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Three of my posts made the “World best presentations tips” series on the blog: All About Presentations.

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I am very proud that some of my work has been selected for that list. Thanks to the author of the blog: Vivek Singh

Source: World’s Best Presentation Tips #12 Denis Francois

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3 de mes billets ont été inclus dans la liste : World best presentations tips(meilleurs trucs au monde pour les présentations).

Link to the post: World Best Presentation Tips

Cette liste est la création du blogue « All About Presentations ». C’est assez flatteur d’en faire partie. Je remercie l’auteur : Vivek Singh

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Compte rendu et photographies du 2e WebCamp Québec qui se tient aujourd’hui le 19 mai à l’auditorium Daniel Johnson de l’édifice Marie-Guyart.


WebCamp (9)

Plus de 400 personnes présentes au WebCamp Québec 2010


Un WebCamp est une « non-conférence » ou tous les participants contribuent au partage des connaissances et des opinions.


Voici les premières photos : ouverture de la journée

WebCamp (1) WebCamp (2) WebCamp (3) WebCamp (4)


Quelques difficultés de connexion ont retardé la mise en ligne des photos suivantes. Étions-nous trop nombreux pour les points d’accès sans-fil ou pour la bande passante disponible?

Le fournisseur, ZAP Québec, nous indique que tout est réglé pour l’après-midi. Merci @dgpelletier et à ZAP Québec pour l’accès gratuit.


Début des présentations et des interventions des participants

WebCamp (6) WebCamp (7)


La foule attentive et « pitonneuse » poursuit les débats sur Twitter.

WebCamp (8) WebCamp (10)


Quelques présentateurs de l’avant-midi.

WebCamp (11) Mario Asselin au WebCamp 2010 WebCamp (16) Nicolas Roberge au WebCamp 2010


Les sujets de l’avant-midi étaient variés. Il y en avait pour tout les goûts. Deux présentations ont réellement comblé mon besoin de nouveauté:

  • Clip ta rue : un projet éducatif et municipal, alliant les jeunes du primaire, le répertoire de toponymie de Québec et la diffusion de vidéo sur YouTube. Très innovateur – présenté par Mario Asselin
  • Open311 : un programme de standard informatique pour les services 311 (services municipaux aux citoyens) – présenté par Nicolas Roberge


Bien que la formule WebCamp soit intéressante, j’ai été agacé par certains éléments :

  • Les temps morts entre les présentations
  • Les présentateurs absents lorsque c’est leur tour de parler
  • L’attente lorsqu’un participant devait se rendre au microphone pour intervenir. D’ailleurs, je m’excuse aux 3 genoux et aux deux tibias que j’ai maltraités sur mon passage.

Rien de majeur. Mais, ce sont des petits détails qui refroidissaient le groupe à chaque fois qu’il commençait à se réchauffer. Dommage.


Toutefois, ces petits détails ne m’empêcheront pas de participer au prochain WebCamp, ni de féliciter les organisateurs pour leur initiative et pour l’éclatante réussite de l’événement.

L’édition 2010 de WebCamp Québec est une initiative de Luc Vaillancourt (Spatialytics), Jonathan Parent (Hatem +D), Simon Bédard (Stratège Web), Nicolas Roberge (Ovologic), Benoît Girard (WebÉducation) et Jean-Philippe Bonneau (VETIQ). – Source : WebCamp

Comme, je n’assisterai pas à la deuxième partie de la journée, je vous invite à suivre le déroulement sur Twitter.


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I am always surprised to discover that one of the biggest mistakes presenters do is still: Reading the slides.

With all the information about speaking and presenting, easily available to everybody , I don’t understand. There are free blogs, books, articles.

Jim Cronin, author of the blog ProSpeaker Tips, has published the results of a survey

Forty “Big Hitters” responded to our survey asking them to highlight the biggest mistakes they see a business presenter making.

Of the twelve mistake, I have chosen 3 unforgivable one. They are the first things a presenter should correct.

2.  Reading your slides – time and time again, the “Big Hitters” said, “I can read, it’s a core competence in my job!”  Incidentally, you shouldn’t have your script  your slides in the first place!

3.  Too much content on the slides – there are no prizes for filling your slides with words and complex graphics, it’s about connecting with your audience, not bamboozling them.

11. Lack of belief and passion – if you can’t show enthusiasm for your proposition, how can you expect anyone else to! (It’s not hard, this stuff, is it?)

If you avoid those 3 unforgivable mistake, you will be on the top better half of the presenters. However, I suggest that you read all the 12 mistakes to be sure not to do them.

Source: ProSpeaker Tips via @OliviaMitchell


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Over the years, Dilbert’s characters have been dealing with lots of PowerPoint Presentation (should I say BAD presentation?).


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Thanks to PowerPoint Ninja for collecting those strip.

If you want more, you can see the entire collection on PowerPoint Ninja post.


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I Present Naked to the Board of Directors | Source : DavidBaeza on twitpic.com


New stunning campaign from Citrix for is GoToMeeting solution. A true eyes catching ad, with an intriguing message.

We collaborate Naked | Source : DavidBaeza on twitpic.comHow can you be naked to present to the board or to collaborate with coworkers? (see picture beside from Los Angeles Airport).

You have to use GoToMeeting. It is a solution for online meeting.

The message is simple: you can do your meeting from the comfort of your home without the office dressing code (or naked if you prefer).

Citrix targets a growing trend in business. Telecommuting (not nakedness!).

Pure effectiveness. I like that campaign.


Really naked

Is there people participating to online meeting naked? According to a recent study, yes (CNBC).

About one in five UK participants in conference calls have called in while naked. Almost half have worn only their underwear while 68 percent have only worn pajamas, a survey by BT Conferencing showed Wednesday.

Is it the start of a new trend?


How would you feel to really present naked?

In 2005 Garr Reynolds post a brilliant article: Make your next presentation naked. It is not about removing clothes, but removing everything that is not contributing to the message.

Being naked involves stripping away all that is unnecessary to get at the essence of your message. The naked presenter approaches the presentation task embracing the ideas of simplicity, clarity, honesty, integrity, and passion.

According to this post, you should “Present naked to the board of directors”.


Twitter campaign

To my knowledge, Citrix is one of the first to use a Twitter hashtag in a billboard campaign (Twitter is a social media and a hashtag is a keyword helping people categorize the information. The # symbol is preceding the keyword.)

For the campaign,  Citrix have chosen the hashtag #getnaked and they are suggesting people to publish their story on Twitter.

You can search Twitter with the hashtag and see the contributions of the users.

The campaign is not targeting the technological challenged people. It is targeting those who use and understand those technologies.

Citrix is innovating with this campaign in leveraging the social media. Good move.

We will see more and more of this kind of campaign


Some fun

On the lighter side, here are some of the gems I found searching Twitter with the #getnaked hashtag.

New Zealand airline video Car snow working from home


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