A step-by-step trainers guide for navigating presentation planning, delivery, and follow-up. Presentation Basics eases readers through the presentation development process. Providing 20 essential tips for success, it addresses everything from preparation, using aids, and creating the right environment; to improving delivery and recovering control when things go wrong.

FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.

Helps students hone visual and verbal skills. Written from the viewpoint that an effective presentation requires much more than adept graphic representation, Fullmer helps students strengthen their verbal skills to sell their ideas and looks at the impact of business etiquette and body language on a presentation.

Provides information on creating an effective digital presentation, covering such topics as animation, plot, contrast, software, and handouts.

Complete with effective training methodologies, this book helps you accelerate learning and leverage technology for maximum efficiency, and provides workshop programs that will make planning easy and can be tailored for the unique needs of your organization. --

Speech(less) Presentation Basics: A Visual Guide was created for the sheer purpose of actually showing a presenter what they are "expected" to look like while making a presentation to an American audience. Presentation expectations in other countries are different than in the United States. The intent of this guide is to bridge that expectation gap and show the presenter, visually, how they can engage their audience while presenting their information.

In Commerce Is King, Blake Hendrix focuses on the basics of accounting and finance in honing the presentation skills of small businesspeople. The author's goal is that the reader become a "conversant generalist" when presenting his business fundamentals to venture capitalists, traditional banks, and ownership groups such as managers and stockholders. The various motivations of these diverse groups are discussed, with insights on how to target and push their very real "hot buttons." With this book as a guide, the small businessperson will be able to succeed in today's increasingly competitive marketplace by better articulating his business plan to the audiences who matter most. With his comprehensive perspective, Blake Hendrix guides the small businessperson in how to present and manage every aspect of a business, from strategy to finance, from marketing to acquiring capital, from damage control to writing business plans. Hendrix brings his knowledge, humor, and common sense to bear in simplifying the complex issues facing the ambitious small businessperson. Also by R. Blake Hendrix Strategic Decisions for Small Business: It's Just Noodles, This Ain't No Trattoria