In almost every customized workshop I do, writing headlines for slides is the single idea that people say will help them the most and the one they can start implementing immediately. In this article I want to share a template to guide writing a headline for a slide that presents the result of some analysis you…
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.
Download free Timelines & Calendars; Issue #371 August 30, 2016
Quickly create timeline visuals by starting with a pre-built timeline or calendar you can copy onto a PowerPoint slide
The Globe and Mail August 26, 2016
Suggestions from Dave’s article on a strategic approach to presenting to senior executives and Boards was included in Harvey Schachter’s online column on August 26, 2016.
Showing performance compared to past and budget; Slide Makeover #85
Use a multiple-width overlapping column graph to compare current performance to past and expected performance
Save time with Custom Shows; Issue #370 August 16, 2016
One question has been raised in a number of my custom workshops recently so I thought I’d share it and the answer with all of my subscribers. The question is in regards to presenting the same topic to different audiences: audiences that may have different roles, may have different knowledge levels, or may need to know different levels of…
One-day workshop for Healthcare System (August 11, 2017, Indianapolis, IN)
Customized one-day workshop for healthcare educators and professionals covering planning a presentation, focusing the message, and creating effective visuals. The session includes slide makeovers of their own slides to reinforce the ideas.
Index line graph instead of dual-axis graph; Issue #369 August 2, 2016
I have written about the problems with dual axis graphs in the past. One situation where some presenters say dual axis graphs are necessary is when the two data series being compared are measured in very different units. In this case, they say that you need a dual axis graph because the measurement units aren’t…
Using the Snipping Tool for screen captures; Issue #368 July 19, 2016
Certain topics in presentations benefit from being illustrated with screen captures. If you are showing how to use a system or website, a screen capture is a great visual to use. Adding callouts to screen captures can make explaining the step-by-step process much easier than a series of bullet points. While there are specialized screen…
One-day workshop for Medical Company (July 11-12, 2017, Worcester, MA)
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.
Extracting data from a linked Excel graph; Issue #367 July 5, 2016
When I work on the slide makeovers for my customized workshops, I often run into graphs that can be formatted in PowerPoint, but the data can’t be accessed. This is common because when you use the default paste (Ctrl+V) to paste an Excel graph into PowerPoint, you get a graph that has the data linked…