|  | Authors: Nancy Duarte, Duarte Nancy
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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Pages: 294
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ISBN: 0596522347
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.452
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Publication Date: August 12, 2008
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 A Must Have for Anyone Creating Presentations! September 1, 2009
Suzie R. (Irwindale, CA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
All my Analysts and Project Managers are now fighting over this book. They say they've gotten fresh, new, practical ideas from it that are easy to implement. For once they got exactly what they were needing-help to make their presentations work!
The End of Transparent Presentations August 29, 2009
PF (Chicago, IL)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
slide:ology's title says it all: it is time to leave behind all conventions as we knew them - and enter the 21st century in style. Duarte's "less is more, and pretty is better" philosophy is a tremendous resource for presenters who wish to engage their participants through visual media. This book, along with "Presentation Zen" and "Beyond Bullet Points," should prepare even the least experienced speaker for what used to be a daunting task: capturing and holding everyone's attention. Beyond reaching that goal, we also learn to enjoy the production process as well.
Contrary to what others have written, this book is NOT just for designers. August 21, 2009
Joshua K. Nieten (Noblesville, IN)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Other reviewers have complained that this book is written purely for professional designers, but I couldn't disagree more. Most of what is written in this book about design is already common knowledge for professional designers. The book is to help NON-designers create presentations that LOOK like they are created by professional designers. I am a professional designer (eLearning) and I recommend this book to everyone I know who is not a designer but is involved with the online learning at my company. This book addresses SO much more than just visual design. I LOVE this book and it has become one of my favorites in my work library. Beautifully done. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in an eLearning or presentation field. So many others in my industry rave about the book "Beyond Bullet Points"... but I think it is over-rated. Slide:ology is SO much better, in my opinion.
Slide:ology - A book review August 21, 2009
Howard Levine (Cleveland Ohio)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Slide:ology, The art and science of creating great presentations
Nancy Durante
O'Reilly Media Inc, Publisher, 2008
$34.99
slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
Slide:ology is a 250+ page soft back book that puts wisdom and experience of computer slide presentations together in a single volume. It is a beautifully designed practical guide to make presentations interesting, informative and engaging. While encyclopedic and didactic in scope it is fun and easy to read. It is a visual masterpiece. Chapters and sections can be read separately skipping through the book or read entirely from cover to cover. Each section is typically one to two pages long. Pick it up. Read a page. Learn. Practice. Come back to the book again.
Slide:ology is a desk reference, a book of humor, a history, and primer. It is (as expected from someone instructing in how to make a presentation fantastic) illustrated to make the points simply and clearly. If your PowerPoint or Keynote has lots of words and you and your audience read the slides (clearly "no-no's"), this is for you. As stated in Slide:ology's introduction "This book covers how to create ideas, transfer them into pictures, display them well, and then deliver them in your own natural way. It is not a PowerPoint manual."
There is a supporting beautifully constructed website and places in the book with [...] in the book's text to indicate more information is on the web site. For purchasers of the book, there is a free 45-day online edition. (I don't know what happens after 45 days.)
A few creative chapters are "Creating a new slide ideology", "Don't commit career suislide", "Defining your audience", "Creating diagrams", "Case study: Al Gore, A brand makeover", "Dissecting a font".
This book is a must read, must have, must master reference for anyone giving any presentation who hopes to connect to their audience, spread ideas to move people, and display information in the best possible way.
Reviewed August 2009 by
Howard Levine MD
Director, Cleveland Nasal Sinus & Sleep Center
Cleveland Ohio
Lecturer and PowerPoint and Keynote user
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COmplete Resource June 10, 2009
R. Emelo (Denver, Colorado USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is a comprehensive resource for those who live and die by the creating high impact presentations. I have been looking for this type of one-stop guide for presentations for a long time... well done.
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