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

Never say, “I’m sorry.”

There is no place in a presentation for apologies. There should be nothing in your preparation that would cause you to apologise and nothing in your delivery that you should…

Text in presentations

For the benefit of clarity, I am not against text in presentations. The goal of the perfect presentation (p2) is NOT simply to eradicate all text. The goal of the…

One word for templates.

  One word for templates. No If you want to give a great presentation, don’t use a template. There are so many problems with templates that detract from a great…

Consistency is the key

Consistency adds significantly to a presentation. If you can develop a theme, a motif or an emblem to which you frequently return during your presentation, this structure adds to a…

Less pies

The use of charts to visually display data is helpful in a presentation. Care is required to ensure that the correct message is transmitted. Pie charts are currently dominating presentation…

Herding chickens

The major drawback of text on screen is that the audience cannot help but read it. Mountain View Ca. They are hypnotised like a chicken. It is important in construction…

Do not use this.

Fontography 102. The font that you chose to use in your presentation “says” something about you. It is essential that you consider this in design of p2. Clearly there are…

  • Which part of your preparation took the most time?

    A great presentation takes time. None of them…

  • reflections on failure

    So, I stepped onto the stage to give…

  • Ok, hands up who DIDN’T fall for it?

    The last blogpost was written and published 2…

  • Design- going retro is hip.

    Slide design (p2) changes with time. Consider today…

  • A red rectangle doesn’t make things clearer

    A bad data slide is not made better…

  • On speaking to a wider audience. Don’t.

    The message you deliver at a presentation may…

  • Design nightmare

    Designers are clever folk and too often abused….

  • On flow charts. Don’t.

    No, just no.Life isn’t like that. It doesn’t…

  • This is a document. I am reading it. Out.

    If you turn on the radio, you can…

  • The best title slide blogpost, ever (ii)

    How does one arrive at a great title…