p3

The delivery of a presentation is p3. It is an essential component of the effective presentation.

p3 posts

Guitarist playing guitar in a home studio with a Labrador dog watching attentively.

Useless

Most presentation feedback is useless. "Thank you for your excellent presentation. I very much enjoyed it." This really is not the critical review you hoped it would be. Feedback needs...

A skull presentation at a medical or scientific conference.

To be or not to be

Most of us have heard, even recited, the start of the soliloquy from Hamlet. "To be or not to be? That is the question." Few of us would consider that...

Podium problems

Many conference presentations are set up with a podium. Be aware that podium problems will affecting the p cubed value of your presentation.

Practise, practise, practise

To deliver an excellent presentation, one must practise, practise, practise. Focused, structured, and deliberate practise brings fluency, nuance, and passion to a presentation, elevating the whole beyond simple delivery. This…

Is there anybody out there?

Is there anybody out there? Sometimes, when you’re all alone in the office, staring at the green dot, reciting meaningless text to an unresponsive void as an online presentation, you…

Remote control

A remote control is essential for changing slides. It is your responsibility to know how the one in your hand works and its range. Find this out before you take…

cat looking at a laser pointer in a confused manner

Pointless

A pointer in a presentation is pointless. Whether a laser on the stage or the cursor in an online presentation, there is no point in a pointer. It is pointless.…

a lion cub over a puddle. the reflection is not the lion cub but a full grown adulty lion

imposter phenomenon

The imposter phenomenon affects virtually every presenter. The belief, that as you wait for your moment in the spotlight, that you don’t deserve this opportunity, that others are more qualified…

  • PechaKucha :Twenty, 20 sec tips.

    I recently had the opportunity to present at…

  • Einstein

    This applies to your story (p1)This applies to…

  • My Boss won’t like it…

    This isn’t another post persuading you to give…

  • What sort of presenter are you?

    One of the tests of a descriptive model…

  • Changing your slides won’t improve your presentation. (much)

    Too often I hear people say, “I really…

  • Read these.

    33 blog posts, about 80 page views a…

  • One change for dramatic improvement. (you won’t do it!)

    I’m rather hoping that frequent visitors to the…

  • Don’t put the cart before the horse.

    To develop presentations, one must move away from…

  • Are you talking to ME?

    In the movie “Taxi Driver” Rober de Niro…

  • Good design is about function not decoration.

    I recently spent some time discussing all things…