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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by: Garr Reynolds List Price: $29.99 City Travel Guides Price: $19.79 You Save: $10.20 (34%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.58 EAN: 9780321525659 ISBN: 0321525655 Label: New Riders Press Manufacturer: New Riders Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: January 04, 2008 Publisher: New Riders Press Studio: New Riders Press Sales Rank: 126 Accessories:
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Editorial Review: Book Description: 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. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Inspiring, Motivating, Radical!I had finished Garr's book in 2 days. I found it inspiring, motivating and well designed. The book is an easy read with good example slides, designs and lots of useful references. I suggest this book to everyone who wants to improve the effectiveness of their presentations. Rating:  - Good story, but needs a handout with facts and figuresThis book is very good on the philosophy behind "designing" presentations. On how to use visuals and how to make your presentation into an engaging story. Unfortunately the book focuses too much on visuals and on (a bit superficial) presentation and design philosophy. Also the author contradicts himself with the last chapters in the book which are completely unneccessary. While in the first half of the book he argues convincingly for less is more. A bit more facts and figures or bulletpoints might help this book. But maybe those are in the handout? I recommend this book for those who are first time presenters or when looking for new twists. But it might be a bit lightweight for people who have to give "deep" presentations. Rating:  - Good Advice and Splendid ExamplesFor anyone tired of putting his or her presentation audiences to sleep, here are some wonderful ideas based on a sound philosophy of visual communication. Highly recommended. Rating: - Apply Zen Principles to Your PresentationsPresentationZen isn't really a book about specific techniques; it's about understanding and applying simple principles from Zen to your overall approach to, preparation for, design of, and delivery of your message. Garr Reynolds invites the reader into his mind as he prepares a presentation. We see his narrowing down the presentation to a core message, then fleshing out the ideas on white board flows, paper storyboards, and post-its. He explains there are three parts of the presentation - the slides, your notes, and the handout - and how each is approached very differently. He speaks out against what's now acceptable as a "slideument," and how slideumentation is killing presentations at conferences and perpetuating the "Death ... Read More: Rating: - Very NiceFirst I wanna thanks Amazon for made everthing works. Nice job. This book is really good. Nice way to learn about presentations and make it much more atractive. |
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