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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Minto International (1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0273710516
  • ISBN-13: 978-0273710516
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy principles to get organized, March 12, 2011
This review is from: The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing, Thinking, & Problem Solving (Hardcover)
One of the first steps in building an effective business presentation or document is getting your thoughts organized. I found the Pyramid Principle head and shoulders above any other book I've read.

Barbara's concepts are simple and intuitive, but take a bit of practice to master. Once you do, you find yourself organizing all your communications -- emails, PowerPoint decks, blog articles -- along her principles. The effect is clearer and more interesting writing.

I recommend this book to all my workshop participants. It's a must-read for business managers.
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I've read on framing toughts and writing, September 13, 2009
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This review is from: The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing, Thinking, & Problem Solving (Hardcover)
In this book, Babara Minto uses easy to understand principle and clear text to explain how an author should organize his thoughts so that the reader can easily comprehend them.

The principle of the structure is a concise abstraction of all the good practices that I've seen. Because of it's simple structure the Pyramid Principle is also easy to remember and attempt to apply.

This book takes the mistery out of good technical writing for me. A well writen article is about well organized thoughts with good supporting points that answers the one central question in readers mind.

The difficulty of writing elegantly will still be in the detailed organization of the points (introduction, question and answers) into the structure. Babara has provided fine points to help guide those activities in her book as well.

This has become a reference book in my backpack next to my laptop.
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40 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars One of the most over-rated books consultant never read, January 8, 2010
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Nothing like taking a perfectly simple concept, make it sound as complex as possible by adding enough buzz words like "time order" or "sequential analysis" and shoe-horned them into some sort of generic S-C-Q order, brand it a mystique name like "Pyramid Principle", then package it into a consulting "methodology". The whole concept can be summarized as follow,

- Start with a broad summary, tell a story to set the scene.

- Arrange ideas into related groups.

- Provide supporting evidence, dig deeper into details.

Most people learn that in college if not high school, nothing special really.

NB: my copy is a revised 2009 edition.
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