Varia Archives - Denis Francois Gravel | PRESENTability https://presentability.com/category/varia/ Continuously enhance individual & organization presentation ability. Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:19:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Recipe for Presentation Success? Kill Your Characters https://presentability.com/the-recipe-for-presentation-success-kill-your-characters/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:54:11 +0000 https://presentability.com/?p=1953 Must we kill our main characters to have a good story in our conference or presentation? Let's take a look.

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Must we kill our main characters to obtain a good story in our conference or presentation? Let’s take a look.

Stories are incredibly convenient to grab and maintain audience interest. Are all stories equal? Apparently not.

Benjamin Starr published “The Recipe for Writing Succes? Kill Your Characters” on visualnews.com about the plot lines used in the 13 novel who won the Man Booker Prize in 2011.

Most used plots? Death comes first. Followed by love and betrayal.

Does that mean that we must kill our characters to have a good story? Not necessarily. The graphic indicates that many plots are effective. Including the death.

We just have to choose the best one to illustrate our ideas.

 

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What kind of story you’re using ?

 

Source: The Recipe for Writing Success? Kill Your Characters.

 

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]]> Can Botox reduce your public speaking ability? https://presentability.com/can-botox-reduce-your-public-speaking-ability/ https://presentability.com/can-botox-reduce-your-public-speaking-ability/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:43:48 +0000 https://presentability.com/?p=1446 Botox reduce the ability to raise the eyebrows which is an important part of facial expression. Can this reduce your public speaking ability?

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No expressionBotox reduce the ability to raise the eyebrows which is  an important part of facial expression. Can this reduce your public speaking ability?

Angela DeFinis published an interesting post about the effect of Botox on your communication ability. I was surprised. I never thought about Botox this way before. In fact, I never think about Botox anyway, but that’s another story….

Research tells us that there is power in your eyebrows. When used naturally and in synch with your message, raising your eyebrows shows your curiosity, enthusiasm, and awe. Raising your eyebrows creates excitement, even a sense of joy—it shows you are interested and interesting. It’s one skill that will capture attention and radiate confidence.

Even if you are not planning to use Botox, read Angela’s post. You will find interesting points about the use of eyebrows in public speaking.

via Spooky Presentations – When Botox Makes You Say “Boo!.

 

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]]> https://presentability.com/can-botox-reduce-your-public-speaking-ability/feed/ 2 My Posts Featured on “All About Presentations” https://presentability.com/my-posts-featured-on-all-about-presentations/ Wed, 26 May 2010 18:35:25 +0000 https://presentability.com/2010/05/26/my-posts-featured-on-all-about-presentations/ English Français Three of my posts made the “World best presentations tips” series on the blog: All About Presentations. I am very proud that some of my work has been selected for that list. Thanks to the author of the blog: Vivek Singh Source: World’s Best Presentation Tips #12 Denis Francois Posted by: Denis Francois […]

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Three of my posts made the “World best presentations tips” series on the blog: All About Presentations.

Link to the post: World Best Presentation Tips

I am very proud that some of my work has been selected for that list. Thanks to the author of the blog: Vivek Singh

Source: World’s Best Presentation Tips #12 Denis Francois

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3 de mes billets en vedette sur « all about presentations »



3 de mes billets ont été inclus dans la liste : World best presentations tips(meilleurs trucs au monde pour les présentations).

Link to the post: World Best Presentation Tips

Cette liste est la création du blogue « All About Presentations ». C’est assez flatteur d’en faire partie. Je remercie l’auteur : Vivek Singh

Vous pouvez consulter le billet : World’s Best Presentation Tips #12 Denis Francois


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]]> Dilbert fun about PowerPoint Presentation https://presentability.com/dilbert-fun-about-powerpoint-presentation/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000 https://presentability.com/2010/03/11/dilbert-fun-about-powerpoint-presentation/   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 collection on PowerPoint Ninja post.   Share with me: Have you good cartoons about […]

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Over the years, Dilbert’s characters have been dealing with lots of PowerPoint Presentation (should I say BAD presentation?).

 

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Thanks to PowerPoint Ninja for collecting those strip.

If you want more, you can see the entire collection on PowerPoint Ninja post.

 

Share with me: Have you good cartoons about PowerPoint or presentation?

 

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]]> Pecha Kucha.org wrote a review about my post https://presentability.com/pecha-kucha-org-wrote-a-review-about-my-post/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:10:44 +0000 https://presentability.com/2009/12/30/pecha-kucha-org-wrote-a-review-about-my-post/   The post I wrote about the second Pecha Kucha night in Quebec City have been noticed by the Pecha Kucha International organization. In their “latest news” section, there is an article about my “7 Speaking Lessons”. Here is a screenshot from Pecha Kucha Web site     Thanks to the organization for the nice […]

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The post I wrote about the second Pecha Kucha night in Quebec City have been noticed by the Pecha Kucha International organization.

In their “latest news” section, there is an article about my “7 Speaking Lessons”.

Here is a screenshot from Pecha Kucha Web site

 

Pecha Kucha.org post about Presentability.com

 

Thanks to the organization for the nice comment and for the link.

We usually aren’t so crazy about “guides” on how to give a PKN presentation — for us, it’s really all about being yourself — but it’s certainly hard not to agree with what Denis has to say.

You can read what I said or you can read the rest of the article on the Pecha Kucha Web site

 

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