p3

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

p3 posts

I wandered, lonely as a cloud.

It  is a big step in a presenter’s development moving out from behind the lectern. It allows you to engage more effectively with the audience and will significantly improve both…

Prepare for failure

SO, the Chair has introduced you and you stride up to the stage, there’s a flicker behind you and your title slide appears on the 20m high screen. You press…

Performance anxiety

My recent trip to a scientific conference allowed me to muse on many things including presentation skills. Most disappointing was not the standard of presentations constructed but the issues of…

It’s .pptx not .docx

A common mistake in attempting to deliver a (scientific) paper is the failure to recognise the difference between a document and a presentation. They are not the same. Perhaps the…

Quick copy this down!

When making an academic presentation it is often valuable to quote the literature. Quote means to speak. Don’t write it down, it is not valuable.There is an increasing tendency to…

  • Just don’t do it.

    As speakers we need to be aware the…

  • What sort of a presenter are you?

    The quality of a presentation is the product…

  • Presentation Ninja tips.

    I thought it might be nice to try…

  • In actual fact

    One of my father’s dear friends used to…

  • Can I have a…erm…medium..err

    I was standing in the queue at a…

  • One Hundred Posts!

    Way back in March 2013 I published my…

  • It is a performance, not a reading.

    The 4th P in Presentation is to Perform….

  • Stage presence

    The third P in Presentation is of course…

  • The 2nd P is for Preparation.

    Each part of your presentation is as important…

  • Fake it

    The previous post introduced some of the ideas…