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TAKE THE PAIN OUT OF PRESENTATIONS.

Terrified of speaking in front of a group? Or simply looking to polish your skills? No matter where you are on the spectrum, this guide will give you the confidence and the tools you need to get results.

Written by presentation expert Nancy Duarte, the HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations will help you:

Win over tough crowds
Organize a coherent narrative
Create powerful messages and visuals
Connect with and engage your audience
Show people why your ideas matter to them
Strike the right tone, in any situation

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“This concise, yet packed little book might contain all you need to know about giving a better presentation… If you do any kind of public speaking, or want to, this book will be extremely helpful and useful.” ― 800 CEO READ

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Nancy Duarte is a skilled CEO, inspired presenter, and gifted educator. Principal of Duarte Design since 1990, Nancy Duarte is a sought-after speaker whose own presentations live up to the expectations established in her books. Those books include slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations and Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard Business Review Press; 39113th edition (October 2, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1422187101
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1422187104
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #26,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Nancy Duarte is a communication expert who has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Economist, LA Times and on CNN.

As the storyteller of the Silicon Valley, and 5th largest woman-owned employer there, her firm, Duarte, Inc., is the global leader behind some of the most influential messages in business and culture.

Since 1988, Duarte works with global companies and thought leaders, influencing how the world perceives some of the most important brands and entities, including Apple, AT&T, Cisco, Facebook, GE, Google, HP, Qualcomm, Salesforce, Target, TED, Twitter, Virgin, VMWare, and the World Bank.

Nancy has been a keynote speaker on numerous public stages and her firm counts almost 200 of the Fortune 500 among her firm's clientele. Nancy also speaks at business schools and lectures at Stanford University and UC Berkeley.

Nancy is the author of three bestselling books. Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, which identifies the hidden story structures inherent in great communication, spent more than 300 days on Amazon's top 100 business book bestsellers list. Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations teaches readers to think visually and has been translated into eight languages. The HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations gives readers the tools and confidence they need to master public speaking. Illuminate helps leaders use empathy to create a communication plan that helps teams be motivated to drive change.

Nancy has three grown children who walk in their destiny, a husband who has loved her for, like, ever, and two grand kids that take her breath away.

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Jeremy Morgan

Much better than I thought it would be. You need this if you do presentations.

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018

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So I enjoy the previous work of the author so I expected it to be good, but thought it might be a little stale or textbook, not at all.

Read this if you want to improve your presentations. Whether for business, pleasure or whatever this lays out a very nice formula, some good examples and an extremely structured view of how to approach presentations.

This doesn't focus on slides and visuals like her previous work (though that was excellent in it's own right). In fact this book can guide you on how to do presentations without slides.

Overall it's interesting, engaging, and extremely informative.

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Tri Le

Quick and easy read!

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018

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Quick and easy to digest read about how to improve presentations. The book provides a good high-level description of some key areas of focus. Nancy Duarte starts with how to understand and appreciate your audience. She follows that up with expanding on how to develop the message and the story behind the presentation. Afterwards, she discusses the medium of the presentation (not everything requires PowerPoint) and then goes further into the actual slides and methods of delivery. Lastly she touches on the impact and follow-through post-presentation. I found the topics useful and very applicable to my work.

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Krishna De

Discover how to be more persuasive when you present in person or in the virtual world

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2012

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It doesn't matter if you are pitching to investors, speaking at a conference, presenting to the board of directors of your company or engaging your team about the forthcoming strategic plan, we all need to be persuasive in our commununication.

In Nancy Duarte's new book she presents useful tips delivered in quick to read chapters, to help you in the process of planning your presentation through to the follow up after your talk.

This book is ideal for the busy executive who wants a reminder of the key areas to cover in their preparation for an important presentation. But it is also relevant for the student who is presenting to their class.

Nancy includes tips for delivering virtual presentations such as webinars and teleseminars and also share ideas about how to build relationships and access feedback about your presentation through social media (especially relevant if you are speaking at public events and conferences).

This is not the book to purchase if you are looking for guidance on how to design your slides (Nancy's organisation does provide cost effective templates if you do not have an in-house designer and need help to visualise your ideas) - for that you may want to check out Garr Reynolds book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter) .

Even if you are seasoned professional speaker I am confident you will benefit from reading HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations (Harvard Business Reveiw Guides) if you are like me and constantly evaluating how to improve you delivery and impact each and every time you present.

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Gary

Must have For anyone who does or supports presentations for a living!

Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2020

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As a senior graphic designer who supports executive engagement on a daily basis, this guide is a must have! It is so good that I bought a copy to bring to the office for the other stuff to learn from. In case you’re not aware the author and her company, Duarte design, helped Al Gore win an Academy award for the an inconvenient truth documentary.

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2012

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This is really the only Duarte you need to buy, if you're looking at her body of work and wondering. No, it doesn't have all the layout stuff that Slideology has, but after reading all her stuff (library and purchased), I feel like this would have been the one to focus on (although it was published AFTER I had read through all her others). I feel it's the most practical, and jettisons some of the fluff you find in her other books. I have highlighted, dog-eared and stickie-taped throughout this whole book.

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Addie

Best "bite-sized" resource on the topic!

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2021

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The tips in this book went beyond cookie-cutter presentation tips and offered useful, immediately applicable suggestions to improve presentation writing and delivery. I purchased the book after listening to the audio version so I'd have a hard copy to access anytime and take notes in. Highly recommend!

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Rick

Improve your presentation skills

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2020

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I love all the HBR guides. Easy to read. Straight to the point. Excellent guide for the newbie or those looking to brush up their skills

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2019

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It is one of the best book that I bought ever. Very helpful book if you want to develop your communication skills.

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D. W. Kessler

Excellent advice, well-delivered

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2013

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When it comes to presentations, Nancy Duarte knows her stuff.

Before I bought this one, I worried that the format might kill her style and clarity.
It doesn't.

This book offers solid, sensible and sometimes surprising advice.
It starts by reminding you that a presentation is all about the audience, not the speaker.

That insight alone was worth the price of the book. But you get much more.
I'm a better presenter for having read it -- and I refer to it often.

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joana

Good reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2017

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Great price, very good condition.
Interesting reading, worth the money.

Adriana Quintero Grijalba

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2016

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2016

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Great companion book to Slide:ology and Resonate.
Nicely condensed and easy to dip in to.

Mr. Ross J. Scott

There are some really good tips in here

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2015

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There are some really good tips in here... Through experimenting the techniques introduced I have definitely improved my presentation skills.

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