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

Tell me your data

Tell me your data so that I can understand your message. Any presentation, whether that is a scientific conference, a government briefing or a business plan relies on the data…

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Stop using templates

Stop using slide templates. They reduce slide real estate, they are not effective at conveying the message you think they are conveying and they are visually distracting. It doesn’t matter…

p2 in a webinar

p2 in a webinar

p2 in a webinar should be no different than in a face to face presentation. And yet it will be completely different. The p2 that most presenters consider is principally…

minimise the importance of p2

The aim of a good presenter should be to minimise the importance of p2, the supportive media. The most important part of a presentation is the message. That must then…

Comic sans

Comic sans is one of the most used and also most hated fonts in the world. It was created in 1994 by Vincent Connare to be used in a comic.…

not just slides

p2 is not just slides

p2 is not just slides. a great presentation is the product of the story (p1), the supportive media (p2) and the delivery (p3). The p2 need not just be slides.…

busy slide

busy slide

“I’m sorry for this busy slide, let me talk you through it.”  Never be tempted to use a busy slide by either attempting to explain it or by building it…

  • Which part of your preparation took the most time?

    A great presentation takes time. None of them…

  • reflections on failure

    So, I stepped onto the stage to give…

  • Ok, hands up who DIDN’T fall for it?

    The last blogpost was written and published 2…

  • Design- going retro is hip.

    Slide design (p2) changes with time. Consider today…

  • A red rectangle doesn’t make things clearer

    A bad data slide is not made better…

  • On speaking to a wider audience. Don’t.

    The message you deliver at a presentation may…

  • Design nightmare

    Designers are clever folk and too often abused….

  • On flow charts. Don’t.

    No, just no.Life isn’t like that. It doesn’t…

  • This is a document. I am reading it. Out.

    If you turn on the radio, you can…

  • The best title slide blogpost, ever (ii)

    How does one arrive at a great title…