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Presentation Zen: : Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery / Reynolds, Garr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reynolds, Garr, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Microsoft PowerPoint (Computer file).
- Business presentations.
- Multimedia systems in business presentations.
- Business presentations--Graphic methods--Computer programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- New Riders, 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.
- Contents:
- Introduction : presenting in today's world
- Preparation : Creativity, limitations and constraints ; Planning analog ; Simple slides
- Design : Simplicity: why it matters ; Presentation design: principles and techniques ; sample slides
- Delivery : the art of being completely present ; connecting with an audience
- The next step : the journey begins.
- Notes:
- "Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations" -- Cover.
- Includes index.
- Online resource; Title from title page (viewed December 17, 2007)
- OCLC:
- 192096681
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