Suggestions from Dave’s article on the trend to electronic handouts were included in Harvey Schachter’s online Power Points column on April 19, 2018.
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 video in PowerPoint; Issue #412 April 17, 2018
A number of years ago I heard a lot about how every presentation in the future would include video. It was the hot topic of the day. Video is useful in some presentations like sales or recognition presentations. As I’ve moved to deal with more data heavy presentations, I have found that video does not…
Two 1-day workshops for Financial company (April 10-11, 2019, Columbus, OH)
Customized 1-day workshops for professionals and management covering planning a presentation, focusing the message, and creating effective visuals. The session includes slide makeovers of their own slides to reinforce the ideas. The last part of the session is hands-on practice creating the effective visuals they saw earlier in the session.
TEXPO Conference (April 7-9, 2019, Houston, TX)
At the TEXPO Conference I will be delivering a session titled FinancialViz: Visually communicate financial results and analysis. You can see all of the conference sessions and register here.
Current view on paperless handouts; Issue #411 April 3, 2018
In the last 18 months I have seen a significant shift in how participants have used handouts in my customized training workshops. In the past, a copy was printed for each participant and they took notes on the handout during the workshop. Today I see more participants not using paper handouts. Approximately 75% of the…
Showing the timing of steps in a project; Slide Makeover #90
Use a data-driven Gantt chart instead of a bulleted list of dates to show timing of steps.
Using your organization’s template; Issue #410 March 20, 2018
Almost every organization has a PowerPoint template that is used to ensure consistency with branding standards such as colors, fonts, etc. Presenters are expected to use this template for every presentation. Most presenters are not given any guidance on how to use this template so they end up using one of two approaches. They may…
Visually presenting financial statements; Issue #409 March 6, 2018
In the next three months I will be speaking at five conferences for financial professionals (you can see the locations and details here). A common concern of accountants or finance professionals is how to present financial statements. These professionals struggle with the usual approach of copying the entire statement onto a slide. They typically get…
Using visuals in case studies; Issue #408 February 20, 2018
When you are trying to convince a decision maker that the solution you are proposing will solve their problem, using a case study can be an effective way to support your message. In this article I shared the four steps I think every case study should have: 1) Describe the problem and how it is…
1.5-day workshop for Utility (February 19-20, 2019, Orlando, FL)
Customized 1.5-day workshop for professionals and management covering planning a presentation, focusing the message, and creating effective visuals. The session includes slide makeovers of their own slides to reinforce the ideas. The last part of the session is hands-on practice creating the effective visuals they saw earlier in the session.