p2

The supportive media (p2) is everything that adds to the story (p1) in its delivery (p3) whether as a presentation or visual aids. If you have visited the site looking for tips on using powerpoint, you will be disappointed. The discussion is around design concepts, use of text in slides, images and data slides used to illustrate and support the message. It is the least important part of a presentation and some presentations may even be better without slides! Most importantly, the .ppt file is not your presentation.

Cornerstone posts include.

p2 posts

I need to present more data. You don’t

A frequent question from clinicians about presentations involves “all the data I need in my presentation.” I’ve addressed this before in various posts but it bears repeating. At a scientific…

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…

Prepare for failure

SO, the Chair has introduced you and you stride up to the stage, there’s a flicker behind you and your title slide appears on the 20m high screen. You press…

Simple design tip #1

Justify your title, don’t center it. I know that’s what the template does but that means there are probably 20 million just like it being delivered today. The centre justification…

It’s .pptx not .docx

A common mistake in attempting to deliver a (scientific) paper is the failure to recognise the difference between a document and a presentation. They are not the same. Perhaps the…

  • Pictures of slides

    Pictures of slides are intended by the photographer…

  • Roadmaps are for roads

    Roadmaps are for roads, not presentations. Setting out…

  • Please don’t do this

    https://twitter.com/ffolliet/status/1461080078285258758 Please don’t do this in presentations. It…

  • Images should explain themselves

    Images should explain themselves with clarity being added…

  • Fewer slides in the online environment

    Fewer slides in the online environment will lead…

  • Holby City NHS Trust

    Holby City NHS Trust is a fictional hospital…

  • Tell me your data

    Tell me your data so that I can…

  • Stop using templates

    Stop using slide templates. They reduce slide real…

  • p2 in a webinar

    p2 in a webinar should be no different…

  • On the twelfth day of Christmas…

    On the twelfth day of Christmas… …my true…