If you want the audience to understand results or numeric information, don’t use text on your slides that reads like your speaker notes. Use the ideas in this makeover to create a table that makes it easy for the audience to understand what the numbers mean to them. Click here to watch the video on…
Author: Dave Paradi
Dave Paradi has over twenty-two years of experience delivering customized training workshops to help business professionals improve their presentations. He has written ten books and over 600 articles on the topic of effective presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world. His focus is on helping corporate professionals visually communicate the messages in their data so they don't overwhelm and confuse executives. Dave is one of fewer than ten people in North America recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional Award for his contributions to the Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams communities. His articles and videos on virtual presenting have been viewed over 4.8 million times and liked over 17,000 times on YouTube.
Using a timeline instead of a list of dates; Slide Makeover #54
When we want to talk about upcoming product launches or future events, the easy approach is to just list dates on a bullet point slide. This makeover shows a timeline visual that communicates the message more clearly and with greater impact. Click here to watch video on Brainshark (corporate viewers) Click here to watch video…
Using a full screen photo to enhance a story; Slide Makeover #53
Stories and analogies are important to increasing the impact of your message. Don’t just type out the key parts of the story on a slide as bullet points. Use the ideas in this makeover to show a full screen photo that increases the impact of your story or analogy. Click here to watch video on…
Layering the discussion of detailed data; Slide Makeover #52
Often we need to present detailed data that has come from analysis. Instead of overwhelming your audience by putting all the data on a slide, use the ideas in this makeover to layer the discussion of the data so it makes sense and the audience can understand and act on it. Click here to watch…
Combining multiple comparisons; Slide Makeover #51
When we want to compare one items against two or more other items, we tend to put statistics on a slide to show each individual comparison. The ideas in this makeover show how to combine all the comparisons visually to make the point with greater impact. Click here to watch the video on Brainshark (corporate…
Slate.com article May 5, 2010
Dave’s survey on what annoys audiences about bad PowerPoint presentations was cited in this article on Slate.com (May 5, 2010)
Interview on BBC Radio 5 on April 29, 2010
Dave interviewed on April 29, 2010 by BBC Radio 5 on the afternoon drive time show commenting on the “spaghetti” slide published in the New York Times and other media:click on this link to listen to the audio (MP3) BBC5 Interview Apr 29 2010
Adding a visual to a quote; Slide Makeover #50
Quotations are commonly used to illustrate a point in a presentation. Instead of just using the text of the quote, use the ideas in this makeover to add a visual that makes the quote come alive for the audience. Click here to watch video on Brainshark (corporate viewers) Click here to watch video on YouTube…
Quoted by Rick Altman April 25, 2010
Rick, producer and host of The Presentation Summit conference, referred to my blog post about the backchannel and agreed with my perspective on this blog post.
Showing differences in magnitude; Slide Makeover #49
To many presenters, numbers are the natural way to show differences in magnitude; and the more numbers the better. Our audiences get overwhelmed by all the numbers and miss the point unless we use the lessons in this makeover to turn the numbers into a visual that shows the difference clearly. Click here to watch…