The Presentation Zen Way: Video Lessons on Simple Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) [Spiral-bound]

Garr Reynolds (Author)

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The Presentation Zen Way is a beautiful Japanese Bento Box-inspired package featuring: a 50-minute DVD video; 168-page, spiral-bound sketchbook for storyboarding your presentations; two pads of Post-it® Notes; two red pencils; and an iStockphoto coupon valued at $300. All of the components of this package are designed to correlate with the concepts Garr Reynolds, the authority on presentation design and delivery, teaches in his popular video, books, and blog.

In the DVD, Garr invites viewers to create provocative presentations with solid designs and Zen simplicity. In this personal, one-on-one video, Garr delivers his ideas from his popular book, Presentation Zen, and blog, presentationzen.com, and challenges viewers to go beyond the conventional slide presentation style and think more creatively to achieve simpler, more effective presentations. Within an hour viewers will learn to:

• plan and prepare their presentations, and craft their story with storyboarding techniques
• utilize design principles that show viewers to communicate messages more effectively
• deliver more meaningful presentations by successfully connecting with audiences.

This included sketchbook is like a journal for presenters of all types—it’s an analog place to go and sketch out presentation ideas. Presenters will find blank pages for jotting down notes, creating mind maps, or using whatever brainstorming techniques they find helpful. A storyboarding technique presenters often use involves writing down notes onto sticky notes and then arranging them as they build the structure of their presentations. Some of the pages in this sketchbook contain blank boxes that are sized for the Post-it®  Notes also included in this package so you can use this technique to storyboard your own presentations. Throughout the sketchbook, users will find quotes from Garr's book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery to help inspire while preparing and clarifying a presentation's content, purpose, and goals.

The iStockphoto coupon is good for 20 free images; plus 20% off 50 pay-as-you-go credits--a $300 value!

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The Presentation Zen Way comes in a unique package, inspired by the beauty and simplicity of a Japanese bento box. With it, author Garr Reynolds invites you to create and deliver provocative presentations with solid designs and Zen simplicity.

The package contains the The Presentation Zen Way DVD, a storyboarding sketchbook with pencils and pads of sticky notes, and a valuable iStockphoto coupon.

In the personal, one-on-one video, Garr challenges you to go beyond the conventional "slide presentation" style and think more creatively to achieve simpler, more effective presentations.

Use the Presentation Zen storyboarding sketchbook to plan and prepare your presentations. Learn to utilize design principles from the video that communicate your message clearly and allow you to connect with your audience. The storyboarding sketchbook has storyboarding pages you can use with the sticky notes, as well as blank pages for brainstorming with inspiring quotes scattered throughout.

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About the Author

Garr Reynolds is an internationally acclaimed communications expert, and the creator of the most popular presentation design and delivery site on the Web: presentationzen.com. A sought-after speaker and consultant, his clients include many in the Fortune 500. A writer, designer, musician, he is currently Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. A long-time student of the Zen arts, Garr currently lives in Japan, where he is Director of Design Matters Japan. He is the author of the bestselling book, Presentation Zen.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 104 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (September 22, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 032161772X
• ISBN-13: 978-0321617729
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #329,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Garr Reynolds is an internationally acclaimed communications expert, and the creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net: presentationzen.com. A soughtafter speaker and consultant, his clients include many in the Fortune 500. A writer, designer, and musician, he currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. Garr is a former corporate trainer for Sumitomo Electric, and once worked in Cupertino, California as the Manager for Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple, Inc. A longtime student of the Zen arts and resident of Japan, he currently lives in Osaka where he is Director of Design Matters Japan.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacks value - the book is so much better, February 4, 2011

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Mathieu Yuill (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Presentation Zen Way: Video Lessons on Simple Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) (Spiral-bound)

I am a big fan of Garr Reynolds, he really helped me put into practice what the likes of himself, Seth Godin and Guy Kawasaki preach about how to do effective presentations. In fact Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery and Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations live on my desk. However, Garr's presentation throughout this video is a lot of him speaking in the same tone. It gets hard to watch and even though I was really interested in the topic and put aside time to watch the DVD I found myself drifting off.

The other pieces included in the kit are next to worthless and now I feel bad that such a huge kit was produced for what could have been a $5 video download from iTunes.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true Presentations Bento Box, November 24, 2010

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This review is from: The Presentation Zen Way: Video Lessons on Simple Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) (Spiral-bound)

A very well constructed box, with everything in place and everything useful! The DVD has 4 sections (3 + the introduction) each one of it covering a key point in the design of great presentations.. I must say a powerful way to improve our presentation skills. The examples used in the DVD are clear enough to make a great part of the teaching!

The Sketchbook is clean and invites to be creative on it, the only thing is if you start usign it you would find your self buying more of it Presentation Zen Sketchbook (Voices That Matter)