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This is a presentation, not a reading.
If you are giving a presentation, do not use a script. All the excuses you may come up with are limitations to giving a great presentation. The best presentations are given without a script and yours should be the best….
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Consistency is the key
Consistency adds significantly to a presentation. If you can develop a theme, a motif or an emblem to which you frequently return during your presentation, this structure adds to a great presentation.Consistency of design strengthens this. The use of the…
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Less pies
The use of charts to visually display data is helpful in a presentation. Care is required to ensure that the correct message is transmitted. Pie charts are currently dominating presentation screens. Importantly they often (unintentionally) misrepresent data.Consider the following charts…
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Plan analogue
A major step forward in improving presentations is creative planning. The majority of presentations delivered are constructed within the presentation software; data is simply entered, re-organised and read out. The key to a successful presentation is in planning the message….
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Speaking in public terrifies me. Help?
For many, the hardest thing about giving a presentation is just that, giving the presentation. The p cubed approach recognises that great delivery (p3) of the presentation is essential and as such it is important to deal with the issue…
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How to “do” a short teaching session
One of the challenges of any talk is the wide experience of the audience. The same is true in writing this blog. I recently was privileged to be interviewed by @ccpractitioner for a blog post on presentation for beginners at http://www.criticalcarepractitioner.co.uk/…
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Herding chickens
The major drawback of text on screen is that the audience cannot help but read it. Mountain View Ca. They are hypnotised like a chicken. It is important in construction of p2 (the supportive media) to remember that one’s audience,…
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What are you talking about?
Seriously, what are you talking about? If you can’t explain in less than 3 sentences what your presentation is about, then you don’t know. Sadly, many presentations are just a list of facts in no particular order and not getting…
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You’re in charge
When you present you are in charge so make sure the environment is how you’d like it to be. Most speakers don’t realise this and consequently presentations are not as good as they might be. The lighting, the position on stage,…
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