it doesn't hurt to have diverse topics that you have done research on- shows you are versatile. Later in your career when you have dozens of presentations to put on your CV you might change the category to "selected presentations" and drop the ones that look totally out of place
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Are you an undergrad? I think that any presentations will look impressive in undergrad. Also I wouldn't think they would expect you to be too focused that early in the game.
Shortly, I think that's bad advice. If you have a work in progress and you want feedback to turn it into a publishable paper, you should present at conferences. It's part of the academic duty. Besides, that's kind of irrelevant because the presentations are already done, right? You shouldn't take anything "unrelated" to your research interests from your CV, if that's what you're wondering. At this stage it's not like you have complete control over what you're doing research in anyway.
In my field it's bad form to present the same paper at 2 different conferences - they should be substantially different (new findings or a different approach to the data).
You're an undergraduate right now, yes? Presentation of research topics that have to do with you main area of interest is very good advice - in grad school. In undergrad, you're not presumed to have specific set areas of interest, so you don't need to hold to that rule. Just put the presentations on your CV. Eventually they'll fall off as you have more relevant stuff, but for now just go with what you got.
what is the general rule of presenting the same paper at 2 different conferences?
This is a little bit iffier. I think it's most kindly looked upon if you do not present or publish the exact same paper in two venues, although it's perfectly OK to spin the same research a couple different ways. If I presented the same paper at two conferences, I'd probably only list the most recent.
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Also I wouldn't think they would expect you to be too focused that early in the game.
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In my field it's bad form to present the same paper at 2 different conferences - they should be substantially different (new findings or a different approach to the data).
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what is the general rule of presenting the same paper at 2 different conferences?
This is a little bit iffier. I think it's most kindly looked upon if you do not present or publish the exact same paper in two venues, although it's perfectly OK to spin the same research a couple different ways. If I presented the same paper at two conferences, I'd probably only list the most recent.
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