Making a Presentation? You Need Slide:ology

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I have been creating PowerPoint presentations for about eight years, and in that time I have designed dozens of slide shows.  I thought I was pretty good at it.

But then I saw the new book slide:ology - the Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte.

Nancy Duarte’s company, Duarte Design has a boatload of clients who are Fortune 500 companies, including Google, HP, Adobe, Cisco, and others.  Her company is recognized as the leader in presentation development and design.  You know the presentation Al Gore used in his ”An Inconvenient Truth?”  Yeah, her company designed it.  Other than producing an unhealthy amount of methane gas that year, I really didn’t have any part in Al Gore’s presentation.

In fact, when I really thought about it, I remembered that none of my presentations have won any awards.  Maybe slide:ology could teach me a few things.

I opened it.  I learned.  A lot.

slide:ology is simply chock full of amazing, colorful pictures and ideas.  I would not be surprised if it ends up being used as a text book in college-level courses.  But that’s the funny thing:  it has the look and feel of a text book, but the approachability of a dime store page turner - it pulls you in, and won’t let go.  It’s entertaining and informative.  How often do you hear that about a text book?

slide:ology is available on Amazon right now, and probably also at your local book store.  Before you create your next presentation, I strongly suggest you check it out.

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