Author Archive: ffolliet

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.

The twelve days of Christmas

The twelve days of Christmas was a useful vehicle to highlight some of the numbers and concepts in presentations that, if utilised, will enable you to deliver the best presentation, ever. The “gifts” were as follows: 1st day of Christmas-…
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On the twelfth day of Christmas…

On the twelfth day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me 12 slides in a presentation. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 slides in a presentation. The supportive media (p2) should be…
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On the eleventh day of Christmas…

On the eleventh day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me 11 steps in the structure. On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me eleven steps in the structure of a presentation. The best presentation…
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On the tenth day of Christmas…

On the tenth day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me ten presentation practises. On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ten presentation practises. The delivery of a presentation (p3) is an essential factor…
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On the ninth day of Christmas…

On the ninth day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me nine ninja tips. On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me nine ninja tips. I did a little post on these a long time…
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On the eighth day of Christmas…

On the eighth day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me some inspiration. On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave me some inspiration. With a clear understanding of the brief (something to do with eight and…
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On the seventh day of Christmas…

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… …seven facts to remember. On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me seven facts to remember. A seminal paper in psychology by Arthur Miller…
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On the sixth day of Christmas…

On the sixth day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me a six step taxonomy. On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a six step taxonomy, Bloom’s taxonomy. The impact of understanding this educational…
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On the fifth day of Christmas…

On the fifth day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me five p’s of presentation. On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me the five p’s of presentation: planning, preparation, consistency, practise and performance. There…
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On the fourth day of Christmas…

On the fourth day of Christmas… …my true love gave to me four pieces of feedback. On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me four pieces of feedback. Feedback is essential to develop as a presenter….
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