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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

The enemy of good is perfect

Voltaire, apparently, popularised this aphorism: “The enemy of…
What should I do watching a bad presentation?

What should I do watching a bad presentation?…
Hysteron proteron

Hysteron proteron is a figure of speech, probably…
Practise is not just repetition

It is humbling to see the p cubed…
The maths of presentations, preparations and time

The value of a presentation, in the view…
People don’t present like that because…

In response to a tweet publicising the…
It all about the delivery

The best story in the world p1, supported…
Meanwhile, over at St Emlyn’s…

It is a pleasure to be a Visiting…
On negative feedback

I have no monopoly on ideas on #presentationskills and…
Lessons from The Sensei (3) beginner’s mind

Do it the way you’ve always done it….