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Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations
In his first book, "Presentation Zen," Reynolds gave readers the framework for planning, putting together, and delivering successful presentations. Now he takes readers much deeper into the design realm and shows how to apply time-honored design principles to presentation layouts.
Paperback, 252 pages
Published
December 1st 2009
by New Riders Publishing
(first published 2009)
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This is the book I wanted Presentation Zen to be. It covers much of the same ground as the original, emphasizing the need to delivery presentations that are grounded, engaging and compelling rather than Death by Powerpoint. But as the name implies, this book is more focused on the design of the slides rather than the Zen story telling.
As someone who spends a lot of time creating and delivering presentations, I appreciated the abundance of tips and tricks - from websites for creati...more
As someone who spends a lot of time creating and delivering presentations, I appreciated the abundance of tips and tricks - from websites for creati...more
Along with the other Zen Presentation design book i read - A really good and quick guide to improving the stickiness of your presentations - whether this is at an exhibition or online ones. I created my first virtual school video whilst reading this, Steve Jobs presentation book (great for getting the message succinct) and online videos on using Camtasi. My first outputs was the virtual school video on our youtube channel - www.youtube.com/Fusionuniversal.
I would say all my presentat...more
I would say all my presentat...more
A good read, but a bit repetitive of themes from the first book. There is quite a bit of new material in this book which makes it worth picking up even if you already have Presentation Zen, but don't be surprised to find some major overlap of content as well. This was likely necessary to allow this book to exist on it's own, but it did on occasion make it a bit repetitive to someone who had read the first book.
So, I've given it a four out of five since I'm quite familiar with Present...more
So, I've given it a four out of five since I'm quite familiar with Present...more
Readable hints on how to make better use of presentation software. He cites Tufte, but remains very positive. Sees Steve Jobs as the master presenter. Believes in using online stock photo sources. This and his previous books make for good, quick reads and can then be reduced to a paqge of notes.
See my review of Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, here.
Read this book!! Seriously, it will change the way you approach presentations and even enhance your awareness of how things are presented to us on a daily basis, through advertising, publications and television. GREAT book.
Everyone that delivers some type of presentation must read this.
Lacey
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looking forward to digging into this one.
This is a great book for those looking to improve their presentations according to good, solid design standards. I learned some great techniques that I plan to use to impact my presentations.
Excellent book reviewing the design principles for presentations. Sort of like a design book for non-designers. I know there is a book that is similarly titled and covers that, but it is not written with presentations in mind nor with Garr's well created prose, experience in presentations, or his wonderful examples.
This book is worth a quick cover-to-cover read, but then keep it next to your computer so it's handy the next time you have to prepare a presentation. The text is helpful, but the abundance of "do this, not that" slide examples is what makes this a valuable reference book.
In his book "Presentation Zen Design", Garr Reynolds deals with how to design slides that fully involve your audience.
His tips:
- big images
- simple slides
- noise-to-signal ratio
His tips:
- big images
- simple slides
- noise-to-signal ratio
As the name of the book suggests, it's a guide to 'Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations', and that exactly what it did for me.
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