{"id":465,"date":"2016-09-09T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/?p=465"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:59:03","slug":"that-is-your-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/that-is-your-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s your opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-468\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160810_190027-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"Just your opinion\" width=\"680\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160810_190027-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160810_190027-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160810_190027-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160810_190027-1170x841.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IMG_20160810_190027.jpg 1670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>It&#8217;s good to remember that I&#8217;m just someone with an opinion and that at times I need to be called on that. I&#8217;m grateful to\u00a0Jon Jones (@jmjleeds) for engaging with me on Twitter the other evening and challenging the impression I unintentionally give sometimes of &#8220;simply dismissing people&#8217;s work purely on the basis of a photo shared through Twitter&#8221;. That would be entirely wrong and if I&#8217;ve ever given that impression, I apologise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ffolliet\">@ffolliet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Obidoc\">@Obidoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_NMay\">@_NMay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMEE_Online\">@AMEE_Online<\/a> true&#8230;but there&#8217;s a lot of simply dismissing people&#8217;s work based on a photo of a slide on Twitter no?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Jones (@jmjleeds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmjleeds\/status\/773255464796692484\">September 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As I hope I explained in the rest of the conversation, firstly it is not to criticise people&#8217;s effort as I clearly cannot know of their impact ( p cubed value) but that sadly a slide such as that shown above is often a very good marker of a presentation that could be so much better with a little knowledge and breaking free of the enslavement of standard bulletpoint techniques. The explanation for that is effectively the basis of the whole blog so I won&#8217;t go into it further here but the simple maths of p cubed shows us that if your slides set is your script and your story, your overall value is severely limited. I entirely accept that folks have been to a good presentation where this style has been utilised. My point is that even greater value could have been achieved, not the least in retention of the information.<\/p>\n<p>Bulletpoints don&#8217;t work, they actively hinder the speaker and challenge the audience. Audiences long for engagement of the speaker, not a recitation of facts. If a long list of facts if required, put that in the handout. Changing your slide set alone will have a huge and beneficial impact on your audience. Try it!I<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, challenge me and raise discussion on this. My presumed expertise does come from a lot of reading and a fair amount of thinking but that does not make me the authority on all matters presentation, just an expressed opinion. Thanks to Jon for his input. What&#8217;s yours?\ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s good to remember that I&#8217;m just someone with an opinion and that at times I need to be called on that. 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