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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 but there is so much more than just that.<\/span>

<\/span>Our presentations, whatever their nature or purpose, are a combination of 3 parts; the story (p1) that you want to impart, the supportive media (p2) and your delivery (p3) of these. As  I have suggested earlier the ultimate value to your audience of the overall presentation is a product of these three <\/span>(p<\/span>3<\/sup>),<\/span> the p cubed concept<\/a>. The concept shows clearly that simply changing your slides to something less boring can only have a limited effect. To dramatically improve your presentation you must fundamentally reconsider the nature and purpose of your presentation.<\/span>

<\/span>It is clear from both experience and research that long presentations to deliver large amounts of facts simply do not work. It becomes a challenge to the audience to record every fact in a digital or analogue manner and this prevents listening, interacting and most importantly thinking. The very essence of information transfer is challenged. If your sole purpose is the information download <\/a>then go ahead and do that. Most people call this a document and universally, as adults, we prefer to read rather than be read to. Print it off and save everyone the time.<\/span>
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<\/span>What we need to consider is a new approach, a move away from machine gunning with facts. The Sensei (Garr Reynolds) discusses* (<\/span>*start at 21:21 and listen to the end.)<\/span> <\/span>with my friend Phil Waknell the difference in thought around presentation. Lectures are not about teaching, they are about learning. We need to consider different ways of learning.<\/span>

<\/span>Read these<\/a> for some ideas.<\/span>

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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 but there is so much more than just that.Our presentations, whatever their nature or purpose, are a combination of 3 parts; the story (p1) that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6,3,5,20],"tags":[265,246,248,268],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-p-cubed","category-p1","category-p2","category-p3","category-story","tag-p-cubed","tag-p2","tag-p3","tag-story"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nChanging your slides won't improve your presentation. 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