Dave Paradi has been recognized by the media and his clients as a presentation expert. He has authored ten books on effective PowerPoint presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world. Dave has been recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for his contributions to the PowerPoint and Excel communities. His articles and videos on virtual presenting have been viewed over 4.8 million times and liked over 17,000 times on YouTube. He is a highly rated conference speaker and has delivered more than 500 customized training sessions around the world in the last 25 years.
Dave served five years as a National Director of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and was awarded the CAPS President’s Award for Distinguished Service in 2003. He holds an MBA from The Amos Tuck Business School at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire (1991) and a B.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from University of Toronto (1987). In 1998, he earned accreditation from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in Facilitation and graduated from the Dale Carnegie Course.
Dave’s ideas and content are used by leading universities as resources for their students and staff. Here are some of the institutions that use Dave’s content.
What else does Dave do? Here are some of his other websites:
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