5 Steps to Clear Slides

Create stories within your presentations that are as engaging as film, while rooted in solid scientific data.

In Person: 2.5 hours in three parts, plus 30 minutes in breaks.

Live Online: 2.5 hours in three parts over one week.

For Your Team

Interested in training a team of six or more people? We’ll work with you to understand their needs, optimize group sizes (for large teams) and coordinate schedules.

$3,300 for up to six people

For Individuals

Beginning in Q2 2025, we will offer individual seats in publicly scheduled courses. Let us know you’re interested so we can reach out to you when we launch this program.

$550 per person

  • Overview
  • Agenda

This workshop, designed for biomedical professionals, guides you through our 5-step method to present complex information clearly and efficiently, whether to peers or potential backers.

Experience real-life examples. You’ll learn by evaluating and analyzing real-world before-and-after examples of slides that formed a crucial part of Cardiff Oncology’s corporate deck. You’ll experience two iterations of these slides from their original to the final form we created for Cardiff Oncology, dissecting what worked, what didn’t, and why.

Think like a movie director. The essence of our 5-Step Method is to create a series of short stories within the overall story: just as a director creates scenes in a movie. We train you to sequence information across your slides in ways that engage your audience, creating a compelling flow of data that unfolds with purpose and precision. This is where you’ll sharpen your skills, gaining new perspectives and insights that push beyond the conventional.

Apply to your own slides. We believe in learning by doing. In this workshop, you’ll take your current slides and rework them live, applying the methodology to transform them into an accessible sequence that tells the story of your data.

This workshop is your opportunity to refine the art of scientific storytelling. Our aim is to equip you with the skills to create presentations that communicate the significance and implications of your research with clarity and engagement. Join us to transform your scientific presentations into a narrative that captures the essence and value of your work, scene by scene.

Part 1
45 minutes

Cardiff Oncology Case Introduction

  • The evaluation criteria and why they matter
  • Why we evaluate before we analyze

Experience, Evaluate, Analyze (two versions)

  • Short presentation of Cardiff’s original slides
  • Individual evaluation followed by discussion and critique
  • Short presentation of Cardiff’s improved slides
  • Individual evaluation followed by discussion and critique

Part 2
45 minutes

5-Step Method Applied then evaluated (final version)

  • How to create scenes like a movie director
  • Overview of the five steps and how we applied them to create powerful scenes for Cardiff Oncology
  • Short presentation of resulting communication
  • Individual evaluation followed by discussion and critique

Part 3
60 minutes

Participants apply the 5-Step Method to their own work
Working individually or in small groups, participants are guided through each step of the process to design and begin creating clear slides tailored for their own audience

Live Online

Two 45-minute and one 60-minute session over one week

In Person
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