slideument
A slideument is the bastard child of a document and slideset used as a script and frequently printed as a handout.
Could you send me your presentation please?
A simple question that belies a lack of understanding of the value of a presentation. “Could you email me your presentation please?” A presentation is the product of the story…
Lists only work for shopping
If your p2 is a list You will read it like a list Your audience will read it like a list Everything assumes the same importance Despite the structure on…
Cognitive load
Can you count to ten? Can you pat your head? Can you rub your tummy? Can you read? Of course you can. So, do each of these simple task right now, together.…
Slideument – obvious or oblivious
As a medical educator (of sorts) I have been following the #AMEE2016 feed with interest and some sadness. An International Association for Medical Education is meeting in Barcelona to share ideas…
How to use a bulletpoint…
Professor John Ioanidis from Stanford University spoke at The Cochrane Colloquia in Vienna yesterday. His opinion on systematic reviews in biomedical research is that they are unreliable. I know this…
Seven Deadly Sin of Presentations
No matter how amazing your research is, how life changing your story was, how impressive your business case is, if you commit any of the following deadly sins in the…
Performance anxiety
My recent trip to a scientific conference allowed me to muse on many things including presentation skills. Most disappointing was not the standard of presentations constructed but the issues of…
Don’t get me wrong.
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…