Garr Reynolds’ Presentation Zen is, in my estimation, the best one-volume resource for preparing better presentations. The 2nd edition was just released in December; in the video below, Garr himself shows and discusses what’s new and different:
Today I’m giving a presentation to a group of college students on making a contribution and how to handle the pressures of college life. Here are some additional resources and here’s the slidedeck from my talk:
Last week I suggested that you might give your publications some new life this year and venture beyond the default fonts of your computer. Just today, MyFonts.com has published their list of the most popular fonts of 2011. Of the fonts that made the grade, I think these would work well in presentations:
Remember that not every font should be used for every application. Populaire, for example, won’t sit well for a presentation to investors but would be great in a less formal setting. Experiment by creating some slides with your type choices and see how they work.
Since I posted my “Boring to Bold” slides on Slideshare in October, the presentation has been picked up by two business web sites, The Big Picture and Econsultancy. Here are the links:
Thanks for the links and thanks for passing on the word. Here’s to better presentations.
Here are some books and other online resources I’ve collected for students at Lincoln Christian University. I gave a presentation to the freshmen on managing their time well. Actually, it was more of an anti-time-management perspective: effectiveness depends on a great deal more than sorting through your daily task list.
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Earlier today I posted a slide deck on Slideshare.net, “Boring to Bold: Presentation Design Ideas for Non-Designers,” some thoughts on creating presentations that communicate more effectively than the usual bullet-laden slides that most of us see. Late this afternoon, Slideshare notified me that the presentation had been chosen to be “Featured” on their home page–excellent! Click over to Slideshare to see the presentation.
Behind email, presentations are the second most common form of business communication. PowerPoint slide shows, however, are often sleep-inducing bore fests. I recently spoke to a group of students in a colleague’s class on the topic of effective presentation design. The slides have been posted at Slideshare–you’re welcome to take a look: