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From a page of text to a full talk in two days

A 32-slide presentation on suicide prevention in schools, turned from notes into a calm, illustrated talk in two days.

Client

Dr. C. J. John

Role

Creative concept, experience and visual alignment

Year

2026

With

Presentation cover: "Suicide prevention at school", a young person sitting on a hill at sunrise.

The brief

Dr. C. J. John, a psychiatrist, speaks at conferences, workshops and seminars. His talk on suicide prevention in schools existed as text: accurate, thorough and heavy. It needed to become a presentation that professionals could follow, and that treated the subject with care.

Two days, start to finish

The presentation went from text only to a finished 32-slide deck in two days. A short deadline made the method simple: set the visual system first, then pour the content into it, so there was never a blank slide to decide on.

The approach

Make a hard subject easier to hold. Soft, watercolour-style illustrations in a muted violet palette give the talk a humane tone. A single yellow band carries each title, so the difficult material feels guided, not alarming.

One idea per slide. Long lists were split across continuation slides and every title states the point of the slide, so the room always knows where the talk is. Frameworks such as the multidimensional model of well-being are shown as one clear diagram.

Show the people, not only the points. Illustrations of students and adults in conversation model the interventions the talk describes, from approaching a student to assessing risk, so attendees can picture themselves doing it.

Selected slides

Six of the 32 slides appear on this page, including the cover above. Select any slide to enlarge it.

Slide: "Multidimensional framework for mental well-being", a diagram of intersecting influences.
Slide: "Common warning signs", a group of soft illustrations of a young person with short captions.
Slide: "Key intervention tasks", with an illustration of an adult sitting with a student.
Slide: "Skills that aid effective intervention", with an illustration of two people talking.
Slide: "Important issues in assessment of students who have self harmed", with a thoughtful illustrated portrait.

What the work covered

  • Helped build the creative concept: a calm, illustrated way to present a difficult subject.
  • Helped build the experience of the talk: pacing, hierarchy and the rhythm from slide to slide.
  • Helped align the visual language with the speaker and the setting, from conferences to school workshops.

Delivered as a 32-slide presentation in PDF and editable PowerPoint.

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