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p cubed framework

A presentation is made of three component parts; the story (p1), the supportive media (p2) and the delivery of these (p3). The value of a presentation is the product of these three factors, the p cubed value.

The three components are discussed in more depth in their individual sections. This section deals with the p cubed value, the product of preparation, design, and delivery.

Some key posts include:

Your presentation is the product of its parts (The FIRST blog post)
The maths of a better presentation
Don’t put the cart before the horse
The p cubed value of a presentation

It’s not about making pretty slides

The purpose of a great presentation is to engage the audience and give them something they didn’t have at the beginning of the talk. It may be a challenge, a…

ffolliet
August 27, 2015
p cubed

This is all your fault.

It’s conference season once again and I’ve had my vaccination booster. Sadly it will be wall to wall text dense slides, with little structure or purpose, read outloud in a…

ffolliet
July 22, 2015
p cubed

Delete your slides

I received a question via Twitter about #presentationskills and where I might focus beginning the journey of improvement. As with so many things, the more I considered the issue the…

ffolliet
June 17, 2015
p cubed, p1, p2, p3

Design affects function

Simple design changes in the supportive media make dramatic differences to the audience’s perception of value in a presentation. The overall value of a presentation (p cubed) is the product…

ffolliet
May 20, 2015
p cubed, p1, p2, p3

My boss won’t like it.

“I would love to change presentation style but my boss won’t like it,” is a familiar lament heard when considering improving presentations.This resistance may be perceived, explicit, limited or simply…

ffolliet
May 2, 2015
p cubed

It’s a presentation not a…

Take your phone out and have a look at it. You could use it to hammer in a nail. You could use it as a coaster for a hot coffee…

ffolliet
April 26, 2015
p cubed, p1, p2, p3

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…

ffolliet
April 6, 2015
p cubed, p3

That’s not how you spell prezentation

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.…

ffolliet
January 14, 2015
p cubed

facts are enough

There is a belief among some presenters that…
marginal gains

Marginal gains across all aspects of a presentation…
the night before

The night before Christmas is an oft-quoted poem…
The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address was delivered at the dedication…
great presentations

Great presentations are in the eye of the…
A single message

A great presentation has a single message; simple,…
Just talk.

Just talk. When presenting one must have a…
presentation buddy- have you got one?

Scuba divers have one, sky divers have one,…
On sharing slides

The recent podcast started the discussion around sharing…
Version 1 is never the best

Version 1 of your presentation is never the…