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.

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p2 posts

Fontography 101

People can get very excited about fonts but most people just haven’t a clue. A good font can change the look of your presentation dramatically, both for the best and…

What sort of a presenter are you?

The quality of a presentation is the product of the three basic components of p cubed: p1 story, p2 supportive media and p3 performance. It is proposed that a presenter…

Don’t get me wrong.

The reason that most text based presentations suck is because science. It would be wrong to assume that this means text is banned from presentations, far from it. It is…

It’s not a comic

The scientific evidence is clear that text on a screen is ineffectual and distracting. Images are perfect for supporting the message of the story. The temptation for speakers is then…

Dirty secrets on your usb stick

I’ve been to a few presentations recently where the presenters have gone on stage to upload their presentation to the podium laptop. They innocently pop in their usb stick (or…

Presentations fail because science (2)

Presentations as they are routinely delivered fail because they break well established scientific principles.There are numerous studies that have compared student responses to a lecture given with identical audio tracks…

One Hundred Posts!

Way back in March 2013 I published my first post on this blog site; “Your presentation is the product of its parts.” In it I discussed the p cubed concept…

  • Einstein

    This applies to your story (p1)This applies to…

  • Pies are for eating.

    This is a pie chart.   This a…

  • Your (data) slides suck.

    I have previously commented, perhaps too obliquely, on…

  • My Boss won’t like it…

    This isn’t another post persuading you to give…

  • I’m not confident enough to give up bulletpoints

    A recent discussion on twitter highlighted a problem….

  • This is a blog post

    This is the introductory paragraph. It is difficult…

  • You’ve got 3 seconds…

    Nancy Duarte (amongst others) suggests in her meisterwerk…

  • Reduce, reduce, reduce

  • Laid on the beach thinking…

    Instead of thiswhy not leave footprints?

  • But…

    It’s an important meetingI have lots of facts…