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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thank you

Thank you!

I was recently working with a colleague who had developed an excellent presentation. The final slide was incongruous. It had a beautiful image with the words “Thank you” on it. Your…

picture

That’s not what I meant by that picture

A picture can paint a thousand words. It is important that an image within p2 paints the words the presenter intends the audience to hear. A single image may have multiple meanings. It…

one purpose

What single purpose are your slides for?

  The challenge in improving presentations is significant. This is due to a multitude of reasons. One of the fundamental issues though is the supportive media (p2) and addressing the…

  • With images, it’s about focus

    When is an image not an image? When…

  • Add a picture, that’ll make it better!

    Progress along the artistic journey from Death by…

  • Why does good design work?

    I have been struggling with the question of…

  • Good design is about function not decoration.

    I recently spent some time discussing all things…

  • The maths of a better presentation

    In my original post I proposed that a…

  • Clip art

    What are you? Six?

  • Where’s Wally?

    The point of a data slide is a…

  • Images work on their own.

    Images work because we can look and see,…

  • Your presentation is the product of its parts

    A presentation, whether it is an audit project,…