by Denis Francois Gravel | Nov 12, 2009 | Activity, Language : English, Varia
“Protect your identity online” The third information and awareness campaign was launched on Monday by ISIQ (security institute of Quebec). I like this campaign because it is useful for every Internet user, and because it does not use the “FUD factor”. Campaign Web...
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 | Nov 9, 2009 | Language : English, Varia
I have finally moved my blog last week. I left the free hosting of WordPress.com. I am now hosting my blog on my new domain name. Thanks to WordPress for hosting my blog in the last month. . So Welcome everybody to : PRESENTability.com . I suggest that you update your...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Nov 4, 2009 | From the Web, Inspiration, Language : English
If you walk 4646 kilometers across China, how can you share your experience with your relative back home? How can you give them the « feeling » of your incredible journey? One option is to do a time lapse video of your travel. That’s what Christoph Rehage has done. He...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Sep 29, 2009 | Inspiration, Language : English, Slides
Sometimes, the best way to explain an emotion or a concept is a good image. Here is a fantastic tribute to Polaroid. Pure genius. It is from Phil Jones, a designer from Minneapolis. He was inspired by this article about the slow death of Polaroid. Words are strong....
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,...
