You may ask:"how can I get anything across in a 5 minute presentation?" - Only five minutes?

It is not as daunting as it seems. Advertisers can get a complete story across in less than 30 seconds so five minutes should be fine.

The structure could be something as follows:

1. Introduce yourself. Ideally with a slide with your name on.
2. Start with an attention grabber. I love to use a funny story.
3. Make one main point in the presentation and use a few visual slides to illustrate it.
4. Try to break this point down into a list of three main concepts and present them on a single slide. See the section on the rule of three for more details.
5. End on a high point. The psychological technique of recency suggests that this will be what people remember most.