How to Avoid Annoying PowerPoint Habits: Interview with Dave Paradi, Microsoft MVP

Dave Paradi is one of my favorite people in the presentation design world. He is a Microsoft MVP, has been a professional speaker since 1999, and has authored 9 books and over 100 articles on PowerPoint. His focus is on helping business professionals create clear visuals of financial data. ​I interviewed Dave about his current work, what it’s like to be a Microsoft MVP, and his presentation tips.

What’s Inside:
- Dave says, “I deliver customized training sessions both in person and virtual and in those sessions I focus on 1) creating effective Excel charts and 2) effective PowerPoint presentations. It’s very corporate, business focused.”
- How long Dave has been training others.
- How he uses his own mistakes to train others. Dave told me, “I’ve been doing this for 21 years so I have made most of the mistakes in both a workshop as well as in running a business. That’s what I hope to share with my audiences, because when they say ‘What do you do when this happens?’ chances are I’ve made that mistake before.”
- How Dave got his start in mutual funds and ended up giving a presentation series that changed his career trajectory.
- How Dave and Ann connected. Dave said, “I’d noticed you first on Twitter and seen some of the stuff you were doing earlier on. And when you decided to go out on your own, I’d reached out and said ‘Hey Ann, would you like to have a conversation? I can share some of the stuff I messed up on and hopefully you won’t have to.’ One of the things I really appreciated when I got started was to learn from those who’d gone before. To learn the real-world information about what you should or should not do and should consider and I try to pay it forward.”
- How Dave pays it forward to those younger or starting out. Dave said, “What mistakes have you made in an area of your life that you could pass on to somebody who is younger or starting out in the area? Help them, because it helps all of us.”
- Dave’s Experience as a Microsoft MVP

Connect with Dave Paradi
Dave’s website: http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com
Dave’s presentation survey: https://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/free-resources/
YouTube: youtube.com/user/thinkoutsidetheslide
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/DaveParadi

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