by Denis Francois Gravel | Mar 10, 2010 | From the Web, Language : English, Speaking Tips, Varia
Over the years, Dilbert’s characters have been dealing with lots of PowerPoint Presentation (should I say BAD presentation?). Thanks to PowerPoint Ninja for collecting those strip. If you want more, you can see the entire...
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 | Jan 2, 2010 | Language : English, Slides, Speaking Tips
Most people complain about boring presentation that uses slides that looks like walls of text. The brain don’t have the ability to listen et read all that text at the same time. According to Microsoft, the average slide shows 40 words. The BBC...