Author: Garr Reynolds Publisher: Pearson Education ISBN: 0321601890 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 316
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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.
Author: Barry Brophy Publisher: ISBN: 9781911121329 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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How many awful presentations have you attended? How many have you given?Awful presentations are too often the norm, with swathes of text on the screen, presenters speaking over everyone's heads, little interaction, no stories, poor images and a bored audience. Why?In this book, presentation specialist Barry Brophy explains why competent people give hapless presentations. And it's not because of nerves. Most of what you thought you knew about presentations is wrong; successful presentations are not about speaking but listening. They are not about your knowledge but the audience's needs. They are not about ditching PowerPoint but using it properly. They are not about overcoming fear when speaking but overcoming caution when preparing.The truth is you already have the skills to present - your conversational skills - and anyone can craft a spellbinding presentation. Conversations work whereas presentations invariably fail, and this book explains the hidden mental habits which can lead you to misuse your already-perfected speaking skills when presenting.You will learn to:> Make your presentations zing. A presentation is not facts, it's an interpretation of facts. Your job as a presenter is to advise and guide your audience.> Communicate knowledge to an audience at any level. A presentation fits into a wider communication chain. Understanding this will help you to figure out what works in a presentation - stories, images, videos, examples, analogies, demonstrations, interaction - and, crucially, what should be left out.> Make your presentation audience-centred not presenter-centred. Don't define your presentation based what you know but rather on what the audience needs to hear.> Connect with your audience. Content is the dominant factor in a presentation, not delivery. You already know how to deliver; you do it every time you open your mouth. The key is to tap into this conversational energy and fluency.> Embrace PowerPoint to make your presentations first class.About Barry Brophy. Barry Brophy has nearly two decades of experience helping people make presentations in both the private sector and as a lecturer at University College Dublin. There he has developed specialist Masters Courses that run across all disciplines and has carried out research on how oral presentations work. He is also the author of The Natural Presenter - Turning Conversations into Presentations, which was published in 2007.
Author: Neal Ford Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN: 013296337X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 555
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Presentation Patterns is the first book on presentations that categorizes and organizes the building blocks (or patterns) that you’ll need to communicate effectively using presentation tools like Keynote and PowerPoint. Patterns are like the lower-level steps found inside recipes; they are the techniques you must master to be considered a master chef or master presenter. You can use the patterns in this book to construct your own recipes for different contexts, such as business meetings, technical demonstrations, scientific expositions, and keynotes, just to name a few. Although there are no such things as antirecipes, this book shows you lots of antipatterns—things you should avoid doing in presentations. Modern presentation tools often encourage ineffective presentation techniques, but this book shows you how to avoid them. Each pattern is introduced with a memorable name, a definition, and a brief explanation of motivation. Readers learn where the pattern applies, the consequences of applying it, and how to apply it. The authors also identify critical antipatterns: clichés, fallacies, and design mistakes that cause presentations to disappoint. These problems are easy to avoid—once you know how. Presentation Patterns will help you Plan what you’ll say, who you’ll say it to, how long you’ll talk, and where you’ll present Perfectly calibrate your presentation to your audience Use the storyteller’s “narrative arc” to full advantage Strengthen your credibility—and avoid mistakes that hurt it Hone your message before you ever touch presentation software Incorporate visuals that support your message instead of hindering it Create highly effective “infodecks” that work when you’re not able to deliver a talk in person Construct slides that really communicate and avoid “Ant Fonts,” “Floodmarks,” “Alienating Artifacts,” and other errors Master 13 powerful techniques for delivering your presentation with power, authority, and clarity Whether you use this book as a handy reference or read it from start to finish, it will be a revelation: an entirely new language for systematically planning, creating, and delivering more powerful presentations. You’ll quickly find it indispensable—no matter what you’re presenting, who your audiences are, or what message you’re driving home.
Author: Seth Godin Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101216344 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 97
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A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip. Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart. Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security. Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.
Author: Robin Williams Publisher: Peachpit Press ISBN: 0321656210 Category : Business presentations Languages : en Pages : 169
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Provides information on creating an effective digital presentation, covering such topics as animation, plot, contrast, software, and handouts.
Author: Hans Van de Water Publisher: Lannoo Meulenhoff - Belgium ISBN: 9401458278 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 292
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Do you regularly give presentations? Are you unsure about timing? Worried you will send your public to sleep? Do you want to give a presentation that sticks, one that brings results? Authors Toon Verlinden and Hans Van de Water set up the company The Floor is Yours in 2012. Because 'life is too short for bad presentations', right? They have since trained thousands of researchers in the techniques necessary to prepare and give effective presentations. Drawing on their own wide-ranging experience, they offer useful tips and tricks that will help you score with the audience, and provide solutions for every possible presentation problem. Too introvert? Complex themes? Paralyzed by stress? This book shows that giving a presentation doesn't need to be an ordeal. You will learn how to keep your audience's attention to achieve the results you want and will also be shown a number of classic and instantly recognizable examples of bad presentations, so that you can immediately see how not to do it!
Author: Andy Balser Publisher: ECW Press ISBN: 1770903488 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 143
Book Description
Tackling a challenge faced by millions of business professionals every day, this handy guide shows how to create effective, visually appealing PowerPoint slides. In contrast to other books on the topic that focus on the wrong skills or read like boring technical manuals, this lighthearted book avoids jargon and provides useful information about the practical realities of creating materials in this popular application. It addresses common user concerns, such as turning facts and data into compelling visual images, generating concise project updates, creating presentation decks to be emailed or reviewed over the phone, and finding useful PowerPoint examples with minimal research. With accessible language and 50 color illustrations, the book efficiently explains how to translate ideas into sleek presentations.
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