Presentation Zen – A Must Read Book
I have just finished reading Garr Reynolds fantastic book Presentation Zen and I just had to blog about it. Anyone who is serious about improving their presentations needs to read this book.
Why?
- It is well written and full of great quotes about what it takes to communicate effectively in todays information overloaded world.
- It is packed with many examples of effective visual aid design and so is a great source of inspiration for those of us who may struggle with the idea of having less text and more graphics in our slides
- It will inspire you to approach developing presentations in a different and much more effective way
Even though I already espouse most of the principles outlined by Garr, I still came away with a pile of ideas for how to make by presentations and the visual aids that support them even better. I also felt that the book inspired me to think and act much more creatively in everything that I do not just in terms of presentations.
I wish I had written this book but unfortunately I didn’t. Thankfully Garr Reynolds did and I know that millions of people will benefit as a result by not having to sit through quite as many text rich, low signal to noise ration presentations than they would have had to have done otherwise. Treat yourself – Buy this book and even more importantly put it’s principles into operation.
Go should also check out Garr’s Presentation Zen Blog
Gavin
The Internet Presentation Coach
