Presentation Zen

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
by Garr Reynolds

Death by PowerPoint is a hyperbolic title for an all too real phenomenon in both academia (primarily business schools) and enterprise: mind-numbingly boring and useless PowerPoint presentations. Garr has some great sample processes and thoughts about how to change PowerPoint presentations to make them effective and useful. Super easy read, lots of pictures, examples, graphics, and quotes. If you want a quick overview watch the Authors@Google video where he talks and gives examples.

Key takeaways:

• Tell a story in your PowerPoint presentations
• Don't worry-- it's a process and takes time to perfect
• You don't need to be a designer
• Less is more
• Use vivid graphics