Slide:ology : the art and science of creating great presentations / Nancy Duarte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duarte, Nancy.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Slideology

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly Media, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you've delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void. Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth , this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone. The book combines conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the world's leading brands. With slide:ology you'll learn to: Connect with specific audiences Turn ideas into informative graphics Use sketching and diagramming techniques effectively Create graphics that enable audiences to process information easily Develop truly influential presentations Utilize presentation technology to your advantage Millions of presentations and billions of slides have been produced -- and most of them miss the mark. slide:ology will challenge your traditional approach to creating slides by teaching you how to be a visual thinker. And it will help your career by creating momentum for your cause.

Contents:

Creating a new slide ideology

Creating ideas, not slides

Creating diagrams

Displaying data

Thinking like a designer

Arranging elements

Using visual elements: background, color, and text

Using visual elements: images

Creating movement

Governing with templates

Interacting with slides

Manifesto: the five theses of the power of a presentation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596154714

0596154712

OCLC:

808998870