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

Why does good design work?

I have been struggling with the question of “Why does good design work?”All presentations (p2) are designed in that they didn’t just fall straight from the heavens. Some work and some don’t.…

Where’s Wally?

The point of a data slide is a quick, easily interpreted, graphic representation of numerical data. The audience should be able to grasp the meaning themselves within seconds, ideally without…

Images work on their own.

Images work because we can look and see, interrogate and question, pick up nuances and emotions and connect in a way that words simply limit and constrain. Written words seldom…

  • It’s not about the slides

    As Lance Armstrong famously entitled his book on…

  • One message per slide

    In the last blogpost I suggested the best…

  • Delete your slides

    I received a question via Twitter about #presentationskills…

  • That’s a paper, not a slide

    As conference season gets into full swing more…

  • Design affects function

    Simple design changes in the supportive media  make…

  • It’s alright Ma, I’m only bleeding

    This is the Mona Lisa, probably one of…

  • Never say, “I’m sorry.”

    There is no place in a presentation for…

  • Text in presentations

    For the benefit of clarity, I am not…

  • One word for templates.

      One word for templates. No If you…

  • It’s a presentation not a…

    Take your phone out and have a look…