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.

Full-day workshop for healthcare non-profit (December 4, 2015, Toronto, ON)

Customized full-day workshop for financial staff covering planning a presentation and creating effective visuals.

Rad Presenters interview

I was interviewed by Jon Schwabish and Stephanie Evergreen on their Rad Presenters podcast. It was a lot of fun and we cover a wide range of topics, including what it means to be a PowerPoint MVP, dealing with data and numbers on slides, my surveys, my page on how to solve setup problems, and…

Full-day workshop for manufacturing company (November 26, 2015, London, ON)

Customized full-day workshop for various staff covering planning a presentation, creating effective visuals, and showing slide makeovers of their own slides to reinforce the ideas.

Finding and Using Vector icons in PowerPoint; Issue #325 November 25, 2014

Today’s article was inspired by a topic that fellow PowerPoint MVP Nolan Haims covered in one of his sessions at the recent Presentation Summit. When he was speaking about using icons, he stressed how vector icons are better than image icons. Today I want to explore this topic in some depth and give you resources…

Sway is not replacing PowerPoint: The real story

There has been a lot of misinformation about the Sway service from Microsoft being a replacement for PowerPoint. This is simply not true. After spending time with the lead of the Sway team at the recent Microsoft MVP Summit, I came away with a much clearer understanding of how Sway differs from PowerPoint and when…

CPAAB Course: Hands-on Tools and Techniques for Creating Effective Financial Visuals in Excel and PowerPoint (November 20, 2015, Edmonton, AB)

OBJECTIVE Anyone can create effective visuals. A background in graphics is not needed. This course will show participants how to create visuals such as: clear, effective graphs in Excel or PowerPoint; diagrams that show comparison of value in new ways; and time-based diagrams. Techniques for focusing the audience and breaking down complex tables will also…

CPAAB course: How to Present Financial Data Effectively using PowerPoint (November 19, 2015, Edmonton)

OBJECTIVE Accountants often use PowerPoint to present financial data to peers, executives, suppliers, and others. It is critical that others understand the impact of the financial analysis so that decisions can be made and the bottom line positively impacted. Unfortunately, too often the barrage of numbers is overwhelming to the audience and they leave confused.…

Guest article on Lumo blog

Dave wrote an article for the Lumo blog on planning your presentation before you start using any software. Read the article on the Lumo blog.