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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) 54 reviews
Garr Reynolds
New Riders Press, 2008
I Never Realized How Much Help I Needed
When it comes to PowerPoint presentations I've always been guilty of simply grabbing a standard template and pouring in my bullets. I never gave much thought to aesthetics, which is why most of my slides look awful compared to the ones in Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds.
I can see why this book sells so extremely well. It's a beautiful work and features all sorts of great, visual examples ...
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The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid 12 reviews
Michael Alley
Springer, 2007
Scientific Presentation review
It gave me advice on traps to avoid in presentations. I just need to make good practice of them.
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The Exceptional Presenter: A Proven Formula to Open Up and Own the Room26 reviews
Timothy J. Koegel
Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2007
A practical, real-world guidebook
This is a short, readable, down-to-earth guidebook to improving oral communication in a business context. The author's purpose is in the title-- The Exceptional Presenter-- and everything in the book is directed toward that purpose.
The advice ranges from how to stand in front of your audience and gesture without feeling awkward to how to deal with challenges during question/answer sessions. ...
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Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF) (Unleashed)54 reviews
Adam Nathan
Sams, 2006
A good cover-to-cover read
This book stands out as one of the easiest to read technical books. The book is in color, is divided into many chapters and sub-chapters, and written in a casual style, which makes it very enjoyable to read. The coverage of the content is top-notch, save for the chapter on data binding which I think lacked better examples. I think this book falls into the category of a cover-to-cover read; ...
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Working the Plate: The Art of Food Presentation 31 reviews
Christopher Styler
Wiley, 2006
to you intend to kill someone?
do you really want to kill your son's mother-in-law?
she will drop dead when you invite her to have dinner and perform any of the suggestions given in this gorgeous book.
buy it and try!
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The 45 Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life: The World's Best-Selling Network Marketing Guide9 reviews
Don Failla
Rooftop Publishing, 2006
The Reality of Network Marketing
I enjoyed this book. Some of the information I already knew...or did I? The book does a great job at clarifying what we already know about network marketing. More importantly, the book brings the reality of network marketing to light; without having to do it in 500 pages. The Beauty of this book is that it cross-platform to what ever you are marketing. The principles or mechanics to network ...
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The Big Book of Presentation Games: Wake-Em-Up Tricks, Icebreakers, and Other Fun Stuff 5 reviews
John W. Newstrom, Edward E. Scannell
McGraw-Hill, 1997
Superb resource book
I had this series of books before - loaned them out at work and never got them back (go figure!). Happy to have found them again here.
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life11 reviews
Erving Goffman
Anchor, 1959
A sociological classic
I remember reading this work many years ago and feeling a whole new world had opened up to me in relation to understanding ' the self'. Instead of looking inward only it was necessary to see the way we reshape ourselves in response to the kind of people we are with. The ' self' becomes a ' construct' which alters with performance, and with each new set of characters or scene we met. And so we ...
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The 45 Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life (2nd Edition)19 reviews
Don Failla
Sound Concepts, Inc., 2006
Very helpful for MLM recruits
Getting potential MLM business recruits to read this book can make the difference between closing the sale and not closing the sale. It boils down what is years of the authors MLM experience into simple to understand examples. We used the book as one of the key tools to build a successful health and wellness MLM business. Highly recommended.
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Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, ... 17 reviews
Cliff Atkinson
Microsoft Press, 2007
Best yet from Cliff Atkinson... I'm now a complete fan!
I recommend "Beyond Bullet Points" in my class all the time. I continually have people coming up to me and asking where my slides came from or how I go about creating them. While I cannot say that I stick to the BBP process strictly, I do use its concepts heavily in my slides. This is why I tell these people ot start with BBP.
Well, I just picked up my copy of the 2007 version of BBP last week ...
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How to Make Presentations That Teach and Transform2 reviews
Robert J. Garmston, Bruce M. Wellman
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 1992
Execellent Resource for Making Effective Presentations
How to Make Presentations that Teach and Transform, is a slim volume packed with tips and strategies for creating and making dynamic presentations to adult learners. Authors, Robert Garmston and Bruce Wellman, write in a clear, easy-to-understand style. Topics range from outlining the five stages of a presentation and how to communicate congruently, to strategies for unifying groups. There are ...
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Real Estate Presentations That Make Millions2 reviews
Jim Remley
AMACOM, 2007
Systems and Presentations that Really Work.
I have known Jim for about 7 years and he has also impressed me as dynamic, young individual that knows exactly what he wants, and already has the plans mapped out how to get it. He proved that by listing and selling hundreds and hundreds of homes using systems, presentations and marketing methods that he created. Jim has mastered how to serve the customer efficiently and how to communicate with ...
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Essential Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) (Microsoft .NET Development Series)14 reviews
Chris Anderson
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2007
A fantastic primer on WPF
If you're an experienced programmer and looking for a primer on WPF, Anderson has written a succinct overview that will definitely get you going in the right direction without wasting your time. It will give you not only the basics but provide an insight into what is going on and how you can go further in exploring WPF. Although it lacks in-depth examples (and source code) this book provides a ...
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Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition (Books for Professionals by ...5 reviews
Matthew MacDonald
Apress, 2008
I highly recommend the book...
I have the first edition of this book (Pro WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 3.0), so I was hesitant in buying this version. WPF 3.5 did not have major feature upgrades from 3.0. I am glad that I did buy it, but I can't really recommend doing so for other people with the .NET 3.0 version, only because there is not that much new material.
However, I highly recommend the book if ...
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Say it With Presentations, Revised & Expanded2 reviews
Gene Zelazny
McGraw-Hill, 2006
Nothing to say BUT Fantastic!!!
Zelazny in his Say it With Presentation gives a fresh and clear message, the style he uses is very friendly explaining in the best way how to present and share a business presentation. Great job!!!
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Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz21 reviews
Diane Diresta
Chandler House Press, 1998
Knockout's a knockout with my clients
Having been in the communication skill business the past 15 years myself, I am glad to have such a good and user-friendly reference as this book to recommend to my clients - from all backgrounds and industries. It covers every area, and then some.
I have a shelf full of other presentation skill books, but Knockout Presentations is still the one I reference and pass along. Should be on every ...
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Presentation S.O.S.: From Perspiration to Persuasion in 9 Easy Steps14 reviews
Mark Wiskup
Business Plus, 2005
Great PowerPoint Chapter!
In addition to the positives mentioned in the other reviews, I have to highlight a great chapter on the often misused PowerPoint ("PowerPoint Doesn't Bore Audiences, Lousy Speakers Do") By emphasizing the importance of a good presentation and clear, simple and direct PowerPoint slides, Wiskup shows how to get the most from this tool without getting bogged down by the its technicalities. As a ...
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Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models & Presentation Techniques1 review
Maureen Mitton
Wiley, 2007
Interior Design Visual Presenations, A Guide to Graphics, Models and Presentation Techniques
Awesome book. Great for all interior design students. Great for your library. Makes learning how to do models, etc., much easier than trying to learn from your instructor's brief instructions.
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Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck9 reviews
Rick Altman
Harvest Books, 2007
Without doubt, the best PowerPoint book available
In his introduction, Rick Altman opines that his book attempts to reduce his billble hours by half, because of all the advice he has packed into its 271 pages. In fact, Altman's billings will probably explode because in this book he firmly establishes himself as the leading expert on every aspect of PowerPoint.
It is a remarkable acheivement. The book is packed with tips on the mechanics of ...
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Clear and to the Point: 8 Psychological Principles for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations9 reviews
Stephen M. Kosslyn
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
great book
This is a great book. I really liked the psicological approach and the appendix where the author goes with more detailed scientific description of how psicology interacts with communications and powerpoint.
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