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3 Presentation Tips – Interview sneak peek

January 15, 2010 in Corporate Presentability, Ideas Presentability, Language : English, Langue : Français, People Presentability, Slides, Speaking Tips | 4 comments


I am not sure it was a good idea to accept this interview.

While I was driving, ideas where popping in my head. How is it possible to have something to say to fill 25 min? Will I be interesting? You know, that kind of thing.

It took less than 2 minutes to Davender to make me feel comfortable. He does this naturally with his large smile and his sincere interest in what we have to discuss.


Screenshot of the interview of Denis Francois Gravel by Davender Gupta

Interview of Denis Francois Gravel by Coach Davender


We agree on some topics to discuss and we start the interview.

It runs really smooth. Like a conversation in your living room.

Finally, we are so passionate about the discussion that we have to stop it without covering everything because we’re running out of time.

Reading the post of Davender about the interview, I suppose I wasn’t so bad.

I had a great interview this morning with Denis-François Gravel, an authority on how to use presentation technologies to improve your ability to communicate.

“An authority”! Wow!, that’s good for my ego.

You will have the chance to judge if the interview is interesting, it will be broadcast on Monday January 18 at 6:00 P.M. (Eastern time) at “Radio Passion au Profit.“ The interview is in French. It wills also be available in podcast after the broadcast.

Until then, here is a video teaser (the full interview is audio only)



Thanks to Davender for his kindness and for the great comments on his blog and on Twitter.


Davender is a business leadership coach. He is involved in several regional, national and international business networks and associations including Réseau META Québec-Lévis (President), Toastmasters (Division I Governor, District 61).

For more information about Davender, you can visit his Web site, read is blog “from passion to profit” or follow him on Twitter @coachdavender


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3 Trucs de présentation – Un aperçu de l’entrevue



Toutes mes appréhensions sont immédiatement disparues dès le début de l’entrevue pour la radio « De la Passion au Profit ».

En me rendant à mon rendez-vous, je me questionne. Est-ce que je vais figer? De quoi vais-je parler pour remplir 25 minutes d’entrevue?

Heureusement, je sais que Davender est très sympathique et que la formule de son émission est sans prétention. Ça me rassure.

Sur place, tout se déroule sans stress, Davender est accueillant (comme toujours). Il prend le temps de discuter avec moi pour que nous soyons tous les deux confortables avec les grandes lignes de la rencontre.

Et c’est parti….

Capture d’écran : entrevue Denis François Gravel & Davender Gupta

Entrevue de Denis Francois Gravel avec Coach Davender


Tout ce déroule comme une conversation naturelle. Le ton est agréable, la discussion est passionnante, captivante, hypnotisante.

L’entrevue est à ce point intéressante, qu’après avoir dépassé la durée prévue, nous devons conclure même si nous n’avons couvert qu’une minorité des sujets prévus.

Si je me fie aux commentaires de Davender sur son blogue (anglais), l’entrevue semble à la hauteur.

I had a great interview this morning with Denis-François Gravel, an authority on how to use presentation technologies to improve your ability to communicate.

Je vous invite à écouter l’entrevue lors de sa diffusion. J’espère qu’elle sera aussi intéressante pour vous qu’elle l’a été pour moi.

La diffusion aura lieu le lundi 18 janvier à 18h00 (heure de l’Est) sur « Radio De la Passion au Profit ». L’entrevue est en français.

Question de vous garder en haleine jusque-là, voici un aperçu vidéo de l’entrevue (bien que l’entrevue au complet soit seulement en audio).



Je tiens à remercier Davender pour sa gentillesse, son attention et les bons mots qu’il a eus suite à l’entrevue.


Davender Gupta est un coach en leadership et il est passionné par le succès. Il est impliqué dans plusieurs organisations régionale, nationale et internationale. Mentionnons qu’il est président du  Réseau META Québec-Lévis et qu’il est gouverneur du District 61 des Toastmasters.

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Auteur : Denis François Gravel


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How to reduce the text in your slides

November 11, 2009 in Ideas Presentability, Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips | 4 comments

Too often, we come across a speaker who puts way too much text on it slide.

Text is good for reading. Got it? READING. Not listening.

Which means that if you put text on your slides, the audience will read it INSTEAD of listening to you.

A bit of text can be fine. However, too much will distract the audience.

Jan Schultink the author of stickyslides.blogspot.com made this « presentation lessons for entrepreneurs presentation ». I hope it will inspire you too reduce the quantity of text in your presentation.

Downloadable PDF of the presentation lessons for entrepreneurs presentation


View more documents from Jan Schultink.

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How do you know your presentation is ready?

April 11, 2009 in Ideas Presentability, Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips | No comments

When your preparing a speech, how do you know it’s ready? How do you know your materiel is ready? Your slides? Your story? Your knowledge of the audience? Your rehearsal?Red Stage Curtain

I read a blog post this week : While working on a piece of art, how do you know when it’s “done”?

There is a lot of funny answers. Ex. “When your mum calls you down for dinner.” It worth reading.

It’s about art, but i the same is true for presentations. How do you know your ready to do your speech?

  • When spell-check is done?
  • When you are speaking in less than five minutes?
  • When, in rehearsing, you can go from point A to point Z without getting lost?


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Are you responsible for the horrible slides?

April 6, 2009 in Corporate Presentability, Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips | 4 comments

Good question. Who’s responsible for horrible slides in presentation?

Blogger and Tweeter Jeff Bailey suggest that : “Many people who do presentations are forced to use slides created by others. You can’t blame them for using horrible slides, but you do.”

Make sense.

In is blog post « Esthetics in everything you do » Jan Schultink wrote : “ My personal rule: never let an ugly chart or image enter my PowerPoint presentation, ever.”

Make sense. Who’s right?

Both.

As a presenter, we are responsible for delivering the message. Our responsibility include everything that support our delivering. We must eliminate everything that handicap it. This include slides.

Screenshot - 2009-04-06 , 21_20_27An horrible slide is noise in the communication. It distract the audience.  Therefore, we must get ride of them.

But, in some organization (particularly in big corporation) the slides are made by another department. Communication, product development, etc.

They have expertise in information or in communication, or anything necessary for creating a good document. The problem is; slides are not a document. They are a tool that support the presenter.

The slides must be create and design to support the speaker. They must obey different rules. Most of the time, the peoples creating the slides don’t know those rules.

Then, what is the responsibility of the presenter?

We must push the boundaries.

We must educate our colleagues. Teach them how to design good slides. Refuse to use bad slides.

Maybe it’s not always possible. It depend of the organization, the context, the situation, etc. I understand. But, i never encounter a situation where we cannot find a solution that satisfied everybody.

Sometimes, i took lots of negotiations. Don’t discourage yourself.

Here is an example of bad slide design from the Hillary Clinton campaign. Rick Altman as done an excellent makeover of it.

Share with me: How do you deal with slides made by other department?

Source :
Jeff Bailey Blog and Twitter
Jan Schultink  Blog and Twitter
Rick Altman Web site

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