Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

Review
"Please don't buy this book! Once people start making better presentations, mine won’t look so good. (But if you truly want to learn what works and how to do it right, Garr is the man to learn from.)"
Seth Godin
Speaker and Blogger
Author, Meatball Sundae

"Garr is a beacon of hope for frustrated audiences everywhere. His design philosophy and fundamental principles bring life to messages and can invigorate careers. His principles of simplicity are as much a journey of the soul as they are restraint of the mouse."
Nancy Duarte
CEO, Duarte Design

"Presentation Zen is just fantastic. Best of all it's not another recipe book about “how to make slides” — this is about re-imagining how your entire presentation will work together as a persuasive and integrated show, from conception through delivery. Awesome."
Merlin Mann
43folders.com


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.

How to Prepare, Stage, and Deliver Winning Presentations by Thomas Leech

Product Description

Business growth is becoming increasingly dependent on partnerships, joint ventures, and other strategic alliances. Consequently, the ability of professionals to articulate their ideas well to others has become increasingly essential. How to Prepare, Stage, and Deliver Winning Presentations, now in a thoroughly updated edition, gives readers a proven and practical approach to increase their knowledge, capabilities, confidence, and success. The book provides proven, practical advice on communicating essential information when it matters most. Readers will learn how to:

* Make their case using persuasive supporting materials that illuminate and inspire * Win over audiences with sound strategy, organization, and persuasive evidence * Use visual aids using current technologies such as computer graphics, LCD projectors, and Web-interactive methods * Create a positive impression through voice, language, and nonverbal impressions

This is an essential book for all professionals seeking to influence decision makers, win contracts, and enhance their careers.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #97636 in Books
Published on: 2004-03-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
336 pages
Editorial Reviews

Ft.Worth TX Morning Star Telegram
"easy-to-use process for creating and giving presentations. Presents new strategies tailored to the demands of 21st-century business."

Review

Named by Presentations Magazine to its 'Top of the Class' List:: "We recommend [this book] to anyone who has been asked to present and hasn't stepped up to a podium since college. The book is well-written, easy to read and full of solid basics on presenting. It's a great book for any presenter's bookshelf."

Review

Named by Presentations Magazine to its 'Top of the Class' List:: "We recommend [this book] to anyone who has been asked to present and hasn't stepped up to a podium since college. The book is well-written, easy to read and full of solid basics on presenting. It's a great book for any presenter's bookshelf."
Customer Reviews

A "Must-Read" for Presenters!
Thomas Leech's book, How to Prepare, Stage and Deliver Winning Presentations, 3rd Edition, is a 'must read' for any presenter. It applies to all speaking forums - large or small (customers, corporate, Board of Directors, employees and even informal team meetings). The "15 fundamentals" make it easy to learn, practice and refine your skills, resulting in improved, successful presentations.

Best and most complete book on business presentations
Thomas Leech is a nationally known consultant on presentation making. In this book he distills his years of experience into a single volume of useful information. The book is packed with tremendously valuable information to make sure that your presentation is a winner.
No stone is left unturned as he goes through a complete system for creating the presentation. Not only are the technical aspects discussed but also gauging your audience and customizing your presentation to meet the needs of the audience. He even covers special problems in presentation such as an international presentation.
This is the best book on putting together a successful presentation that I have seen. Whether you are presenting an position internally to change the direction of a business or externally to generate new business this book is extremely useful. For generating additional business and presentations to potential customers I would recommend using it in combination with Tom Sant's book on Proposal writing. A winning presentation and a winning proposal results in winning business.

Best book I have read on the subject.
While working on an assignment for a graduate level managerial communications class, I browsed several books on business presentations. Mr. Leech's book was the one I chose to use. It provides a wealth of information, while being very readable. Reading this book added to the knowledge I gained from the class. This book will become a valuble part of my business library.

The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters by Brad McRae

Product Description

Many speakers make presentations that are poorly designed, poorly delivered, and poorly received. There are those few, however, that are so masterful they move an audience to see the world differently and inspire them to achieve more than they ever thought possible. The Seven Strategies of Master Presenters will help anyone develop the presentation strategies and skills exemplified by the Master Presenters interviewed in this book, whether for a one-on-one presentation, a sales call, a talk to a small group, or a speech to an audience of a thousand or more. Among the Master Presenters included are Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City; Terry Paulson, president of The International Federation of Professional Speakers, and Ted Corcoran, president, Toastmasters International 2003-1004.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #879562 in Books
Published on: 2004-04
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
288 pages
Editorial Reviews

Book Info
Text helps readers develop the presentation strategies and skills needed for a one-on-one presentation, a sales call, a talk to a small group, or a speech to an audience of a thousand or more. Softcover. DLC: Public speaking.
Customer Reviews

Basic, boilerplate, a text book approach
This has some good stuff in outline format with lots of detail and obviously the authors have done their research. It is laid out in a readable and very organized fashion around the template from Toastmasters so it is a good outline for speakers from beginning to end. A little boring to read but I am sure effective stuff.

The 7 Strategies worth 7 stars.
This book is in a different league than other books on presentations. It takes a quantum leap and provides insights, tools, and structure
to your presentations. I appreciated the way that the authors were
able to analyze the elements of a presentation and explain its importance.

This is the type of book you may want to read a couple of times as the
information is complex but very effective. It has helped push my presentations to the next level.

Insightful!
If you get nervous before speaking in public, if you hear snores coming from the audience, if people keep leaving the room to "take a call" and don't come back, if your few remaining listeners are focused on their Blackberries, you definitely need this book. Authors Brad McRae and David Brooks have long, varied experience in public speaking and offer a concise, well-organized, straightforward guide for the perplexed. The book covers everything you need to know about making an excellent public presentation: how to meet deadlines, how to organize your slides, what to do when construction workers start hammering in the next room, even how to handle hecklers and pests. The authors provide a wealth of anecdotes and illustrations. As a bonus, much of their counsel about public speaking equally applies to other kinds of communication, so the principles in this book can help you improve not only your speaking but your writing, website design and more. We recommend it highly.