Illuminate

DUARTE, NANCY

Portfolio/Penguin

Presentations are meant to inform, inspire, and persuade audiences. So why then do so many audiences leave feeling like they've wasted their time? All too often, presentations don't resonate with the audience and move them to transformative action. Just as the author's first book helped presenters become visual communicators, Resonate helps you make a strong connection with your audience and lead them to purposeful action. The author's approach is simple: building a presentation today is a bit like writing a documentary. Using this approach, you'll convey your content with passion, persuasion, and impact. <ul>
<li>Author has a proven track record, including having created the slides in Al Gore's Oscar winning An Inconvenient Truth</li> <li>Focuses on content development methodologies that are not only fundamental but will move people to action </li> <li>Upends the usual paradigm by making the audience the hero and the presenter the mentor</li> <li>Shows how to use story techniques of conflict and resolution</li> </ul>
Presentations don't have to be boring ordeals. You can make them fun, exciting, and full of meaning. Leave your audiences energized and ready to take action with Resonate.

Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

John Wiley and Sons

No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you've delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void. Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone. The book combines conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the world's leading brands. With slide:ology you'll learn to: <ul>
<li>Connect with specific audiences</li> <li>Turn ideas into informative graphics</li> <li>Use sketching and diagramming techniques effectively</li> <li>Create graphics that enable audiences to process information easily</li> <li>Develop truly influential presentations</li> <li>Utilize presentation technology to your advantage</li> </ul>
Millions of presentations and billions of slides have been produced -- and most of them miss the mark. slide:ology will challenge your traditional approach to creating slides by teaching you how to be a visual thinker. And it will help your career by creating momentum for your cause.

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

Job Hunting & Careers

O'Reilly Media

"THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ARE THE ONES WHO DO." With these words, Apple Inc., and its leader, Steve Jobs, catalyzed a movement. Whenever Jobs took the stage to talk about new Apple products, the whole world seemed to stop and listen. That’s because Jobs was offering a vision of the future. He wanted you to feel what the world might someday be like, and trust him to take you there. As a leader, you have the same potential to not only anticipate the future and invent creative initiatives, but to also inspire those around you to support and execute your vision. In Illuminate, acclaimed author Nancy Duarte and communications expert Patti Sanchez equip you with the same communication tools that great leaders like Jobs, Howard Schultz, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to move people. Duarte and Sanchez lay out a plan to help you lead people through the five stages of transformation using speeches, stories, ceremonies, and symbols. This visual and accessible communication guidebook will show you how Apple, Starbucks, IBM, charity: water, and others have mobilized people to embrace bold changes.To envision the future is one thing, getting others to go there with you is another. By harnessing the power of persuasive communication you, too, can turn your idea into a movement.

Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols

Sanchez, Patti

Management & Leadership

Portfolio

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

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations (HBR Guide Series) (Harvard Business Review Guides)

Skills

Harvard Business Review Press

Master your most pressing professional challenges with this seven-volume set that collects the smartest best practices from leading experts all in one place. HBR Guide to Better Business Writing and HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations help you perfect your communication skills; HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across and HBR Guide to Office Politics show you how to build the best professional relationships; HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers is the one book you’ll ever need to teach you about the numbers; HBR Guide to Project Management addresses tough questions such as how to manage stakeholder expectations and how to manage uncertainty in a complex project; and HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done goes beyond basic productivity tips to teach you how to prioritize and focus on your work. This specially priced set of the most popular books in the series makes a perfect gift for aspiring leaders looking for trusted advice. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

HBR Guides Boxed Set (7 Books) (HBR Guide Series)

Review, Harvard Business

Dillon, Karen

Garner, Bryan, A

Finance

Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds. Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority as a leader.
This book highlights that research and shows you how to act on it, presenting both comprehensive frameworks for developing influence and small, simple tactics you can use to convince others every day.
This volume includes the work of:
<ul>
<li>Nick Morgan</li>
<li>Robert Cialdini</li>
<li>Linda A. Hill</li>
<li>Nancy Duarte</li>
</ul>
This collection of articles includes "Understand the Four Components of Influence," by Nick Morgan; "Harnessing the Science of Persuasion," by Robert Cialdini; "Three Things Managers Should Be Doing Every Day," by Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback; "Learning Charisma," by John Antonakis, Marika Fenley, and Sue Liechti; "To Win People Over, Speak to Their Wants and Needs," by Nancy Duarte; "Storytelling That Moves People," an interview with Robert McKee by Bronwyn Fryer; "The Surprising Persuasiveness of a Sticky Note," by Kevin Hogan; and "When to Sell with Facts and Figures, and When to Appeal to Emotions," by Michael D. Harris.
How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Morgan, Nick

Cialdini, Robert B.

Hill, Linda A.

Business Culture

Master the most critical professional skills with this five-volume set that covers topics from personal effectiveness to leading others. This specially priced collection includes books from the HBR Guide series on the topics of Getting the Right Work Done, Better Business Writing, Persuasive Presentations, Making Every Meeting Matter, and Project Management.
You'll learn how to:
<ul>
<li>Prioritize and stay focused</li>
<li>Overcome procrastination</li>
<li>Conquer email overload</li>
<li>Push past writer's block</li>
<li>Create powerful visuals</li>
<li>Establish credibility with tough audiences</li>
<li>Moderate lively conversations and regain control of wayward meetings</li>
<li>Build a strong project team</li>
<li>Create a realistic schedule--and stay on track</li>
<li>Manage stakeholders' expectations</li>
</ul>
Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

HBR Guides to Being an Effective Manager Collection (5 Books) (HBR Guide Series)

Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds. 
Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority as a leader.\nThis book highlights that research and shows you how to act on it, presenting both comprehensive frameworks for developing influence and small, simple tactics you can use to convince others every day. 
This volume includes the work of: Nick Morgan Robert Cialdini Linda A. Hill Nancy Duarte\nThis collection of articles includes "Understand the Four Components of Influence," by Nick Morgan; "Harnessing the Science of Persuasion," by Robert Cialdini; "Three Things Managers Should Be Doing Every Day," by Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback; "Learning Charisma," by John Antonakis, Marika Fenley, and Sue Liechti; "To Win People Over, Speak to Their Wants and Needs," by Nancy Duarte; "Storytelling That Moves People," an interview with Robert McKee by Bronwyn Fryer; "The Surprising Persuasiveness of a Sticky Note," by Kevin Hogan; and "When to Sell with Facts and Figures, and When to Appeal to Emotions," by Michael D. Harris. 
How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

This 16-volume, specially priced boxed set makes a perfect gift for aspiring leaders looking for trusted advice on such diverse topics as data analytics, negotiating, business writing, and coaching. This set includes Persuasive Presentations, Better Business Writing, Finance Basics, Data Analytics, Building Your Business Case, Making Every Meeting Matter, Project Management, Emotional Intelligence, Getting the Right Work Done, Negotiating, Leading Teams, Coaching Employees, Performance Management, Delivering Effective Feedback, Dealing with Conflict, and Managing Up and Across. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, from the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges Also available as an ebook set.

Harvard Business Review Guides Ultimate Boxed Set (16 Books) (HBR Guide)

Shapiro, Mary

Weiss, Jeff

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Illuminate

Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

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

Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations (HBR Guide Series) (Harvard Business Review Guides)

HBR Guides Boxed Set (7 Books) (HBR Guide Series)

Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

HBR Guides to Being an Effective Manager Collection (5 Books) (HBR Guide Series)

Influence and Persuasion (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Harvard Business Review Guides Ultimate Boxed Set (16 Books) (HBR Guide)