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

no title just chris hoy

No titles

This is one of the greatest British Olympians ever. He is a track cyclist and has won seven Olympic medals, six gold and one silver. His name is Chris Hoy. His…

credit where credit is due

Credit where credit is due.

In a previous post I recalled my sadness of hearing a colleague say “what he suggests is interesting, but I wouldn’t do it for an important presentation.” He was expressing…

On QR codes

    QR codes are perfect in certain places for quickly interpreting a complex url.  A presentation is not one of those places. Although a QR code is simply read…

Feel better, not more

For some presenters, there is a striving after perfection that drives them to constantly tinker with presentations before delivery. No presentation will ever be perfect; there is always space for…

Where are your slides?

A great presentation is the product of three parts, the presentation (p1), the presentation (p2) and the presentation (p3). Or is it? Can one deliver a great presentation without a…

er…thank you?

A sentence without the final word is. A journey without reaching the destination is just tiring. Sadly many presentations simply reach a point where the presenter says, “thank you” and…

  • Pictures of slides

    Pictures of slides are intended by the photographer…

  • Roadmaps are for roads

    Roadmaps are for roads, not presentations. Setting out…

  • Please don’t do this

    https://twitter.com/ffolliet/status/1461080078285258758 Please don’t do this in presentations. It…

  • Images should explain themselves

    Images should explain themselves with clarity being added…

  • Fewer slides in the online environment

    Fewer slides in the online environment will lead…

  • Holby City NHS Trust

    Holby City NHS Trust is a fictional hospital…

  • Tell me your data

    Tell me your data so that I can…

  • Stop using templates

    Stop using slide templates. They reduce slide real…

  • p2 in a webinar

    p2 in a webinar should be no different…

  • On the twelfth day of Christmas…

    On the twelfth day of Christmas… …my true…