{"id":159,"date":"2013-11-28T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/2013\/11\/28\/taking-on-the-empire\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:15:25","slug":"taking-on-the-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/taking-on-the-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking on The Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Many recognise the limitation of the current nature of presentation. Making personal change involves challenging the status quo of such the establishment and exposing oneself to professional risk; this takes courage.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">@NickFerran is a senior trainee in Orthopaediac Surgery in the UK. We follow each other on twitter. After various discussions around the topic of presentations he was aware of the effect of The Dark Side in Medical Presentations. He will continue the saga&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;I recently took the presentation skill challenge. I was preparing to present a scientific research paper. This took such a leap of faith to break free of my slides of text and bullet points. I had to be guided by The Force.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-d1HUm6zZ-CM\/UpdVsXZ9goI\/AAAAAAAAAVM\/DB4nx2o6B1E\/s1600\/luke_lightsaber_training.jpeg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/luke_lightsaber_training-2.jpeg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">My main concern was how I would get the message across without text on my slides. How would such an unconventional approach go down in a scientific crowd? When I became honest with myself I realised that the text and bullet points are a crutch. As a presenter you want them there incase you lose your way or don\u2019t know your stuff that well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Shedding the text was not easy. I was uncomfortable up to the point of delivery. As the presentation started I began to tell my story and for the first time in many presentations I saw the faces looking at me, LISTENING, not READING. I was in control of the audience. I knew my topic and they listened. It was a leap of faith worth taking. Can\u2019t wait to do it again.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">&#8220;The Force is strong in this one.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Are you prepared to take on The Empire?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many recognise the limitation of the current nature of presentation. Making personal change involves challenging the status quo of such the establishment and exposing oneself to professional risk; this takes courage.@NickFerran is a senior trainee in Orthopaediac Surgery in the UK. We follow each other on twitter. 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