A must for all presenters | Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That...

A complete shift in the way to share knowledge | Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) | Garr Reynolds

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	• Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) Garr Reynolds New Riders Press, 2008 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 87 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A must.

This book is a must. If you are a Power Point serious user, and recognize that you (and the people in the auditorium) are tired with the "standard" way you do your presentations, you must buy and read this beautiful book. You will read it in hours - it is marvelous. I strongly recommend this one.

A must for all presenters

Garr does a terrific job of explaining the basics of presenting, debunking the current trend of "put an outline on a page and read it". He correctly coaches the reader that the "outline method" (my term, not his) is offensive to the crowd and adds little to the presentation. He presents the information of such researchers as the Heath brothers and Tufte, two giants in the field. While unnecessary for those of us who are very familiar with their work, for anyone else learning about excellence in presentations they are a welcome additional overview.

What makes this book stand apart, however, is Garr's commitment to share with the reader presentation slides and concepts, so that the ideas are brought to life. With as visual as the concepts are, it would have been a huge miss to have not included many examples. He provided this essential linkage and payout to the theories and suggestions his book presents.

My copy is already a bit battered from use, and I suspect it will get more so as time continues. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking to take their presentation skills to the next level.

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A complete shift in the way to share knowledge

'Presentation Zen' starts with a very bold proposal, you have to change and stop following the way everyone uses PowerPoint, forget bullet points, use of too much text, lot of ideas cramped in one slide, not to use presentation as contents holder, etc.
Like in Zen philosophy, the first things you need to recognize are the flaws in your reality, and then embrace a new way of thinking and doing. In the case of presentations and keynotes, you need to understand how to effectively share ideas (read 'Made To Stick'), and the logic of a changing world (read 'A Whole New Mind'), and apply this to build, simple, emotional, easy to follow presentations.
This book applies, through a lot of analogies, elements of the japanese culture because it stands out about thinking and executing everyday things.
It's not just a book that teaches you a new technique, it encourages your heart and mind to be creative, innovative and free. And the latter its what makes this book even more valuable.

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If you give presentations at all you need this book

This picks up from Turfte's "Beautiful Evidence" book and more so. If you give presentations at all you need this book. It is so far the best book on Powerpoint (Keynote) I have read. The ideas are not just talked about, you walk through how to do it with plenty of before and after pictures. A very graphical and stunning book. If you have ever felt that your audience was just not getting your message, or you understand why Steve Jobs out presents Bill Gates, or you appreciate the Guy Kawasaki style, then this is the book for you. Buy it, read and use it and do not lend it!

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Approach, not guidelines

A lot of ideas for presenters accumulated in the book that are useful for entire presentation process, from the beginning when looking for opportunity to make a presentation till the end when on stage presenting the result.

The main idea, the Book gives you APPROACH, NOT strict guidelines; like laws or school rules [you must add this, you must use that]. Don't be confused with that (as I was at the beginning, when started to read), book does not contain any magic tips or openings, that will make you the best presenter in the world. It gives the ideas and experience, that you can use for the advantage.

Book starts with description about ekiben, special type of food that is sold in Japan trains. Author finds ekiben great balanced type of food, which he calls a pleasant way to end the day. Author wonders, where is the problem to make all the presentation in the same way, balanced and harmonized...

You will find plenty of author's thoughts and ideas, that can be very helpful for your future presentations and hints how to find the balance.

Book provides great examples, one of them is from Seth Godinh [if I'm not mistaken], when presenting about pollution in your city, what is better
1) four bullet points about pollution data
or
2) photo of bunch of dead birds, some smog or even diseased lung, and talk give this information enclosed in four bullets.

Which is better and more effective, well I think the answer is clear, and there are others examples too.

There are other examples and ideas, that you may find interesting and learn to make your presentations better (at least it worked for me). However, I'm just rookie in this stuff.

This Book should be placed for your must have category, if you have any relation to presentations.

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