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

You’ve got 3 seconds…

Nancy Duarte (amongst others) suggests in her meisterwerk “Resonate” that a slide/image needs to be understood in under 3 seconds or the audience will have to turn its attention from…

But…

It’s an important meeting I have lots of facts to deliver I didn’t have time People expect it It’s my script I need it for confidence I can print it…

one word for prezi

One word for Prezi.

No.   I know it’s non linear. I know it is like mind mapping. I know it allows spontaneity in approach. I know it’s “different”. I know it doesn’t have…

  • Credit where credit is due.

    In a previous post I recalled my sadness…

  • On QR codes

        QR codes are perfect in certain…

  • Feel better, not more

    For some presenters, there is a striving after…

  • Where are your slides?

    A great presentation is the product of three…

  • er…thank you?

    A sentence without the final word is. A…

  • The Greatest Presentation in the World (tribute)

    As titles of talks go, that is something…

  • Pictures don’t need titles

    Imagine a beautiful picture, perhaps a sunset or…

  • Miles ahead

      Miles Davis, improvisational jazz wonder developed a…

  • One at a time please? One at a time

    If you are going to use images in…

  • just for reference- don’t

    Big hair, flares, shoulder pads, mini skirts, wide…