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At work I'm a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon. That involves Surgical Oncology, Neonatal Surgery and Trauma. There's also a lot of teaching and mentoring. None of this actually makes me particularly clever. I'm pretty heavily into improving presentations and long for the world to lay down the weapon of bulletpoints and embrace creative and engaging presentations. I lead presentation workshops and am currently working up a book on presentations. I did a wee thing at TEDx Stuttgart in 2014 of which I'm quite proud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFza3W87eDg Outside all of that I struggle to keep fit, cycle a bit and the odd triathlon. I'm a father, singer, laugher, learner, sharer, blogger, thinker, strummer and much more.

Presentation skills are not intrinsic.

February 21, 2015 0 Comments

“The liver transplant patient needs you to take consent.” “There’s a neonatal cardiac patient collapsing in ED.” “The Oncology clinic are waiting for you.” “Could you just review this tumour biopsy?” “Labour ward called, the eclamptic mother is in trouble.”…
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Fontography 101

February 19, 2015 0 Comments

People can get very excited about fonts but most people just haven’t a clue. A good font can change the look of your presentation dramatically, both for the best and for the worst. Rather than get worried over the complexities…
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Light sabres are for Jedi Knights only.

February 18, 2015 1 Comment

There is no place for a light sabre in presentations, unless you are a Jedi Knight. The laser pointer is not to be used, ever. (And if I find you using the mouse and arrow, then there will be serious…
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Just don’t do it.

February 16, 2015 0 Comments

As speakers we need to be aware the effect our body language has upon the audience. Where you look, the audience will look. Your gaze, if anywhere other than on the audience, will lead their gaze to that same spot….
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What sort of a presenter are you?

February 9, 2015 0 Comments

The quality of a presentation is the product of the three basic components of p cubed : p1 story, p2 supportive media and p3 performance. It is proposed that a presenter themself might be classified according to the predominant component…
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Presenting using the p cubed method: A lesson in educational liberation

February 2, 2015 0 Comments

Presenting using the P cubed method: A lesson in educational liberation http://t.co/3BHtYGkeMy via @wordpressdotcom— Ken Spearpoint (@K_G_Spearpoint) February 1, 2015 It is always lovely to hear praise and good feedback and I am especially grateful to Ken Spearpoint  @K_G_Spearpoint at The…
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Don’t get me wrong.

February 1, 2015 0 Comments

The reason that most text based presentations suck is because science. It would be wrong to assume that this means text is banned from presentations, far from it. It is totally acceptable to use text in the supportive media (p2)….
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The gift of time

January 19, 2015 0 Comments

One of the reasons there are very few really great presenters is that it is hard work! It’s important to recognise that giving a great presentation is not a gift but a skill, nurtured and developed. Great presentations take planning,…
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It’s not a comic

January 17, 2015 1 Comment

The scientific evidence is clear that text on a screen is ineffectual and distracting. Images are perfect for supporting the message of the story. The temptation for speakers is then to attempt to illustrate every single step and detail in…
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That’s not how you spell prezentation

January 14, 2015 0 Comments

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The original website for this blog was at Blogger and the blog url was : preZENtationskills. This is in tribute to my Sensei, Garr Reynolds and his seminal blogsite Presentation Zen. His first post there was ten years ago and…
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