, about 3000. 2500 if you read kind of slow or expect possible digressions. But reading an entire presentation is not very interesting and can be hard to follow, and your teacher might not appreciate it unless that’s what he/she asked for. An outline might be better.
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