About Dave Paradi

Short Bio
Dave Paradi's Think Outside the Slide™ approach helps presenters get results by showing them what REALLY works with audiences. He is the author of "Guide to PowerPoint", part of the Prentice Hall Series in Advanced Business Communication. Dave's ideas have been featured by the Wall Street Journal, the Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Hoovers online, Microsoft, Presentations magazine, Selling Power magazine, BusinessWorld India, Presenters University and Harvard University.

Extended Bio
Dave Paradi is the author of "Guide to PowerPoint", part of the Prentice Hall Series in Advanced Business Communication. Through his presentations, books, articles and bi-weekly newsletter, Dave shares strategies that help presenters create and deliver PowerPoint presentations that get results.

Since 1999, Dave has been speaking professionally to audiences in Canada and the United States. He has authored numerous books, e-books, videos, articles and special reports. Every two weeks Dave sends out another issue of his PowerPoint Tips e-newsletter.

In Dave's presentations, he expands on his two key beliefs about effective communication. First, that the audience is more important than the slides or the presenter, and second, that clear communication is more important than “cool” technology. This leads him to share techniques that allow presenters to create audience-focused presentations that are clearly understood and acted upon.

Dave has been elected to the National Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and awarded the CAPS President's Award for Distinguished Service in 2003. He holds an MBA from The Amos Tuck Business School at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire (1991) and a B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from University of Toronto (1987). In 1998, he earned accreditation from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in Facilitation and graduated from the Dale Carnegie Course.

Some of Dave's clients include: Home Depot Canada, Purolator Courier, Automotive News, TD Canada Trust, Bank of Montreal, Lang Michener LLP, Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto, Nikon Optical and PSE&G. His learning tools have been purchased by individuals all over the world. He has also spoken to professional speakers chapters and conventions in the United States and Canada.

Dave's ideas have been featured by the Wall Street Journal, the Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Hoovers online, Canadian Professional Sales Association magazine, Microsoft, Presentations magazine, Selling Power magazine, Canadian Business magazine, BusinessWorld India, Presenters University and the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University to name just a few.

Contact Information:
Dave Paradi
1080 Diamond Court Mississauga, ON, Canada L5V 1J5
Tel: (905) 510-4911 Fax: (905) 826-2410
E-mail: Dave@ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com
Web: www.ThinkOutsideTheSlide.com