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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.

Cornerstone posts include.

p2 posts

A red rectangle doesn’t make things clearer

A bad data slide is not made better by adding a red rectangle. It appears to be the latest fashion in presentations. Clearly some folk have “found” the animation function…

ffolliet
March 4, 2016
p2

On speaking to a wider audience. Don’t.

The message you deliver at a presentation may physically only be received by a few people but one should consider that it has value for a much wider audience. A…

ffolliet
February 24, 2016
p1, p2, p3

Design nightmare

Designers are clever folk and too often abused. I mean look at this from Critical Care Conference 2016. Imagine the time and effort and skill that has gone into this?…

ffolliet
February 22, 2016
p2

On flow charts. Don’t.

No, just no.Life isn’t like that. It doesn’t just flow. It doesn’t “bring your presentation to life”. Things aren’t equal. Turning your head on the side to read things isn’t…

ffolliet
February 10, 2016
p2

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

If you turn on the radio, you can tell immediately whether the piece is a news broadcast or an interview or the presenter speaking directly to you. The reason is…

ffolliet
February 8, 2016
#htdap, p cubed, p1, p2, practise

The best title slide blogpost, ever (ii)

How does one arrive at a great title for a great title slide? With difficulty. It is the culmination of consideration of the audience needs, the “so what” of your…

ffolliet
January 28, 2016
p1, p2

The best title slide blogpost, ever (i)

The title of your presentation must stimulate interest even before you start speaking. If the title slide is full of words and useless information it is likely you will have…

ffolliet
January 21, 2016
p1, p2

This is the title of the blogpost.

It is always interesting to have questions from twitter. Thanks to Cian O’Brien for this one. @ffolliet any tips for title slide of a presentation? — Cian O’Brien (@CianSOBrien) January…

ffolliet
January 20, 2016
p2

It’s not about the slides

As Lance Armstrong famously entitled his book on…
One message per slide

In the last blogpost I suggested the best…
Delete your slides

I received a question via Twitter about #presentationskills…
That’s a paper, not a slide

As conference season gets into full swing more…
Design affects function

Simple design changes in the supportive media make…
It’s alright Ma, I’m only bleeding

This is the Mona Lisa, probably one of…
Never say, “I’m sorry.”

There is no place in a presentation for…
Text in presentations

For the benefit of clarity, I am not…
One word for templates.

One word for templates. No If you…
It’s a presentation not a…

Take your phone out and have a look…