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 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,...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Aug 7, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
Presenting Data can be boring for the audience. I often see speakers shows rows and rows of plain number. Zzzzzz! I can hardly stay concentrated on the presentation. To help our audience stay focus and understand the data and we better use data visualization. I...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Jun 14, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
If you use PowerPoint or Keynotes or another software while you are presenting, you can choose between different styles of design. Assertion-evidence slide Classic PresentationZen Lessig Method Duarte Design Diagrams Ethos3 story-telling style Comic style Pecha Kucha...
by Denis Francois Gravel | Jun 11, 2009 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
Presenting data is more efficient with visual aids. Pie charts and bar graph are used everyday in presentations, meetings or reports. We are used to them…..and sometimes bored by them. They often looked all the same. This is a regular pie chart. The kind we sees...
