As part of the conference, Dave will be presenting a session on effectively presenting financial information to a Board of Directors. Get more details and register for the conference here.
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.
When gridlines help on graphs; Issue #387 April 18, 2017
When showing ranked values with a related data series, use gridlines to help the audience relate the values
New England AFP Annual Conference (April 19, 2018; Boston, MA)
As part of the conference, Dave will be presenting a session on effectively and efficiently presenting KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). Get more details and register for the conference here.
Makeover Monday Challenge April 10 2017
Use an index line graph instead of a dual axis chart to compare trends in different data series.
Minutes/seconds on clock visual; Issue #386 April 4, 2017
One of the messages you may want to communicate in a presentation is a length of time measured in minutes or seconds. It may be the time it takes for a step in a process, it may be the time it takes for processing a request, or the goal for answering customer service calls. While…
Using published research results; Issue #385 March 21, 2017
One of the most powerful pieces of supporting information you can use to provide proof of a point you are making is to use a visual created as part of research from a government agency, industry group, or private research firm. These qualified, independent sources provide third-party support to the point we want to make…
One-day workshops for Medical Company (March 8-9, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
Customized one-day workshop for researchers 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 day is hands-on practice creating the effective visuals they saw earlier in the day.
Shapes on arrow sequence diagram; Issue #384 March 7, 2017
Use a “shapes on an arrow” diagram to show steps in a process
Videos to Create Effective Presentation Visuals using Google Sheets/Slides
If you are in school, a non-profit organization, or a small business, you want to use office productivity software, but may find paying for software something you can’t afford at this time. Your organization may have made this decision because they are trying to keep costs down. Many organizations and individuals decide to use the…
Celebrating 15 years; Issue #383 February 21, 2017
Fifteen years ago I decided to start writing this bi-weekly newsletter. Back then it was more broadly focused on office technology. Over the years as my business has become more focused, so has the newsletter. Today I call it Presentation Insights and most of the topics deal with ways to effectively present data, which is…