Presentation Zen April 13, 2008
Posted by yuling in Reading.trackback
Presentation Zen is a MUST-READ book for any teacher, presenter, or preacher.
I cannot convey the frustrations I’ve had sitting through countless lectures, workshops, or sermons where the presentation slides have been slowly killing my mind and my soul. Thank God for Garr Reynolds, one of the best evangelists for presentation design and delivery. I love his heart for all things design, presentation, and art related.
I devoured this book in a few hours (it’s quite simple… but not simplistic). Very practical steps on how to prepare, design, deliver, and take the next steps for your development in presentation design and delivery. This book is also (probably) the ONLY book that the foreword was written in SLIDE format (done by Guy Kawasaki).
If you don’t want to get the book, check out Reynolds blog: PRESENTATION ZEN
For an idea of the presentation design offered by Reynolds, check out the following video (part of the google talks series):
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The cover and the title of this book reminds me of the book CSS Zen, or rather, The Zen of CSS Design ( http://www.amazon.com/Zen-CSS-Design-Visual-Enlightenment/dp/0321303474) which is also published by New Riders.
I bought it this, and then “D” asked me to find it for him on different occasion 3 weeks later. Interesting concept, will see about applying it to high school Sunday school!