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presentationzen
Simple ideas on presentation design and delivery
Garr Reynolds
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Presenting in
Today's World
With successful presentations in Tokyo behind me, I ... like common sense regarding presentations is not common practice.
The Presentation Zen approach challenges the conventional wisdom of making
PowerPoint presentations in tod...
... creation of a conventional static business document with
bullet points.
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Design
To many business people, design is something you spread on the surface, like
icing on a cake. ...
concerning your organization's presentations. How are your current
presentations out of kilter? In what ways are they in sync? What questions
should you be asking about prese...
... toward
presentation and a wonderfully cr
eative
and unconventional way "to do
PowerPoint." The pechakucha method of
presentation design and delivery is very
simple. You must use 20 ... same way. I have seen long, dull presentations
from presenters who used only five slides, and content-rich, engaging presentations
from presenters who used over 20 0 slides (and...
... in your mind and visualized on paper first,
you'll be able to organize and design slides and other multimedia
that support and magnify your important content.
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... Complication and elaboration are easy and
are common. The suggestive mode of expression is a key Zen aesthetic. Dr. Kawana,
commenting on the design of traditional Japanese gardens, says: "The designer ... Eliminating the nonessential
All of these principle
s can be applied to slide design, Web design, and so
on.
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... appropriate solution
for the problem, given the context of your information. Design is about making
conscious decisions about inclusion and exclusion.
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General Design Principles
In ... depending on the
situation.
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By stripping down an image to
essential meaning, an artist can
amplify that meaning
-Scott McCloud
1 12 Presentation...
... drawn first, second, and so
on. What path does your eye take?
Chapter 6 Presentation Design: Principles and Techniques 157
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One way to activate the empty space and create
a ... direction,
but it could still be much better.
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This title slide lacks a design
priority. Due to poor use of
alignment and proximi...
... Zero" presentation on YouTube and
Google Video.
Differentiation
Here you can see the first 34 slides (out of over 100) for a
presentation I did on this issue of branding and transformation. The ... stories and examples to illustrate that point. The
slides provided an important and supportive backdrop that amplified
my message and made it stronger.
166 Presentation...
... music is a performance and also very much a presentation. Good
presentations are about conversing, sharing, and connecting at an intellectual and
emotional level in an honest and sincere way. It ... small
way (and on only one buttock), change the world. Play it with total sincerity and with
your entire body—heart and soul and you will make a connection and change
thing...
... on the Presentation Zen Web site (presentationzen.com
) which are
related to presentation design and delivery. Most of the items recommend are not
necessarily about presentation skills or slideware ...
connection with the audience. You must appeal to both the logical and the
emotional.
If your content is worth talking about, then bring energy and passion to your
deli...