Garr Reynolds - Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
“If you prepare well, the preparation process itself should help you really know your story. With proper preparation, you should be able to still tell your story if the projector breaks five minutes before the presentation or if the client says ‘to heck with the slides, just give it to me straight.’”
“If you want your audience to remember your content, then find a way to make it more relevant and memorable to them by strengthening your core message with good short interesting stories or examples.”
“A common misunderstanding about design is that it is something that comes at the end, for example, it is the frosting and “Happy Birthday!” on a cake. But this is not what I mean by design. For me, design does not come at the end; rather, it comes at the beginning, right from the start. Design is necessary and a way to organize information in a way that makes things clearer; it is also a medium for persuasion. Design can make things easier for the viewer or the user. Design is not decoration.”
“We don’t begin every new sentence in a conversation by restating our name, so why should you bombard people with your company logo on every slide?”