Over the last year I have been fortunate to be involved in a Revit Software Development project from the ground up. At this point we are entering a customer review period and have put together a few slides on the application to acquaint the reviewers with it. Along they way I got inspired by the presentations that Steve Jobs does. At the same time Matt mentioned a book that seemed right up that path: slide:ology
So I bought slide:ology
To give you an idea on one of the many great nuggets of material, and that I have printed out and over my desk, is the following from Garr Reynolds:
Simplicity
Clarity
Brevity
These three terms resonated with me and i think they are applicable in most of life. Take a moment to read these works if you do any kind of public speaking, presentations or marketing as your audience will be much appreciative and you will deliver a better overall presentation making this a win for everyone.
If you have an idea for other great books along a similar vein please let me know in the comments.
3 comments:
I like the Presentation Zen stuff and will have to check slide:ology out. Not sure if there is a Windows version of this - http://www.beedocuments.com/index.php - but it is amazing for timeline style presentation.
The other thing I find helpful is to make sure to grab and save the photos and other graphics that you often wish you could use in a simple presentation but never have time to find on deadline.
Thanks Bop,
I like the timeline app you mentioned, i saw another similar in the past but it was way to difficult for me to work with, this looks much easier.
Cheers,
Beau
Hi Beau, If the map is not too complex I find MindManager a good alternative to "not another PowerPoint".
It's presentation mode could be improved but it's worth trying
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