When the difference in values is the message, just show the difference, not the values
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.
The Globe and Mail June 16, 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 June 16, 2016.
One-day workshop for Medical Company (June 15, 2017, Redwood City, 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.
Strategic approach for presenting to Boards and Senior Management; Issue #365 June 7, 2016
As I work with more executives and managers who present to Senior Management and Boards, I see an issue get raised repeatedly that I want to address in this article. The issue is ultimately about strategically sequencing the information that is sent/presented, although it rarely gets raised that way. Often I am asked if sending…
One-day workshops for Medical Company (June 6-8, 2017, North Chicago, IL)
Customized one-day workshops 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.
Make Deliberate Decisions; Issue #364 May 24, 2016
In my customized workshops I share that we need to have a fundamental shift in philosophy when it comes to creating presentations. When I ask someone why they have done something a certain way in their presentation, the answer I almost always get is, “We’ve always done it that way.” I don’t think that approach…
New graph formatting interface in PowerPoint 2013/2016; Issue #363 May 10, 2016
Almost all my clients are still using PowerPoint 2010, but I am starting to see the move to PowerPoint 2013 or Office 365. When I teach public workshops, I see more and more people coming with these newer versions of PowerPoint on their computer. Since I talk a lot about graphs, I want to point…
Creating some of the new graph types in older versions of Office; Issue #362 April 26, 2016
Office 365, Microsoft’s subscription method for getting Office, has a big advantage over the standalone method we used in the past, where we bought a new version every few years. Every month Microsoft adds new features to the Office programs if you are on the subscription model. These new features don’t get added to the…
The Globe and Mail April 22 2016
The results of Dave’s latest State of Financial Presentations survey were included in Harvey Schachter’s online column on April 22, 2016.
Converting financial notation to visual indicators; Slide Makeover #84
Convert accounting notation to visual indicators the audience easily understands