by Denis Francois Gravel | Apr 22, 2009 | Language : English, Speaking Tips
Why? Because you are not as beautiful as you want, you don’t know how to tell jokes, you are shy, you are boring, you have a physical handicap, you have a speech impediment, etc. Don’t waste your time and ours. Run away from stage. Period. Wrong. Change your mindset....
by Denis Francois Gravel | Apr 11, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
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? I read a blog post this week : While working on a piece of art, how do you know when it’s...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Apr 6, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
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...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Mar 27, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
When you want to present data to an audience, there is a lots of possibility. Each one serve a different purpose. Pie chart, diagram, histogram, etc. Which one will fit in your presentation? To help you choose, Andrew Abela create a nice tool. You can find it here....
by Denis Francois Gravel | Mar 18, 2009 | Language : English, Speaking Tips
Yesterday, i attend some conference at lunch time. The young women sitting next to me wasn’t eating. She looked preoccupied. When she got up, left the table et started her presentation, i understood why she wasn’t eating. She was the speaker and she was nervous to...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Mar 16, 2009 | Inspiration, Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
I just finished reading the book “presentationzen” from Garr Reynolds. Wow! It’s a fantastic book. It will change the way you will do your next presentations. Garr is the author of one of the most popular blogs about presentation. In his book, he gave you...
