Presentation Zen Book Review
Presentation Zen book reviews, to be more accurate. Lots of them.In the spirit of Rotten Tomatoes – a site I always check before buying or renting a movie – this article gathers book reviews from...
View ArticleUse PowerPoint Visuals, Not Bullets – What the World Eats
Are you still annoying your audience with boring slide after boring slide?Break free from PowerPoint bullets!Learn from photojournalists — tell stories with visuals, and your audience will love you.A...
View ArticlePowerPoint Book Review – Clear and to The Point: 8 Psychological Principles...
Stephen Kosslyn has written a wonderful book for all presenters: Clear and to The Point: 8 Psychological Principles for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations.The subtitle for the book promises to...
View ArticleBook Review – slide:ology by Nancy Duarte
If you want to master visual communication, this book is for you.If you want to impress your audience with eye-popping slides, this book is for you.If you want to break free from the Death By...
View ArticleHow to Improve Your PowerPoint Slides with the Rule of Thirds
Designing attractive slide visuals does not need to be a painful task. You don’t need to hire a design firm. You don’t need loads of expensive software.You can design attractive visuals by following...
View ArticleBook Review: Multimedia Learning by Richard E. Mayer
Garr Reynolds, Nancy Duarte, and Cliff Atkinson are the authors of three hugely popular books on presentation design in the last five years.What else do all three have in common? They all point to...
View ArticleThe 10-20-30 Rule: Guy Kawasaki on PowerPoint
You’ve just been asked to give a project update to your colleagues at next week’s lunch-hour seminar.Quick… How many slides will you use? How much text can you put on them? How long should you speak —...
View ArticleHow to Create Pro Slides in Less Time: Don’t Worry, Be CRAPpy
Presenters, teachers, and students all resist design-centered slide design on the basis of a perceived lack of time. Since I know that the visually-driven, Zen approach works, I am not deterred by this...
View ArticleSlide Title Guidelines: Use Assertions, Not Topics
Quick… think back to the last slide presentation you attended.What kind of titles were used on the slides?Do you remember any of them?Were there titles like “Background”, “Research Study”, “October...
View ArticleSlide Fonts: 11 Guidelines for Great Design
When your presentation ends, what would you like your audience to think:“Those slide fonts were awesome! So innovative! So artistic! So shadowy and provocative!”“I didn’t notice the slide fonts.” It...
View ArticleSlide Charts: 20 Guidelines for Great Presentation Design
Well-designed charts in your slide deck can convey meaningful insights where words alone would struggle to do so. Poorly-designed charts in your slide deck can smother your presentation with confusion...
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