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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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

  • Consistency is the key

    Consistency adds significantly to a presentation. If you…

  • Less pies

    The use of charts to visually display data…

  • Herding chickens

    The major drawback of text on screen is…

  • Do not use this.

    Fontography 102. The font that you chose to…

  • Fontography 101

    People can get very excited about fonts but…

  • What sort of a presenter are you?

    The quality of a presentation is the product…

  • Don’t get me wrong.

    The reason that most text based presentations suck…

  • It’s not a comic

    The scientific evidence is clear that text on…

  • Dirty secrets on your usb stick

    I’ve been to a few presentations recently where…

  • Presentations fail because science (2)

    Presentations as they are routinely delivered fail because…