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…

  • Thank you!

    I was recently working with a colleague who…

  • That’s not what I meant by that picture

    A picture can paint a thousand words. It…

  • Here is a picture of a journal article

    If you want to read a journal article,…

  • Lessons from the Sensei (i) effective visual message

    I was privileged to spend time recently with…

  • What is the best presentation software?

    What is the best presentation software? There’s a…

  • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

    The best books, the best films and the…

  • Lists only work for shopping

    If your p2 is a list You will…

  • What single purpose are your slides for?

      The challenge in improving presentations is significant….

  • No titles

    This is one of the greatest British Olympians…

  • Less is more. Or fewer, in fact.

    Less is more in design. The same applies…