BMJ  2008;336:1252 (31 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.39590.515845.59

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Campaign for real lectures

I recently decided that I had been on the receiving end of death by PowerPoint one too many times. I have probably also dished out my share of worthy, overly structured lists of bullet points to glazed, uninterested audiences. So I’m starting the campaign for real lectures.

Last month someone bet that I couldn’t talk for 45 minutes on the state of primary health care in the world using only slides of pictorial images. I gave my lecture last week, and we’re still arguing about who won the bet (which rests on whether I was allowed to use text in my summary slide). That apart, I think I pulled it off. I read from a typed script (written in full paragraphs) and linked each theme to an image (or three). In total I showed 94 photographs, five diagrams, three pieces of abstract art, two maps, and a graph. Afterwards, someone . . . [Full text of this article]

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Beyond Bullet Points

Paul Davies
bmj.com, 30 May 2008 [Full text]

my most memriable real lecture was the one based on the speaker's extensive personal experience

oscar,m jolobe
bmj.com, 31 May 2008 [Full text]

Chalk and blackboard

Andrew J Heeps
bmj.com, 1 Jun 2008 [Full text]

Take the zen approach

Ben Braithwaite
bmj.com, 1 Jun 2008 [Full text]

Let's hear it for PowerPoint!

Patricia M M Fowlie
bmj.com, 3 Jun 2008 [Full text]

The “Power” and the “Point” in the PowerPoint presentation: Continuing the real lectures campaign

Joyce A. Owino
bmj.com, 4 Jun 2008 [Full text]

Flying Chalk

John F Pickup
bmj.com, 4 Jun 2008 [Full text]

Do text and spoken word compete rather than re-inforce?

Ian L Millar
bmj.com, 5 Jun 2008 [Full text]

Peripatetic power points and cutting the bull out of bullet points.

Roger K.A. Allen
bmj.com, 5 Jun 2008 [Full text]

A poor worker always blames his/her tools

Richard Bartley
bmj.com, 5 Jun 2008 [Full text]

Accessibility

Karen A Atkinson
bmj.com, 16 Jul 2008 [Full text]