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Below are the most recent articles or resources I’ve published. If you are looking for help on a specific topics, it would best to look at the topics in my Articles archive as I have grouped my recent and best articles by topic there.

  • Don’t put yourself in a cage of text; Issue #290 July 9, 2013

    When audience members tell me in my Annoying PowerPoint survey that the speaker reading the slides is the most annoying thing about bad PowerPoint slides, some of the blame must be put on the “wall of text” slides that presenters use. Today I want to talk about how all this text puts the presenter in…… Continue reading

  • Eliminate 75% of the numbers; Issue #289 June 25, 2013

    Information overload is the single biggest issue in presentations today according to audience members I have surveyed. In my book, Present It So They Get It, I devote a chapter to five strategies for laser focusing your information to avoid the overload problem. One of those strategies is to eliminate data that is not relevant…… Continue reading

  • The Globe and Mail June 24, 2013

    Dave’s Proportional Shape Comparison Diagram Calculation Tool was featured in The Globe and Mail on June 24, 2013 here. Continue reading

  • Proportional Shape Comparison Diagrams; Issue #288 June 11, 2013

    In February I launched a tool on my website that allows you to create diagrams like this: I refer to this type of diagram as a proportional shape comparison diagram because the size of the shapes allows the viewer to instantly compare the numbers each shape represents. These types of diagrams are popular in print…… Continue reading

  • Canadian Government Executive June 3, 2013

    Dave’s books, The Visual Slide Revolution and Present It So They Get It were reviewed in the June issue of Canadian Government Executive here. Continue reading

  • Be prepared: VGA is going away; Issue #287 May 28, 2013

    For many years presenters have walked into a room and connected their laptop to the projector using a VGA cable. All that will change in the next two years. The VGA port is being phased out by computer manufacturers. In this article I want to suggest what presenters can do now to prepare for this…… Continue reading

  • Don’t judge a presentation by the number of slides; Issue #286 May 14, 2013

    When you open a PowerPoint file that has been sent to you, where do you look first? If you are like most people I speak to in my workshops, the first place you look is the lower left corner to see how many slides are in the file. Why do most people do this? Because…… Continue reading

  • Context Before Conclusion; Issue #285 April 30, 2013

    When you show a slide on the screen, the audience will naturally look at it and start to decipher it. When they believe they understand it, they turn back to the presenter to hear what they are saying. Notice the sequence. The audience comes to a conclusion about the meaning of the slide before they…… Continue reading

  • Word clues to better organize information; Issue #284 April 16, 2013

    With information overload being the number one issue for audiences today, how can presenters better organize their information so it is easier to understand? I see hundreds and hundreds of slides for each customized workshop I do as I create the slide makeovers for that group. I have come up with four clues that I…… Continue reading

  • Reduce the words in each point; Issue #283 April 2, 2013

    In my latest book, Present It So They Get It, I provide five strategies for reducing the information in your presentation down to just what the audience needs to know. Information overload is the single biggest issue in presentations today, and in my workshops, this section on reducing information overload is always a popular one…… Continue reading