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

p3 posts

Who cares?

Seriously, what is the point? Why should I bother? Why should I give you my attention, my time and my interest? What is in it for me? What makes your…

ffolliet
February 12, 2014
p3

I know, but could I really DO it…

I realise it is all well and good me waxing lyrical about “changing the way we present” but I probably don’t recognise just how hard it is to break away…

ffolliet
December 13, 2013
guest blog, p3

PechaKucha :Twenty, 20 sec tips.

I recently had the opportunity to present at a PechaKucha event. The word itself means “chitchat” in Japanese and is a presentation format with a strict structure; twenty slides, each…

ffolliet
October 21, 2013
#htdap, p cubed, p1, p2, p3

Einstein

This applies to your story (p1)This applies to your supporting media (p2)This applies to your delivery (p3)If you consider the arc of the story first (please do) then instead of…

ffolliet
October 6, 2013
p1, p2, p3

My Boss won’t like it…

This isn’t another post persuading you to give up bulletpoints; if you’ve come this far and still cling to them, then you are deluded. This is a post about why…

ffolliet
September 13, 2013
p cubed, p1, p2, p3

So, I was wrong.

I’ve got a confession. I was wrong. I don’t think you lot are up to it.The best way to construct a presentation is to construct a story (p1), storyboard that…

ffolliet
August 15, 2013
p1, practise

What sort of presenter are you?

One of the tests of a descriptive model such as the p cubed concept (p3) (that a good presentation is a combination (the product) of the story (p1), the supportive…

ffolliet
July 1, 2013
p cubed, p1, p2, p3

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

Too often I hear people say, “I really liked your presentation, I’m going to change my slides.” Whilst on one level I rejoice, it is not that bulletpoints themselves offend…

ffolliet
June 28, 2013
p cubed, p1, p2, p3, story

What is the optimum number of slides in a presentation?

Whats the optimum number of minutes per slide…
A good presentation doesn’t need slides, does it?

An interesting question and a good topic for…
Your best presentation will not be on the stage

In the very best version of your presentation,…
The sigmoid curve of preparation

The (perceived) overall value of a presentation, the p…
I wandered, lonely as a cloud.

It is a big step in a presenter’s…
Prepare for failure

SO, the Chair has introduced you and you…
Performance anxiety

My recent trip to a scientific conference allowed…
It’s .pptx not .docx

A common mistake in attempting to deliver a…
Quick copy this down!

When making an academic presentation it is often…
No script.

At no time should you use a script…