Best-selling author and popular speaker Garr Reynolds is back in this newly revised edition of his classic, best-selling book, Presentation Zen, in which he showed readers there is a better way to reach the audience through simplicity and storytelling, and gave them the tools to confidently design and deliver successful presentations. In this new edition, Garr gives his readers new, fresh examples to draw inspiration from, with a whole new chapter for those who present on more technical and educational topics based on techniques used by many presenters who give high-level talks at TED and other powerhouse events. Whether the reader is in research, technology, business, or education–this book will show them how to take what could look like a really dry presenation and reinvigorate the material in totally fresh (and sometimes interactive!) ways that will make it memorable and resonate with the audience. Staying true to the mission of the first), Garr combines solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity to help readers along the path to simpler, more effective presentations that will be appreciated, remembered, and best of all, acted upon. Garr Reynolds is the best-selling author of Presentation Zen, Presentation Zen Design, and The Naked Presenter, and a leading authority on presentation design and delivery. A sought-after speaker and consultant, his clients include many in the Fortune 500.
A writer, designer, and musician, he is currently Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. Garr is a former corporate trainer for Sumitomo Electric and worked as the Manager for Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple, Inc. His popular blog can be found at presentationzen.com.
Author by: Garr Reynolds Language: en Publisher by: New Riders Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 73 Total Download: 838 File Size: 54,8 Mb Description: Best-selling author and popular speaker Garr Reynolds is back in this newly revised edition of his classic, best-selling book, Presentation Zen, in which he showed readers there is a better way to reach the audience through simplicity and storytelling, and gave them the tools to confidently design and deliver successful presentations. In this new edition, Garr gives his readers new, fresh examples to draw inspiration from, with a whole new chapter for those who present on more technical and educational topics based on techniques used by many presenters who give high-level talks at TED and other powerhouse events. Whether the reader is in research, technology, business, or education–this book will show them how to take what could look like a really dry presenation and reinvigorate the material in totally fresh (and sometimes interactive!) ways that will make it memorable and resonate with the audience. Staying true to the mission of the first), Garr combines solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity to help readers along the path to simpler, more effective presentations that will be appreciated, remembered, and best of all, acted upon.
Author by: Garr Reynolds Language: en Publisher by: New Riders Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 20 Total Download: 262 File Size: 51,6 Mb Description: Creating and delivering a successful presentation today often means breaking through the noise and allowing your audience to focus on you and your message. You can have a great impact using simple design choices in your presentations but you just need to know where to start. Here to guide you on your journey is best-selling author and popular speaker Garr Reynolds, whose design wisdom and advice will open your eyes and give you new ways to look at your slides. Filled with practical insights and plenty of examples, you’ll learn how to design effective presentations that contain text, data, color, images, and video. Once the design guidelines are established, you will benefit from Garr’s years of experience as a master presenter and learn how you can achieve an overall harmony and balance using the powerful tenet of simplicity.
Not only will you discover how to design your slides for more professional-looking presentations, you’ll learn to communicate more clearly and will accomplish the goal of making a stronger, more lasting connection with your audience.
Presentation Zen will help presenters see the process in a way that is different, simpler, more visual, more natural, more effective, and ultimately far more meaningful. Presentations are generally poor because their creators have learned bad habits and lack awareness and knowledge about what makes for a great presentation (and what does not). This book aims to help people Presentation Zen will help presenters see the process in a way that is different, simpler, more visual, more natural, more effective, and ultimately far more meaningful.
Presentations are generally poor because their creators have learned bad habits and lack awareness and knowledge about what makes for a great presentation (and what does not). This book aims to help people break out of the rut of making typical PowerPoint presentations. This book provides an equal dose of inspiration and education. The content focuses on helping readers become (1) more aware, (2) more knowledgeable, and (3) more inspired. Presentation Zen is a provocative mix of illumination, education, and guidance. What may seem like common sense regarding presentations is not common practice.
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Presentation Zen is an approach to presentations that is appropriate for our age, an age in which design thinking, storytelling and so-called right-brain thinking are crucial. Those who are talented communicators and skilled in design and storytelling are increasingly in demand.Balancing the principles of design, the tenets of Zen simplicity, multimedia and cognitive learning theory, along with practical advice from the fie.
Preparation The six aptitudes are: Design (not only function) Story (not only argument - Mike Meyers type delivery) Symphony (not only focus) Empathy (not only logic) Play (not only seriousness) Meaning (not only accumulation) How to improve immediately: 1. Make slides that reinforce your work not repeat them. NO MORE THAN SIX WORDS EVER! Don't use cheesy images.
Instead of four bullets on EPA pollution data just use a picture of dead birds and state the data 3. No dissolves, spins or other t Preparation The six aptitudes are: Design (not only function) Story (not only argument - Mike Meyers type delivery) Symphony (not only focus) Empathy (not only logic) Play (not only seriousness) Meaning (not only accumulation) How to improve immediately: 1. Make slides that reinforce your work not repeat them. NO MORE THAN SIX WORDS EVER! 2. Don't use cheesy images.
Instead of four bullets on EPA pollution data just use a picture of dead birds and state the data 3. No dissolves, spins or other transitions. Keep it simple. 4. Create a written document. So they don't have to take notes. Don't handout printouts of slides - they don't work without you there. Pecha-kucha: 20 slides each shown for 20 seconds and automatically advancing. That gives you 6 minutes and 40 seconds to present your story.
Then sit down and shut up. Next Planning: Instead of the regimented format of computer programs, use: Pen and paper, White boards, Post-its. Slow down your state of mind. Solitude: 'In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone. Rollo May Questions we should be asking:. How much time do I have?. What's the venue like?. What time of the day?. Who is the audience?. What's their background?. What do they expect of me (us)?. Why was I asked to speak?. What do I want them to do?. What visual medium is most appropriate for this particular situation and audience?. What is the fundamental purpose of my talk?. What's the story here?. WHAT IS MY ADSOLUTELY CENTRAL POINT?
Always keep in mind two points - What is your point and Why does it matter? Take the elevator test: Can you pitch your presentation in 30 to 45 seconds? Presentations can have 3 parts: Slides, notes and handouts(documents). Create documents Not slideuments.
Story: Make messages STICKY - the six principles are:. Simplicity - if everything is important than nothing is important - simplify. Unexpectedness - Surprise people. Concreteness - Use natural speech and real examples, not abstracts. Credibility - Put it in terms that people can visualize 'Five hours of battery life.' . Emotions - you must make them feel something. Stories - Tell your message in a story. Step 1: Brainstorming Step 2: Grouping & Identifying the core.
key data Step 3: Story boarding off the computer. Step 4: Story boarding in slide/sorter. Design 1-7-7 Rule in actuality use bullet point slides rarely!). Have only one main idea per slide. Insert only seven lines of text maximum. Use only seven words per line maximum. The question is though: does this work?. Is this method really good advice?. Is this really an appropriate, effective 'visual'?. This slide has just seven bullet points For royalty free images go to or Remember: Long quotes and quotes with images can be okay and use of a large amount of blank space is graphically pleasing. Use the rule of thirds for images - I.E.
Using a 9 box grid the center four intersections are the best place for images to be centered rather than directly center of the page. The BIG FOUR: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity Delivery 1. Carefully observe self, situation, others and environment 2. Seize the initiative 3. Consider fully, act decisively 4. Keep to the middle Keep the lights on. You want the audience to see you as well as the slides.
The Next Step. There are over four thousand reviews of this book on Goodreads, so it is unlikely that I can say anything fresh about the content and style of this superb book, so I am not about to try. I'll just tell you a little story of how it helped me at a most opportune time.
I have been presenting and instructing for well over three decades, and I am still learning something new every day. We should all be open to that and never believe that we have actually arrived at the perfect state. Strive for perfec There are over four thousand reviews of this book on Goodreads, so it is unlikely that I can say anything fresh about the content and style of this superb book, so I am not about to try.
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I'll just tell you a little story of how it helped me at a most opportune time. I have been presenting and instructing for well over three decades, and I am still learning something new every day. We should all be open to that and never believe that we have actually arrived at the perfect state. Strive for perfection. I got a lot out of this book. I read it on a plane from England to my company HQ in Florida. I was due to co-deliver a two-week induction class for new joiner technical staff from all over the world.
As you can imagine, we had put a lot of effort into the planning and preparation for the ten days of intense instruction. Despite the experience of the new people, I have always felt that everyone could do with a few tips and hints on good communication, public speaking and, in particular, delivering powerful presentations and demonstrations to our customers. So I had two hours dedicated to these topics. I mostly knew what I was going to do with the two hours, but reading inspired me to change my content and delivery. I was able to use the three main guiding principles of the book: restraint, simplicity and naturalness, to construct a session to illustrate the power of those three guiding principles to the participants on my course.
I went analogue! I minimalised! I told my story! This book really helped me to do that. Was I rewarded? At the end of the course, all of the participants were assessed on a presentation and demo which they had to prepare during the two weeks. My presentation on good communication came on day one, shortly followed by the assigning of course assignments.
All of my students used the guiding principles of to great effect. It was a joy to watch! Thank you very much. I learned more about presentations from this book than I ever thought possible.
The audience is there to hear you speak, not to read your slides. You should be selling something to them - convincing them of something. If you're just giving them information, why didn't you just send them a document? Give presentations like Steve Jobs, not Bill Gates. Bill Gates is unremarkable.
Keep the text on slides to a minimum - no more than six words on a slide. Rather than embedding a small image in the slide, I learned more about presentations from this book than I ever thought possible. The audience is there to hear you speak, not to read your slides. You should be selling something to them - convincing them of something. If you're just giving them information, why didn't you just send them a document? Give presentations like Steve Jobs, not Bill Gates. Bill Gates is unremarkable.
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Keep the text on slides to a minimum - no more than six words on a slide. Rather than embedding a small image in the slide, make the slide the image. This was quite a good little book, if a bit over long. Which, in itself was quite amusing given that the main message is ‘keep it simple’. I think does a better job, but there were things in this one that really worked. His comparisons of cluttered and uncluttered slides on pages 123-125 ought to be enough to give people who spot this in a bookstore an idea of what needs fixing in their presentations. But overall there is too much guff about things that don’t This was quite a good little book, if a bit over long.
Which, in itself was quite amusing given that the main message is ‘keep it simple’. I think does a better job, but there were things in this one that really worked. His comparisons of cluttered and uncluttered slides on pages 123-125 ought to be enough to give people who spot this in a bookstore an idea of what needs fixing in their presentations. But overall there is too much guff about things that don’t really matter. Can you spend too much time saying less is more? The best of this is the advice about the post-it notes – which is, use post-it notes to map out your slides.
I really like this idea. It is also used I Slide-ology, but she also points out that you should use markers as if it is too fine detail to be said on a post-it with a marker then it is too fine detail to be said on PowerPoint. Not that there is too much need to read this book. Much of what he has to say can be read here: And this is an oft quoted and interesting call to action too.
Less is more. Use full screen imagery to convey your point. Use pleasing color schemes.
Use san-serif fonts. Those four sentences sum up what Presentation Zen is all about. I know some may say I don't get it. I just don't think all the zen info helped. The author really didn't need to use them to prove his point.
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Just the comparison of slides was enough. However, this book did change the way I present my messages and talks to teens as a youth pastor. I believe it is true that people remember mo Less is more. Use full screen imagery to convey your point.
Use pleasing color schemes. Use san-serif fonts. Those four sentences sum up what Presentation Zen is all about. I know some may say I don't get it. I just don't think all the zen info helped.
The author really didn't need to use them to prove his point. Just the comparison of slides was enough. However, this book did change the way I present my messages and talks to teens as a youth pastor. I believe it is true that people remember more when they have an image associated with the central points of a message or presentation. I had already put some of these practices to use before reading the book because I realized that I remembered certain websites, books, and magazines used this style to present their information more than other design styles.
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I just wish that managers at previous jobs would have embraced this concept. Instead, it was one boring bullet after another. The book is presented well and follows the style of its message. It should be on the shelves of every person who speaks before people and needs them to remember information. I like the idea that slideware is a sufficiently developed form that there's an ecosystem of tools made to make one suck less at its usage. This book dips a toe in the water of improving ones tool usage but there are several things that get in the way. 1) Walls of Text - Many of the words are wasted and several times I'd find that I'd skipped a paragraph, reread it and gain nothing.
2) References to Asian Culture - Many of these asides simply got in the way. I got the constant feeling of 'this is I like the idea that slideware is a sufficiently developed form that there's an ecosystem of tools made to make one suck less at its usage. This book dips a toe in the water of improving ones tool usage but there are several things that get in the way. 1) Walls of Text - Many of the words are wasted and several times I'd find that I'd skipped a paragraph, reread it and gain nothing. 2) References to Asian Culture - Many of these asides simply got in the way.
I got the constant feeling of 'this is for artists' when some cultural term was used instead of the translation making some things hard to follow. 3) Poor Organization - I couldn't identify any information to the flow of the book.
4) Internal contradiction - The author states that slides are nothing without the presentation then has an entire chapter dedicated to. The book could have been reduced to two or three long blog entries or a pamphlet. This book summarize the key elements of a presentation in a different way from the 'craft of scientific presentation'. However, many of the principles are overlapped.
I find this book one of the must read for presentation along with 'the craft of scientific presentation' and 'slide:ology'. Chapter 1 Introduction Presentations in Today’s World Design: Decoration, for better or worse, is noticeable - sometimes enjoyable, sometimes irritating, but it is unmistakable there.
However, the best designs ar This book summarize the key elements of a presentation in a different way from the 'craft of scientific presentation'. However, many of the principles are overlapped. I find this book one of the must read for presentation along with 'the craft of scientific presentation' and 'slide:ology'. Chapter 1 Introduction Presentations in Today’s World Design: Decoration, for better or worse, is noticeable - sometimes enjoyable, sometimes irritating, but it is unmistakable there. However, the best designs are so well done that “the design” is never even noticed consciously by the observer/user, such as the design of a book or signage in an airport. Story: We are born story tellers and story listeners.
As kids we looked forward to show and tell, and we gathered with our friends at recess and at lunchtime and told stories about real things and real events that mattered, at least they mattered to us. Symphony: Focus, specialization, and analysis have been important in the “information age,” but in the “conceptual age”, synthesis and the ability to use seemingly unrelated pieces to form and articulate the big picture before us is crucial. Emphathy: Empathy is emotional. It’s about putting yourself in the position of others. Play: In the conceptual age, work is not just about seriousness but about play as well. Each presentation situation is different, but in many public speaking scenarios playfulness and humor can go a long way toward making a presentation palatable.
Meaning: Making a presentation is an opportunity to make a small difference in the world. Chapter 2 Creativity, Limitations, and Constraints -Preparing, designing, and delivering a presentation is a creative art, and you are a creative being.Creativity requires an open mind and a willingness to be wrong -Restrictions and limitations are not the enemy; they are a great ally.As you prepare a presentation, exercise restraint and keep these three words in mind always: simplicity, clarity, brevity. Chapter 3 Planning Analog -Slow down your busy mind to see your problem and goals more clearly -Find time alone to see the big picture -For greater focus, try turning off the computer and going analog -Use paper and pens or whiteboard first to record and sketch out your ideas -Key questions: what’s your main point? Why does it matter? -If your audience remembers only one thing, what should it be? -Preparing a detailed handout keeps you from feeling compelled to cram everything into your visuals.
Chapter 4 Crafting the story What makes messages stick? Simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotions, stories A CED presenation -He knew his material inside and out, and he knew what he wanted to say -He stood front and center and spoke in a real, down-to-earth language that was conversational yet passionate.He did not let technical glitches get in his way. When they occurred, he moved forward without missing a beat, never losing his engagement with the audience.And he used real, sometimes humorous, anecdotes to illustrate his points, and all his stories were supremely poignant and relevant, supporting his core message. Summary -Make your ideas sticky by keeping things simple, using examples and stories, looking for the unexpected, and tapping into people’s emotions.A presentation is never just about the facts.Brainstorm your topic aways from the computer, chunk the most important bits. Identify the underlying theme and be true to that theme throughout the creation of the presentation.Make a storyboard of your ideas on paper - and then use software to lay out a solid structure that you can see -Show restraint at all times and bring everything back to the core message.
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Chapter 5 Simplicity: Why it matters? Summary -Simplicity is powerful and leads to greater clarity, yet it is neither simple nor easy to achieve -Simplicity can be obtained through the careful reduction of the nonessential.As you design slides, keep the following concepts in mind: subtlety, grace, and understated elegance.Good designs have plenty of empty space. Think “subtract” not “add”.While simplicity is the goal, it is possible to be “too simple.” Your job is to find the balance most appropriate to your situation.learn from the art of comics The fish story: When Vijay opened his store, he put up a sign that said:” We Sell Fresh Fish Here. “ His father stopped by and said that the word “We” suggests an emphasis on the seller rather than the customer, and is really not needed. So the sign was changed to “Fresh Fish Sold Here.” His brother came by and suggested that the world “here” could be done away with - it was superfluous. Vijay agreed and changed the sign to “Fresh Fish Sold” Next, his sister came along and said the sign should just say “Fresh Fish”.
Clearly, it is being sold; what else could you be doing? Later his neighbor stopped by to congratulate him. Then he mentioned that all passers-by could easily tell that the fish was really fresh.
Mentioning the word fresh actually made it sound defensive as though there was room for doubt about the freshness. Now the sign just read: “FISH”. As Vijay was walking back to his shop after a break he noticed that one could identify the fish from its smell from very far, at a distance from which one could barely read the sign. He knew there was no need for the word “FISH”.
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