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Best-selling author and popular speaker Garr Reynolds is back in this newly revised edition of his classic, best-selling book, Presentation Zen, in which he showed readers there is a better way to reach the audience through simplicity and storytelling, and gave them the tools to confidently design and deliver successful presentations.

In this new edition, Garr gives his readers new, fresh examples to draw inspiration from, with a whole new chapter for those who present on more technical and educational topics based on techniques used by many presenters who give high-level talks at TED and other powerhouse events. Whether the reader is in research, technology, business, or education&;this book will show them how to take what could look like a really dry presenation and reinvigorate the material in totally fresh (and sometimes interactive!) ways that will make it memorable and resonate with the audience.

Staying true to the mission of the first), Garr combines solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity to help readers along the path to simpler, more effective presentations that will be appreciated, remembered, and best of all, acted upon.

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0321811984
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January 1, 2011
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Dirk Haun

Still the best book on modern presentation design and delivery

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2012

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I have been reading Garr Reynold's Presentation Zen blog even before the first book came out. Getting Presentation Zen (The Book) was just the next logical step, since it provides all that useful information you can find on the website in a structured, readable, and easily accessible way. Four years and another two books ( Presentation Zen Design and The Naked Presenter ) later, there is now a second edition of the original Presentation Zen book. What can we expect from it?

What's new?

It's somewhat ironic that the first testimonial in the book states that "it's often the slim books that have the most impact" when the second edition of Presentation Zen is noticeably thicker than the first. 60 additional pages or 25% more, to be exact.

At a first glance, there are still the same 5 sections as in the first edition:

1. Introduction
2. Preparation
3. Design
4. Delivery
5. The Next Step

On closer inspection, the Delivery section has gained an additional chapter, The Need for Engagement, which accounts for about half of the additional pages. The rest are distributed over the other chapters, some of which gained a few more pages that way. Most of those changes are subtle and you often won't notice them unless you compare both editions side by side. References to iPads and Prezi (both of which only came out after the first edition) or photos from TEDxTokyo 2011 are also signs of a discreet update. You'll also find content that Garr published on the Presentation Zen blog during 2011, e.g. from an article on the power of faces.

The Need for Engagement, the new chapter, picks up some thoughts from The Naked Presenter , Garr's third book. In fact, it very much resembles chapter 4, Engage with Passion, Proximity, and Play from that book in that it talks about emotions, mirror neurons, and the need to remove barriers. It's not a straight copy, though, but the same ideas re-explained.

Obviously, this second edition of Presentation Zen is not a radical rewrite but a careful update. Things have been made clearer or explained in more detail where necessary, new content has carefully been injected where appropriate. If you know the first edition, it still feels like the same book and you're only left wondering if some specific nugget is really new or if you've overlooked it the last time you read the book. I seem to remember Garr stating that "It's the same book, only better" or words to that effect. That about sums it up.

What's old?

All subtle and more obvious changes aside, Presentation Zen is still THE book to read on modern presentation design and delivery. Presentation Zen is an approach, not a method or blueprint that you have to follow slavishly. The idea is to create and deliver the best possible presentation for your specific audience. And while that obviously means more work in preparation, Garr provides the encouragement that it's worth it if you want to really reach your audience. The Presentation Zen book contains all that you need to make this happen, backed up with scientific evidence where needed and supported with real-life examples. On top of that, it's easy to read and Garr's passion for his topic and his roots in Zen come across as honest without resorting to superlatives or over-the-top wording that plague so many nonfiction books by American authors. It's a joy to read and encourages you to give the Presentation Zen approach a try. What more can you expect?

The Verdict

What has been true for the first edition is even more so for the second one: If you're only going to buy one book about presentations, this should be it. It will provide you with all the necessary guidance for creating great, effective, and memorable presentations. When I'm working on a new presentation, I often open up the book at a random page and start reading. It always helps to either reinforce an aspect I was already working on or reminds me of something I need to think about. In other words, it's a great source of inspiration, even 4 years after its first publication and after having re-read it (in whole or in parts) numerous times.

The second edition feels more "complete" now, by which I mean that the extra pages all add useful information and don't feel bolted on. The only downside, I guess, is that there's less need for buying The Naked Presenter now - but that's Garr's (and his publisher's) problem, not yours ;-) This, I guess, also answers the question what you should do if you already own the first edition. If you already have the first edition and The Naked Presenter, there's probably no need to rush and buy the second edition - unless your copy is beginning to fall apart from heavy use. But if you held back from buying Presentation Zen until now - don't wait any longer. Your audience will be grateful.

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Richard Burkey Lifelong Learner

Great Guide to Better Presentations for Beginners

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2012

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A library is a great place to check out books. Not only can you check them out to read, you can check them out before you eventually buy.

Such is the case for me with Presentation Zen 2nd Edition revised and updated by Garr Reynolds. I read the 1st edition as a checked out book from the library a few years ago. I had been to a conference and had been amazed by the presentations. Instead of death by power point, I became a visual learner. Even more I became an engaged advocate. I wanted to begin to learn how to create presentations that brought people to life and action. I am in the resurrection business.

I can't tell you the specific differences between edition 1 and edition 2 except there seemed to be a bit more depth and mroe examples.

While I love Garr's own insights, I appreciate his willingness to include others. Guy Kuwasaki writes or presents the perfect foreword or perhaps now its forepicture of Presentation Zen. Seth Godin. Nancy Duarte and others along with Garr gives the best practices / best picture view of presentations.

Garr's insights are simple ideas on presentation design and delivery. Most importantly he taught me to think through first the message i want to share and the response I seek, even before I look for the pictures I want to show.

And when picture time comes, rule of thumb is no more than 6 words per slide. Once you embrace this rule, it makes it tough to watch presentations with more than 16 words per slide and not muttering under your breath, "Death by Powerpoint".

I give Presentation Zen 5 out of 5 stars. Garr provided a great introduction and overall process to developing presentations. It's a guide I return to again and again.

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Guilherme Nascimento

Very good source. Nice pics and tips.

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2013

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I liked this book. The author brought in this book very good tips about how to build an outstanding presentation. After you read this book you will be ashame of your former presentations. Believe me. After I read the book, I redesigned a presentation I had and the improvement was astonishing. However I felt the author could bring more practical examples.
One recommendation is: this book is not about public speaking, only about making presentation. Don't buy it if you expect to learn only about public speaking.
Another recommendation is: look for Mr. Reynolds videos on Youtube. He gives many tips he wrote in the book.

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Mark Ellins

Like Garr, I too am sick of how Power ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2016

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Though my rule is that I only give five stars for books that can stand the test of time, I will make an exception here. Though this book is relevant only for now, it is a must read. Like Garr, I too am sick of how Power Point has been abused. Also like Garr, I lived in Japan for a couple of years and learned how to change my way of doing presentations. I have practiced that method till this day. Read this book on how to frame your message in a presentation format. Close to 100% of my presentations are very technical so sometimes Garr’s ideas may not be all that applicable, but the bottom line is. Even if you are an experienced Presentation giver, I do recommend this book as a refresher on how to deliver the message in a lasting manner without death by PowerPoint. The true reason I don’t think this book can last forever is eventually someone will come up with a better way to present ideas and Power Point will be disrupted.

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Lance Mitchell

Strive for Perfection

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2013

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There are already many great reviews of this book on amazon, so it is unlikely that I can say anything fresh about the content and style of this superb book, so I am not about to try. I'll just tell you a little story of how it helped me at a most opportune time.

I have been presenting and instructing for well over three decades, and I am still learning something new every day. We should all be open to that and never believe that we hae actually arrived at the perfect state. Strive for perfection.

I got a lot out of this book. I read it on a plane from England to my company HQ in Florida. I was due to co-deliver a two-week induction class for new joiner technical staff from all over the world. As you can imagine, we had put a lot of effort into the planning and preparation for the ten days of intense instruction.

Despite the experience of the new people, I have always felt that everyone could do with a few tips and hints on good communication, public speaking and, in particular, delivering powerful presentations and demonstrations to our customers. So I had two hours dedicated to these topics.

I mostly knew what I was going to do with the two hours, but reading

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery inspired me to change my content and delivery.

I was able to use the three main guiding principles of the book: restraint, simplicity and naturalness , to construct a session to illustrate the power of those three guiding principles to the participants on my course.

I went analogue! I minimalised! I told my story!

This book really helped me to do that.

Was I rewarded?

Yes, I was.

At the end of the course, all of the participants were assessed on a presentation and demo which they had to prepare during the two weeks. My presentation on good communication came on day one, shortly followed by the assigning of course assignments.

All of my students used the guiding principles of Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery to great effect. It was a joy to watch!

Thank you very much Garr Reynolds.

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Geniusrev246

Wenig hilfreich

Reviewed in Germany on May 23, 2023

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Viele Allgemeinplätze. Wenige konkrete Hinweise oder gar rote Fäden zur Erstellung einer guten Präsentation. Ich kann das Buch nicht empfehlen.

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zitronenfalter

Kann man lesen, muss man aber nicht

Reviewed in Germany on October 8, 2019

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Das Buch scheint deutlich überbewertet. Es basiert auf wenigen Ideen, die zwar gut sind, aber kein ganzes Buch tragen. Der Autor hält sich zudem selbst nicht daran. Auf einer Seite fordert er, keine Folie dürfe mehr als sechs Worte beinhalten, um als Beispiel gleich eine mit 8 Worten zu zeigen. Für so etwas gibt es Lektoren und Korrekturleser.
Ich kann nur die englische Ausgabe beurteilen, aber die deutsche sollte sich nicht allzu sehr davon unterscheiden.
Folgendes Beispiel aus dem Englischen von Seite 66:
"In Japanese, I often say to myself, "Dakara nani?" or "Sore de...?" which translates roughly as "So what?" or "Your point being...?" I say this often while I am preparing or helping others prepare their material.
When building the content of your presentation, you should always put yourself in the shoes of the audience and ask, "So what?" Really ask yourself the tough questions throughout the planning process. For example, is your point relevant? It may be cool, but is it important to further your story, or is it included only because it seems impressive to you?"
Kurz: Im ersten Absatz bringt er nutzlose Information, deren wesentlicher Gehalt darin in der Erwähnung besteht, dass er japanisch spricht. Im zweiten Abschnitt fordert er dann, sich selbst die Frage zu stellen, ob diese Information aus Sicht der Zuhörer wirklich notwendig ist. Sie könnte zwar cool sein, aber vielleicht auch nur für den, der sie präsentiert.
Diese Frage hat er sich selbst nicht gestellt, denn sonst gäbe es den ersten Absatz nicht.
So viele Abschnitte des Buches bestehen aus nichts anderem als Gerede. Bring's auf den Punkt, möchte man dem Schreiber zurufen. Aber er macht's nicht.
So what?
Dies Buch ist schnell quergelesen und für seinen Inhalt deutlich zu dick.

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Perseus

Ideales Training für Präsentierer

Reviewed in Germany on April 11, 2013

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Dieses Buch bewegt sich glücklicherweise fernab der üblichen Powerpoint-Grütze. Anstatt auf den Werkzeugen (Impress, Powerpoint usw.) herumzureiten, nimmt sich der Autor hier Form der Präsentation an. Ausgehend von Ideen aus der japanischen Ästhetik und dem Zen-Buddhismus, werden die wichtigsten Konzepte erläutert, um eine möglichst einfache, packende Präsentation zu erstellen.

Das Buch enthält extrem viele Beispiele von Präsentationen, die der Autor für erwähnenswert hält. Besonders schön aufgezogen sind auch die "Vorher-Nachher"-Vergleiche. Hier kann jeder sehen, wie die Ausdrucksstärke einer Präsentation gewinnen kann, wenn man einige Gestaltungsrichtlinien beherzigt.

Besonders gut an diesem Buch gefällt mir, dass keine konkreten Tipps gegeben werden, etwa in der Form "Nur 5-7 Aufzählungspunkte pro Folie". Stattdessen bringt der Autor dem Leser bei, wie man selber die Kerngedanken aus der Präsentation herausarbeiten kann.

Insgesamt ist dies sicherlich eines der besten Bücher, um die Kunst des Präsentierens zu erlernen. Wer berufs- oder studienbedingt öfter Präsentation abhalten muss, dem sei dieses Buch ans Herz gelegt.

Ein einziger Wermutstropfen, der aber sozusagen systembedingt ist: Das Buch richtet sich nicht notwendigerweise an technische bzw. wissenschaftliche Präsentationen. Dies mag aber, wenn man beispielsweise an Edward Tuftes Abneigung von Powerpoint denkt, seine guten Gründe habe. Wer also für seine Präsentation gar nichts aus dem Buch mitnehmen kann, benutzt vielleicht schlicht und ergreifend das falsche Medium...

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shadow2056

Eine veränderte Sichtweise

Reviewed in Germany on August 30, 2012

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Ich muss beruflich zahlreiche Präsentationen vor unterschiedlichem Publikum halten.
Was Formatierung und inhaltlichen Aufbau angeht, existiert eine gewissen Vorgabe in PowerPoint, ebenso in wissenschaftlichen Präsentationen aus Forschung und Lehre. Allzu gerne wird man in endlose Listen aus Bullet Points gedrängt, da es "halt nunmal so gemacht wird".
Das Lesen dieses Buches hat meine Sichtweise auf die Gestaltung von Präsentationen massiv verändert und letzlich auch dazu beigetragen, dass ich nun Haupt- und Nebenberuflich Präsentationstechniken unterrichte, um das angeeignete Wissen weiterzugeben und die Welt der Präsentation etwas erträglicher für die Zuhörer zu machen.

Das Buch an sich ist ansprechend und interessant geschrieben, durch zahlreiche selbst erlebte Beispiele (gerade auch aus seinem Alltagsleben in Japan) des Autors aufgefrischt. Ich habe es in kürzester Zeit verschlungen und mich schon während des Durcharbeitens an die Überarbeitung meiner bestehenden Präsentationen und Schulungen gemacht.
Die Resonanz des Publikums war beeindruckend!

Eine klare, klare Kaufempfehlung für jeden, der auch nur ein kleines Bißchen mit Präsentationen zu tun hat.

Anschließend empfiehlt sich die Lektüre von "Presentation Zen: Design" und "The naked Presenter" des selben Autors.

Viel Spaß beim Erkunden einer völlig neuen Art des Präsentierens!

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