Presentation Zen

The best-selling, full-color guide to presentation design and delivery — now thoroughly updated to reflect the latest tools and insights Reach and motivate audiences through simplicity and storytelling: use slides to make your message unforgettable, not drown it out Transform how you think about using PowerPoint, Keynote, or any other presentation software Reinvigorate existing material in fresh and interactive ways that make it resonate as never before By Garr Reynolds, host of presentationzen.com, the Internet's leading site for better presentation design and delivery Everyone's been forced to sit through terrible presentations: boring, confusing, dense, full of unnecessary clutter and effects. There's a radically better way to reach and motivate your audience — and it starts with simplicity and storytelling. In Presentation Zen, 3rd Edition, best-selling selling author and popular speaker Garr Reynolds shows you how it's done, using modern versions of PowerPoint, Keynote, or other presentation tools. You'll learn how to build slides that focus your audience's attention precisely where you want it, and illuminate and inspire people rather than burying them in facts and data. Garr's new full-color examples, lessons, and perspectives combine proven design principles with the tenets of Zen simplicity, and help you along the path to creating and delivering cleaner, better presentations.

Garr Reynolds is the bestselling author of Presentation Zen, Presentation Zen Design, and The Naked Presenter, and a leading authority on presentation design and delivery. A sought-after speaker and consultant, his clients include many in the Fortune 500. An award-winning writer, designer, and musician, he is currently Professor of Management and Communication Design at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. Garr is a former corporate trainer for Sumitomo Electric, Inc. and worked as the Manager for Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple, Inc. His popular website can be found at presentationzen.com. He lives with his family in the countryside of Nara, Japan.

Foreword by Guy Kawasaki INTRODUCTIONPresenting in Today's World PREPARATIONCreativity, Limitations, and ConstraintsPlanning AnalogCrafting the Story DESIGNSimplicity: Why It MattersPresentation Design: Principles and TechniquesSample Visuals: Images & Text DELIVERYThe Art of Being Completely PresentConnecting with an AudienceThe Need for Engagement NEXT STEP:The Journey Begins