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

Quick copy this down!

When making an academic presentation it is often valuable to quote the literature. Quote means to speak. Don’t write it down, it is not valuable.There is an increasing tendency to…

LMGTFY

“How does one get images for a presentation?” is a question I am frequently asked. The answer is the same as so many other questions we have. Ask you friendly…

It’s not about the slides

As Lance Armstrong famously entitled his book on “winning” the Tour de France, “It’s not about the bike.” So, with presentations, it is not about the slides. They are important.…

One message per slide

In the last blogpost I suggested the best place to start improving #presentationskills is by deleting the slide set. The rationale behind that statement was not to suggest that presentations…

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…

That’s a paper, not a slide

As conference season gets into full swing more and more presenters are showing audiences that their thoughts are built upon previous work. That is often very important. What is not…

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…

  • I know

    In the Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes…

  • Why do you have slides?

    Why do you have slides in your presentation?…

  • Schrodinger’s slides

    Schrodinger’s slides are both there and not there…

  • Dance on the radio

    Dance is a beautiful medium conveying story, emotion,…

  • Font choice matters

    Font choice matters; they change the impact and…

  • Screens are not books

    Screens are not books. Reading from a screen…

  • Mobile phones

    Mobile phones are a part of our existence….

  • A quotation

    A quotation often serves an elegant and memorable…

  • QR code

    A QR code is a valuable tool in…

  • Conference template

    Scientific organisations frequently prescribe a specific conference template….