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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

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.…

ffolliet
April 17, 2013
p cubed, p2

Good design is about function not decoration.

I recently spent some time discussing all things Presentation with an expert, Nicole Gugger. She had many insights into the nature and problems of presentation; she is an excellent presentation…

ffolliet
April 16, 2013
p cubed, p1, p2, p3

The maths of a better presentation

In my original post I proposed that a presentation is the product, rather than the sum of its parts. More than simply a construct of mathematics this is a model…

ffolliet
April 10, 2013
p cubed, p1, p2, p3, story

Clip art

What are you? Six?

ffolliet
April 6, 2013
p2

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…

ffolliet
March 30, 2013
p2

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…

ffolliet
March 13, 2013
p2

Your presentation is the product of its parts

A presentation, whether it is an audit project, your research thesis, clinical teaching or a business case is made up of three parts: the presentation (the story), the presentation (the…

ffolliet
March 5, 2013
p cubed, p1, p2, p3, story

The sigmoid curve of preparation

The (perceived) overall value of a presentation, the p…
The value of backgrounds in presentations

Just for clarity, there is NO value in…
I need to present more data. You don’t

A frequent question from clinicians about presentations involves…
How to use a bulletpoint…

Professor John Ioanidis from Stanford University spoke at…
Prepare for failure

SO, the Chair has introduced you and you…
Simple design tip #1

Justify your title, don’t center it. I know…
I can’t see the wood for the trees

I’ve never quite been sure of the derivation…
It’s .pptx not .docx

A common mistake in attempting to deliver a…
Quick copy this down!

When making an academic presentation it is often…
LMGTFY

“How does one get images for a presentation?”…