Every two years I survey audience members on what annoys them about PowerPoint presentations. I have now opened the 2015 survey here. There are the same questions as in previous surveys so we can compare the results and see trends. And there are two new questions this year. First, I am asking you to tell…
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.
Data visualization in business; Issue #344 August 18, 2015
In the last 18-24 months I have been following the data visualization industry to learn more about creating visuals that communicate the key messages from analysis. I have learned a lot, and figured out how to use PowerPoint and Excel graphs to create some of the visuals. I created the Calculators for Visuals to help…
Two-day workshop for telecom company (August 17-18, 2016, Alpharetta, GA)
Customized two-day workshop for outsourcing professionals and other staff 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 second day is hands-on practicing how to create the visuals in PowerPoint.
Ignore the advice to only use images; Issue #343 August 4, 2015
A couple of articles I read in the last two weeks have advocated removing data and text from slides in favor of pictures. The author says that research shows that pictures are more effective at communicating your message, so just use pictures. This advice is consistent with other articles I have seen in the past…
Full-day workshop for healthcare company (August 4, 2016, Boston, MA)
Customized full-day workshop for supply chain professionals and other staff covering planning a presentation, focusing the message, and creating effective visuals. The session includes slide makeovers of their own slides to reinforce the ideas.
Guest article on Indezine.com
An article I wrote titled “How do spreadsheets end up on slides – and what you can do differently for your next presentation” was published on Indezine.com. Indezine.com is one of the top sites for PowerPoint tutorials, PowerPoint templates, and presentation news.
Two-day workshop for healthcare company (July 27-28, 2016, Atlanta, GA)
Customized two-day workshop for operations analysts and other staff 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 second day is hands-on practicing how to create the visuals in PowerPoint.
Limiting the # of slides doesn’t work; Issue #342 July 21, 2015
In almost every workshop I deliver, we have to discuss the request from executives to limit the number of slides their staff uses to present. The executives commonly ask that no more than five slides be used when presenting to the management team. In this article I want to explore why this request is made,…
Full-day workshop for technology company (July 8, 2016, San Jose, CA)
Customized full-day workshop for product development and other staff covering planning a presentation, focusing the message, and creating effective visuals. The session includes slide makeovers of their own slides to reinforce the ideas.
Full-day workshop for technology company (July 7, 2016, Burnaby, BC)
Customized full-day workshop for engineering and other staff covering planning a presentation, focusing the message, and creating effective visuals. The session includes slide makeovers of their own slides to reinforce the ideas.