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

type not font

type not font

Type not font influences the reception of a message. I’m grateful to my friend Bob Connelly for this guest post where he shares some ideas on the use of type…

sans comic sans

Life is better sans comic sans. Fontography is a huge topic in itself. As a presenter one needs to understand that fonts “say” something and that influences the reception of…

no caption required

No caption required

In a scientific article an illustration or a figure is accompanied by a caption. There is no caption required in a presentation. Images should exist by themselves without a complex…

single image

Single image per slide

When constructing a slide use only a single image. The image should add to the message that is being delivered but not be the message itself. A few words can…

generic slides

On generic slides

Generic slides are designed so that “anyone can give the same presentation and everyone receive the same information.” Few great presentations are given using generic slidesand many good presentations are…

data slide fail

data slides (1)

Data slides fail in a good scientific presentation if simply copied directly from the scientific paper. A graphic representation is more easy to interpret and remember than many words either…

can you see this at the back

Can you see this at the back?

The p2 is usually constructed on a laptop or desktop computer where the final slide size often fills the screen. The size of font is reduced as more and more…

  • 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…