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Summary and Key Messages
The following are questions to consider when you are summarizing and extracting key messages:
What is the main point I want to make?
What are the key pieces of information people need to understand my hypothesis or arguments?
Are there any crucial details of my methodology that need to be mentioned?
Are there aspects of my methodology that should be illustrated with examples?
Which of my results are the most important to present?
What conclusions can I realistically make?
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