Paeds Surgeon, that #presentationskills guy. gives a few talks- invite me! Improving with age, apparently. sings. #ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, #HeForShe #htdap he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lzh4druwaj2kYour presentations don't work. If you knew and accepted this, you would change. Why haven't you?22 Sep 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzh4druwaj2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lxkyy3ykpj2aThe future of presentations is not about slides, it never was. The future of presenting is not about more tech, more ai, more polish, it is about clarity of message, audience engagement and ultimately, effective communication. It was never about… https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/29/never-about-slides/29 Aug 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkyy3ykpj2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lxkyxkku5l2gNew post: Never about slides https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/29/never-about-slides/29 Aug 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkyxkku5l2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lxfjxvurz42zIt might be a research funding panel, a conference plenary or your first research presentation but you want to get it right. It's too important. So you add more: more slides, more bulletpoints, more references because it's too important. This… https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/27/its-too-important/27 Aug 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfjxvurz42zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lxfjxaifmm2zPost Edited: It’s too important https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/27/its-too-important/27 Aug 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxfjxaifmm2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lwela5jzlm2cPost Edited: Being an expert https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/14/expert/14 Aug 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwela5jzlm2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lwel36smmz2xExpertise in a topic does not make you an expert in presentation. You may know more than anyone else in the room. That does not necessarily mean they will understand by reciting that. Nor does not mean they will remember. It does mean they will not act. This… https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/14/expert/14 Aug 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwel36smmz2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvsjq2h2es2eKintsugi The way presentations are currently constructed, delivered and received is not the result of laziness on the part of presenter or audience. Presentations are built with effort, intention and time but with a concept that breaks the result. The Japanese art of kintsugi recognises the value… https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/07/kintsugi/07 Aug 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvsjq2h2es2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvsjphbguy2gNew post: Kintsugi https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/07/kintsugi/ The way presentations are currently constructed, delivered and received is broken. kintsugi recognises the value of a broken piece repairing it with gold. Presentations can be improved to experiences of real value.07 Aug 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvsjphbguy2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvnobgxskq2nUseless Most presentation feedback is useless. "Thank you for your excellent presentation. I very much enjoyed it." This really is not the critical review you hoped it would be. Feedback needs to be actively sought, shared in the spirit of improvement and as part of a conversation. Vague, polite… https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/05/useless/05 Aug 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnobgxskq2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvnoavk5tl2eNew post: Useless https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/05/useless/05 Aug 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnoavk5tl2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvgfwc5gzd2nProximity Poor presentations break proximity with a message that simply lists data. Slides that are beautiful but unrelated separate understanding from meaning. A fluent spoken message from a speaker disconnected from the audience loses impact. Great presentations have proximity. https://ffolliet.com/2025/08/02/proximity/02 Aug 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvgfwc5gzd2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvgfvpwap22uPoor presentations break proximity with a message that simply lists data. Slides that are beautiful but unrelated separate understanding from meaning. A fluent spoken message from a speaker disconnected from the audience loses impact. Great presentations have proximity.02 Aug 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvgfvpwap22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvbk2l3p6i2oTo be or not to be Most of us have heard, even recited, the start of the soliloquy from Hamlet. "To be or not to be? That is the question." Few of us would consider that recitation had any impact. Anyone can download and read the piece. It isn't the same as being delivered by an actor, on stage,… https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/31/to-be-or-not-to-be/31 Jul 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbk2l3p6i2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lvbjzultu32gNew post: To be or not to be https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/31/to-be-or-not-to-be/ Delivery of a presentation is more than just reading it out31 Jul 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbjzultu32ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lv4a5tb6bt2eI know In the Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, there is a dramatic and romantic moment where Princess Leia calls to Han Solo as he is about to be immersed in Carbonite. "I love you!" she calls. His response has become iconic. The slide below shows how most presentations would relate that… https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/29/i-know/29 Jul 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4a5tb6bt2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lv4a5cgvi62fNew post: I know https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/29/i-know/29 Jul 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4a5cgvi62fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3luxgyqcb7y2lChange So now what should we do once we have recognised that there is glitch in The Matrix? Change. Having seen that we fall into the trap of using the slidewear to construct a powerpoint rather than a message, what should we do? Understanding the Presentation Paradox that we do what we hate in… https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/27/change/27 Jul 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3luxgyqcb7y2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3luxgxxfljw2wNew post: Change https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/27/change/27 Jul 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3luxgxxfljw2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lupmbbgws42dWallpaper Choosing wallpaper for a room involves decisions of colour, pattern, and density. Buying wallpaper before you have even bought the house it is going in makes no sense. But you probably decided on the template for your last presentation before you considered the content. Presentations are… https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/24/wallpaper/24 Jul 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupmbbgws42dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lupman7vn224New post: Wallpaper https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/24/wallpaper/24 Jul 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupman7vn224https://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lukivecouc2hJuggling Everyone can toss a ball up and catch it. Many people can do that with two balls. When there are three balls it is officially called juggling. Personally, I can juggle three balls with lots of patterns. The world record for "toss juggling" that is balls successfully in a pattern, caught… https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/22/juggling/22 Jul 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukivecouc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lukiubjnwf2pNew post: Juggling https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/22/juggling/22 Jul 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukiubjnwf2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3ludraiwjen2qBlue wave The blue wave is everywhere you look, and it defines presentations. Not from a design perspective because it sucks but because it defines how you and the world have learned to give presentations, by copying. If presenting feels hard, it is not because something is wrong with you. It is… https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/19/the-blue-wave/19 Jul 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ludraiwjen2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3ludr7ujqyy24New post: Blue wave https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/19/the-blue-wave/19 Jul 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ludr7ujqyy24https://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lu47jl6bfx2jIn a mirror, darkly The phrase ‘in a mirror, darkly’ comes from the Bible. It describes a first-century mirror, not made of glass but of polished metal. What that showed was a poor, dark reflection, not a true one. Blurred. Distorted. Partial. As a presenter at a conference you will have rehearsed… https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/16/in-a-mirror-darkly/16 Jul 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu47jl6bfx2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ffolliet.bsky.social/post/3lu47i434zy2yNew post: In a mirror, darkly https://ffolliet.com/2025/07/16/in-a-mirror-darkly/16 Jul 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:k5kyi3cbb35kv2rpe3lib3zp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu47i434zy2y