PresentationZen
Let's face it: your PowerPoints are boring!
You over-sell. You cram too much on each slide; I know what you think: "if only I could use a smaller font, I could show so much more..."
And those fancy diagrams? When I see one I stop listening and think, "Is he going to torture all of us by explaining that whole thing?"
Instead get Garr Reynolds' book, PresentationZen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery; with a forward by Guy Kawasaki, you know it's gonna be great!
Comments
Frank - this is great stuff. It's really improved my audiences' ability to stay vertical, LOL. Guy Kawasaki's "10-20-30" rule is also a great place to start for an angel/VC pitch (10 slides, 20 minutes, 30 font**)
Again, thanks - and read Garr's blog too.
** minimum font = divide the age of the oldest viewer by 2... use that (and hope that Methuselah isn't in the audience, LOL)
Posted by: Norris Krueger | September 27, 2008 10:25 AM
Thanks for the recomendation. I have several clients I will recomend it to including myself.
Posted by: Bill Waldo | September 27, 2008 03:43 PM
I will be sure to pick it up. So far every book you have recommended has been a 10.
Posted by: Mark Mitchell | September 29, 2008 01:40 PM
On your recommendation I bought and read "Presentation Zen" and it has struck a chord. Bullet points and tired backgrounds begone! Time to emphasize the one important point in each slide and hope the audience remembers the the resulting fewer but more important points for a longer time. Great recommendation.
Posted by: Dave Berkus | November 3, 2008 09:29 AM