by Denis Francois Gravel | Jan 29, 2010 | Activity, Language : English, Speaking Tips
A common problem in public speaking is having too much materiel to present and not enough time. As a consequence, speakers take more time than allowed. It annoys the audience and put pressure on the following speakers and on the organization. How can you avoid doing...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Jan 15, 2010 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
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...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Nov 11, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
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....
by Denis Francois Gravel | Sep 13, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
It is hard for the human brain to conceptualize huge numbers. It is simply out of reach. If you present huge numbers to an audience, you have to keep that fact in mind. As a speaker, we need to translate those numbers into something more concrete, understandable,...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Apr 28, 2009 | Language : English, Speaking Tips
The world is different from what we see. Everybody sees it through glasses. Glasses representing education, professions, values, etc. As a result, everybody perceives things differently. I had a teacher who defined her role this way: “I’m giving you new glasses to see...
