Schedule a capstone, or defense, date and time with your master's degree department. A capstone committee will choose the deadline for submitting proposals.
Note your assigned presentation room or auditorium. Make a huge note of it your planner. Check two weeks and one week prior to the presentation date that the room assignment has not changed.
Notify a school engineer management administrator or technical helper if you will need any electronic equipment for your capstone presentation, such as a projector, Internet access with a large screen or special lighting.
Bring hard copies of any digital material you will project. For example, if you will give a presentation on hidden feminist themes in Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn," hand out sheets of paper, or whole booklets, with images and text if you deliver a digital presentation.
Present your capstone project creatively. The committee, all experts in their field, may hear over 10 presentations in a day. Make sure your capstone project stands out by the idea itself and the way you present it. Pictures, slide shows, digital presentations and hand-outs all help, and they take some eye contact pressure off of you.
Hand out a hard copy of your capstone title page. Make sure the title is clear and the page includes an image or some kind of interesting visual or quote to spark interest. Pass it out to all committee members. Make sure they have it in their hands before you begin to speak.
Define your thesis statement or the project's main goal to the committee in a clear, enthusiastic way. Make eye contact and speak animatedly about your project.
Synthesize information. While you cannot present your entire 100-page paper on genetic strands in spotted newts, for example, you can deliver essential information. Blend the pertinent information --- for instance, the main genetic strands you concentrate on the in the paper and the application these have strands have on the greater whole.
Prove your project's importance. The committee wants to know the "so what" of the project; namely, why your research is essential to the department. If you feel your work is vital or at least asks a very stimulating question for further research, speak freely and passionately about why what you found out matters.