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 Must for management consultants August 18, 2009
Mark William Collins
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Too often management consultants think the world is full of management consultants and forget that not everyone loves PowerPoints slides and wants to discuss the complex meaning of shape and colour of each shape.
This book helps is not just about presentations but extends to best practices and theories for communication in general.
My starting point to the Design world August 15, 2009
Víctor Caveda (Asturias, Spain)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Beyond the typical book about getting better at presenting or becoming a more effective speaker, Presentation Zen offers its own answers to a couple of key questions:
* Why design matters?
* What the hell is a good design?
As a technical guy I've always been focus on searching functional solutions for problem but I've overlooked the design aspects of those solutions nonetheless. Since I finished this book I've started to look at things from a different perspective, not just technical but visual.Presentation Zen's honestly one of the most remarkable books I've read in recent times. It's become my personal starting point to the Design world providing the necessary guidelines and resources I needed.
Plain, clear, brilliantly designed... I could write longer about Presentation Zen but it would go against the principles it teaches.
Presentation Zen August 5, 2009
Franco Jones (St. Augustine, FL USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great reference book for creating engaging presentations. I'll recommend it to everybody that deals with live presentations.
Simplicity at its best August 3, 2009
Guadalupe Vadillo Bueno (Mexico City)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an excellent guideline for creating easy to follow, attractive and engaging presentations. The foreword is a piece of art. Illustrations are clear examples of the graphic component of this kind of presentations. As we read it, we acknowledge how many mistakes we've made in the past, and how boring we have been for our audiences. Also we can clearly see how we can make a U turn and provide effective visual support for our talks. Buy it now.
Want to prevent "PowerPoint coma" in your audience, but not sure how? July 27, 2009
Trevor Rotzien (Seattle, WA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Presentation Zen does an excellent job of not only explaining why most conventional presentations are tedious, but how they actually contribute to your audience not getting your message at all. Fortunately, it does provide a plethora of remediation strategies in the messaging, design, attitude and physical presence aspects of presenting. This book can't guarantee that you won't have to sit through another painful and time-wasting presentation, but after reading it, you'll have no excuses for giving one.
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