books about: presentation

books about: presentation

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Random House, 2007

In order to be memorable, you must use SUCCES
Made to Stick is a great book designed to help you made your ideas more memorable. It is not designed to give you the power to come up with new ideas, but to make the most of what's available to you. The authors use a wide variety of examples of "sticky" and non ...

Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 10th Edition

Benjamin Stein, John S. Reynolds, ...

Wiley, 2005

Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings
As a resource librarian in a mid-size design (architecture) firm, building and maintaining a reference library is one of my responsibilities. I normally wait until I get a request for a book before I review it for inclusion since there is so little space for "real" ...

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis

Wiley, 2005

Excellent resource
This book provides an excellent resource on the graphic design industry with in-depth information on typography and how different art movements affected graphic design. It is well written and has great pictures with detailed descriptions. I recommend it for every ...

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Dan Roam

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

SIMPLE DRAWINGS MAKE SENSE
This insightful book says that any problem can be solved using a simple drawing. The author warns against saying you cannot draw, because he says anyone can draw the simple stick figure drawings he suggests. Roam reminds us that visual information is much more ...

Looking Out, Looking In

Ronald B. Adler, Russell F. Proctor II

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

A manual for all
I will suggest this manual to every couple, especially the newly wed, even before suggesting any "how to ..my babie". I wish I had this book 40 years ago, most of my troubles would have never come. Many manuals out there, such "How to satisfy your woman/man" and such ...

Business Communication: Process and Product (with meguffey.com Printed Access Card)

Mary Ellen Guffey

South-Western College Pub, 2007

graet product and price
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How to Win Friends & Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Pocket, 1998

A Must Read...
This is the roadmap and field book for developing and maintaining healthy and unselfish interactions with others. What does another person need to hear in the first 30-seconds to get their attention? Why should you see a situation from the other person's point of view ...

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)

Garr Reynolds

New Riders Press, 2008

Bullseye!
Garr Ryenolds has hit the target, right smack in the center, on identifying the misuse of software such as PowerPoint in presentations. Reynolds takes us on an enjoyable, enlightening journey of identifying and avoiding "really bad PowerPoint" presentations, replacing ...

slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

Nancy Duarte

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008

AMAZING--not about slides, about mind to mind communication
I just destroyed this book with folded pages and ink annotations, so the perfectionists out there may want to order two copies, one for eating and one for sharing. The price is phenomenally reasonable, especially for something that is all color and totally elegant. ...

Architectural Graphics

Francis D. K. Ching

Wiley, 2002

Architectural Graphics, et al - excellent books, DECEPTIVE advertising
Get your act together Amazon or Wiley (I suspect Wiley) !!! (especially, note my final paragraph below) 1. This is NOT a hardback. 2. The "et al" is because this is NOT a single volume as suggested by the single ISBN 0471738263, but a COLLECTION of 3 PAPERBACKS ...

Guide to Managerial Communication (Guide to Business Communication Series) (7th Edition) (Guide to Series in ...

Mary Munter

Prentice Hall, 2005

Must-Have Quick Reference
Munter's book is short in length but long on content. I purchased this book as part of an MBA class on Executive Communication, but have found myself referring to it for everything from a quick memo to formal presentations. This would make an excellent gift for new ...

Graphic Design: The New Basics

Ellen Lupton, Phillips Jennifer Cole

Princeton Architectural Press, 2008

Required reading for students and teachers of design
If you're at all interested in design education--either as a teacher or as a student--Graphic Design: The New Basics is required reading. Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips have made something more than a mere textbook; they've created an authoritative and ...

Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, ...

Cliff Atkinson

Microsoft Press, 2007

Best yet from Cliff Atkinson... I'm now a complete fan!
I recommend "Beyond Bullet Points" in my class all the time. I continually have people coming up to me and asking where my slides came from or how I go about creating them. While I cannot say that I stick to the BBP process strictly, I do use its concepts heavily in my ...

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

Patrick M. Lencioni

Jossey-Bass, 2004

Good tips
This is one of the most practical books I've ever read. He does a great job of working you to the point and the thoughts behind his ideas. We've used this concepts a lot and it has greatly improved our meetings and communication.

Design Drawing

Francis D. K. Ching

Wiley, 1997

Drafting book for Design Students
While Ching does cover some aspects of drawing outside of those needed for drafting, the primary focus is on architectural drafting. This is a technical book intended for design students. It is not a do-it-yourself learn-to-draw manual. Most often, this book will be ...