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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

scientific bulletpoints

There is a feeling that a presentation can’t be “scientific” unless it has bulletpoints, that transfer of information requires a list of facts on the board and that these should…

ffolliet
May 30, 2013
p2, slideument

You’re an idiot.

No really! I have such concerns for your stupidity that I will annotate everything for you just so you know what everything is, or, if you aren’t paying attention it…

ffolliet
May 23, 2013
p2

I’ll talk you through this data slide…

Data slides usually resemble a “Where’s Wally?” picture. Presenters either offer to “talk you through” something like the worst slide in the world or simply talk whilst the audience desperately scan graphs…

ffolliet
May 10, 2013
p2

Don’t put the cart before the horse.

To develop presentations, one must move away from the concept of looking at the text on a slide and asking how can this be improved by reduction and illustration. This is…

ffolliet
May 10, 2013
p cubed, p1, p2, p3, slideument

They are all the same!

It is astounding that, right now, across the world, millions of people will be sat in front of a powerpoint presentation. That is a tribute to the marketing and genius…

ffolliet
May 9, 2013
p2

Are you talking to ME?

In the movie “Taxi Driver” Rober de Niro as Travis Bickle envisages a confrontation with a mugger and the classic line, “Are you talking to me? Are you talking to…

ffolliet
April 23, 2013
p1, p2, p3

With images, it’s about focus

When is an image not an image? When it’s out of focus. The effective use of images in presentations is often bedevilled by presenters failing to obey simple rules, principally…

ffolliet
April 21, 2013
p2

Add a picture, that’ll make it better!

Progress along the artistic journey from Death by Powerpoint towards a more expressive and creative presentation usually starts with the thinking that addition of images will make it better. The (ironic?) clip…

ffolliet
April 21, 2013
p2

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….