Download or read book Presentation Zen written by Garr Reynolds and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.
Download or read book Own the Room Business Presentations that Persuade Engage and Get Results written by David Booth and published by Mcgraw-hill. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't Just Present. Persuade, Inspire, and Perform! Powerhouse presentations that engage and move your audience Imagine if every presentation received rapt attention and buy-in from the audience. Start getting these results with Own the Room, featuring the renowned Eloqui Method-innovative techniques that leave boring behind. Research shows a memorable presentation is a combination of stirring your audience's emotions while appealing to its intellect. This team of authors has developed techniques that tap into the persuasive, expressive aspects of presentations-employed over the past ten years by Fortune 500 companies such as TD Ameritrade, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Merrill Lynch, Siemens, and Pfizer. This effective method brings you: An award-winning actor who applies performance techniques from the stage to engage and move an audience A television and film director who demonstrates how to craft and deliver your message with authority, credibility, and authenticity A psychologist who specializes in memory and stage fright and reveals how to overcome fear and activate an audience's attention and memory Own the Room is written by a unique set of authors with the expertise perfect for creating vivid narratives. Own the Room shares how to excite your audience's emotions and intellect. And Own the Room will give you a communication toolkit to make any presentation lively, compelling, and memorable.
Download or read book Giving Presentations written by and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giving presentation the basic, decide what to say, plan for visuals .... Tip and tools, test yourselt, to learn more.
Download or read book HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations written by Nancy Duarte and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrified of speaking in front of a group> Or simply looking to polish your skills? No matter where you are on the spectrum, this guide will give you the confidence and the tools you need to get results. Learn how to wIn over tough crows, organize a coherent narrative, create powerful messages and visuals, connect with and engage your audience, show people why your ideas matter to them, and strike the right tone, in any situation.
Download or read book Slide ology written by Nancy Duarte and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of best practices for creating slide presentations. It changes your approach, process and expectations for developing visual aides. It makes the difference between a good presentation and a great one.
Download or read book Say It with Presentations How to Design and Deliver Successful Business Presentations written by Gene Zelazny and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2000-01-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organize a powerful, effective business presentation and deliver it with style! Say it with Presentations helps you define why you're giving the presentation and the audience you need to convince. This compelling, comprehensive presentation toolkit tells you when, why, and how to use humor, and, yes, silence to get your points across...howto make the most of visuals...set up facilities and equipment...and rehearse to communicate your confidence, conviction and enthusiasm, and much, much more.
Download or read book Advanced Presentations by Design written by Andrew Abela and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-08-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Presentations by Design overturns much of the conventional wisdom and practice for creating presentations. Based on over 200 research studies from the fields of communication, marketing, psychology, multimedia, and law, it provides fact-based answers to critical questions about presentation design, including how to adapt your presentation to different audience personality preferences, what role your data should play and how much of it you need, how to turn your data into a story, and how to design persuasive yet comprehensible visual layouts.
Download or read book Strategic Storytelling written by Dave McKinsey and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Strategic Storytelling" is a complete guide to creating persuasive business presentations.Based on intensive study of presentations developed by leading management consulting firms, this step-by-step playbook shows you how to craft stories using proven narrative frameworks, design data-driven slides, and master your verbal and non-verbal delivery.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Business School Presenting written by Stanley K. Ridgley and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Complete Guide to Business School Presenting: What your professors don't tell you... What you absolutely must know' reveals the secret expectations harbored by business school professors when viewing presented material. Designed to offer a competitive advantage to anyone interested in a career in business, this award-winning guide offers a truly unique means of developing powerful presentation skills. It identifies seven verities of speaking that form the bedrock of superior presenting in the twenty-first century, and which imbue any speaker with power, energy and confidence: stance, voice, gesture, expression, movement, appearance and passion. These principles, when studied and applied, can form the foundation of a vast improvement, operating by correlating directly with the inherent values of corporate America.
Download or read book Business Presentations written by Anne Freitag-Lawrence and published by Longman/Pearson. This book was released on 2005 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book enables students to develop their spoken language skills in order to give business presentations in English with confidence.
Download or read book How to Wash a Chicken written by Tim Calkins and published by Page Two. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award for Business and Economics Winner of the IndieReader Discovery Award for Top Business Book Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award "Clear, practical, thorough and right on the mark. It's a must-read for people who are new to giving presentations as well as experienced presenters who want to get even better. This book belongs on everyone's bookshelf." Jim Lecinski Associate Professor of Marketing, Northwestern University; former Vice-President of US Sales and Service, Google, Inc. How to Wash a Chicken is not a book about public speaking (or chickens), it's a comprehensive playbook for business leaders and people on their way up to give the best presentations of their lives, and embark on a circle of presentation success. All too often, the best intentions and most innovative ideas get lost in a poorly executed presentation. Author Tim Calkins understands the power of a compelling presentation and the difficulty in accomplishing one. The brand strategist, professor and author has been giving presentations since he was eight, when he delivered his first official presentation with an uncooperative chicken at a 4-H competition. From business updates to project recommendations to marketing plans, Calkins has given more than five thousand presentations to date. With concrete suggestions, helpful tricks, and step-by-step guidance that's applicable to all industries, Calkins sets out to propel his readers to create and deliver effective business presentations and pitches. When all lessons from How to Wash a Chicken are applied, readers will be empowered throughout the preparation and presentation process. They will be able to present with more confidence and conviction than they ever had before, setting them on a path of professional growth.
Download or read book Everyday Business Storytelling written by Janine Kurnoff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, easy-to-use guide to transform business communications into memorable narratives that drive conversations—and your career—forward In Everyday Business Storytelling: Create, Simplify, and Adapt A Visual Narrative for Any Audience, visual communication and storytelling experts Janine Kurnoff and Lee Lazarus leverage decades of experience helping executives at the world's top brands—including Colgage-Palmolive, Nestlé, T-Mobile, Medtronic and Meta—bring clarity and meaning to their business communications. Whether you're building a presentation, crafting a high-stakes email, or need to influence the conversation in your next meeting with an executive, or have to communicate with data, Everyday Business Storytelling offers an insightful exploration of how to develop compelling business narratives that meet diverse audience needs. You'll discover how to use a simple, repeatable framework to transform your ideas, data, and insights into an authentic, persuasive story. Within this professional development book, you'll also find clever data visualization and visual display techniques to help humanize your stories and build an audience connection, leading to improved presentation skills and better data literacy. Whether you're looking to enhance your executive presence, align teams, become an expert at converting data analysis into data insights, or want to communicate change and influence audiences, Everyday Business Storytelling is for you. Everyday Business Storytelling is an indispensable guide to making your communications stick in the minds of your audience and drive change. It enables you to display confidence and communicate with clarity regardless of how complex your message is. If you're a busy, talented businessperson looking for tactics to improve your executive presentations, one-pagers, emails, or virtual meetings, this communication book is for you.
Download or read book English For Business Presentation written by Lutfi Ashar Mauludin and published by Airlangga University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of three main topics: opening of presentation, content of presentation, and closing of presentation. There are also two additional topics at the beginning and at the end that provide information and tips to make and perform a good presentation. Each topic covers discussions points and exercises/activities aiming to help students applying their knowledge in real life. Each chapter starts with a short overview about the topic and teaching learning activities as well as evaluation process to assist the teacher and students in mastering the material. Some exercises, activities, and discussion topics are provided to improve their understanding and give them opportunity to have more practices.
Download or read book The Ultimate Business Presentations Book written by Martin John Yate and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a detailed guide to preparing and giving business presentations. Covers researching your presentation, verbal and visual aids to get the message across, ensuring that information is retained and dealing with nervousness.
Download or read book Rule the Room written by Jason Teteak and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rule the Room is the product of Jason Teteak’s twenty-year experience as a trainer and coach. His thoroughly tested advice covers every presenter’s concerns, from hooking the audience immediately to entertaining them, and from overcoming your fears to handling questions. He covers every base—content creation, delivery, audience management— with an overview plus step-by-step instructions, review exercises, and scores of specific and practical tips. Whether you want to persuade, motivate, teach, or inspire, Rule the Room can be your guide.
Download or read book Presentations HBR 20 Minute Manager Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliver powerful presentations that impress and move your audience. Feeling stressed about your upcoming presentation? Whether you're nervous about how you'll organize your thoughts or how you'll articulate them on the big day, Presentations provides the quick guidelines and expert tips you need to: Craft your message Prepare and rehearse effectively Engage your audience Manage Q&A sessions Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly read and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives—from the most trusted source in business.
Download or read book The Financial Times Essential Guide to Making Business Presentations written by Philip Khan-Panni and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critical knowledge you need to plan, write and deliver your next presentation with maximum impact. Written by a co-founder of the Professional Speaking Association, this book focuses on getting you the results you need from your presentation, whether you are selling a product or service, a proposed change or even your own skills and abilities. It will show you how to persuade your audience by being relevant, clear, engaging and memorable. FINANCIAL TIMES ESSENTIAL GUIDES: THE KNOW-HOW YOU NEED TO GET THE RESULTS YOU WANT
