presentation & medicine - adventurous grace

Dec 6

Dec 6 "I" is for Incubation

Coming up with great ideas for your talk or teaching isn't always a simple thing. Whilst activities like brainstorming, using different lenses/perspectives or research can all help; sometimes you still hit a blaring roadblock. Often the best solution isn't to keep running your ideas into the ground. Sometimes we need to stop and let our ideas incubate…

Jan 9

Jan 9 "G" is for Graphs

Grace Leo

Presentation Skills, Resources, Slide Design

How can we deliver data in graphs in a way that is exciting and dynamic? How can we maximise the visual impact of our graphs in slides? Here are some thoughts and resources I've found helpful...

Nov 26

Nov 26 "F" is for Focus

Grace Leo

Presentation Skills, Slide Design

A focused talk will have a clearer purpose and communicates more using less clutter. Design concepts like the 'rule of thirds', vectors and 'white space' can create create visual focus for your audience. Read more...

Sep 1

Sep 1 "D" is for Detail [Great Pictures]

Grace Leo

Slide Design

Three of the most common mistakes I see made in presentations with pictures is the use of:

1) Poor quality images

2) Inappropriate choices of pictures

3) Use of copyright pictures or without crediting

I discuss each of these challenges and provide some great alternative sources for finding high resolution pictures for use in presentations...

Jul 31

Jul 31 "C" is for Colour [Palettes & Hex codes]

Grace Leo

Slide Design

Colour is an essential ingredient in designing slides. Clever use of colour can help add to the theme of your presentation which gives the advantage of making the presentation appear more professional and coherent...

Jul 24

Jul 24 "B" is for Bold

Grace Leo

Slide Design

In both presentations and slide design, it is worthwhile being bold once in a while. This can be found in your style of speaking through the use grand gestures and change of volume or pitch. It can also be utilised as a design tool such as through typography and sizing.