Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery Author: Visit Amazon's Garr Reynolds Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0321811984 | Format: PDF
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery Description
About the Author
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.
- Series: Voices That Matter
- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: New Riders; 2 edition (December 18, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321811984
- ISBN-13: 978-0321811981
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I have been reading Garr Reynold's Presentation Zen blog even before the first book came out. Getting Presentation Zen (The Book) was just the next logical step, since it provides all that useful information you can find on the website in a structured, readable, and easily accessible way. Four years and another two books (Presentation Zen Design and The Naked Presenter) later, there is now a second edition of the original Presentation Zen book. What can we expect from it?
What's new?
It's somewhat ironic that the first testimonial in the book states that "it's often the slim books that have the most impact" when the second edition of Presentation Zen is noticeably thicker than the first. 60 additional pages or 25% more, to be exact.
At a first glance, there are still the same 5 sections as in the first edition:
1. Introduction
2. Preparation
3. Design
4. Delivery
5. The Next Step
On closer inspection, the Delivery section has gained an additional chapter, The Need for Engagement, which accounts for about half of the additional pages. The rest are distributed over the other chapters, some of which gained a few more pages that way. Most of those changes are subtle and you often won't notice them unless you compare both editions side by side. References to iPads and Prezi (both of which only came out after the first edition) or photos from TEDxTokyo 2011 are also signs of a discreet update.
There are already many great reviews of this book on amazon, 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 hae 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
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery 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?
Yes, I was.
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