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Index
Poetics (Aristotle), 76
poets, 5
Posner, Barry, 247
PowerPoint, 7
charts, 152–153
Master Slides, 113
slide templates, 115
Vajrayana approach, to slides, 108
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden
Forces That Shape Our Decisions
(Ariely), 18
presentations. See also animation, in
presentations; data visualization;
delivery; design; slides
aspects, 3
authenticity, 244–245
bullet points, 18
case studies, 99–101
checklist, 266
client-centric, 66–68
as always right, 35–36
empathy and, 37
imprudence, 36–37
pandering to, 36
vision for, 36
as communication, 2
complexity, 2
confrontation in, 226–232
discussions, 227–228
of experts, in audience, 227
feedback, 231–232
hostility, 230–231
humor, 228–229
offensiveness as strategy, 229–230
strong language, 230
consistency in, 21
contrast, 15, 18–19
charts, 19
diagrams, 19
slides, 19
denitions, 2–4
delivery, 22
discussions, 227–228
focus, 15–18
organization, 16
purpose, 16
shifts, 27
short-term memory limits, 16–17
in story, 26–27
fonts, 30
goal-setting, 27–35
audience connection, 28
condence in, 28–29
impact in, 29–31
information in, 28
measurability in, 28
motivation, 27
multiple goals and, 29
questions in, 29
recall in, 29–31
values and, 31–33
vision, 33–36
hostility in, 230–231
live, 110
on-stage behavior, 21
performance, 3
personal stories in, 69–72
opposition in, 70
personal strengths, 71–72
weaknesses in, 71–72
practice for, 272–273
without presenters, 110
principles, 14–22
contrast, 15, 18–19
focus, 15–18
unity, 15, 19–22
resources, 269–270
practice, 272–273
scientic, 200–201
success factors, 201
slides, 3, 7–13, 22
BRUNO program, 7
design aspects, 10–11, 106–107
Hewlett-Packard development, 7
PowerPoint, 7
projectors, 7–8
purpose, 9
as selling point, 12
teleprompters, 8
story, 4–7
anecdotes, 5
causal evidence and, 6
communication through, 6
emotional component, 5
facts in, 6–7
focus in, 26–27
ideas, 26–27
logic and, 6
myth and, 26
rhetoric, 4–5
storytelling as opposed
to, 5
urban legends, 26
as transformative, 277–278
unity, 15, 19–22
consistency, 21
constraints, 22
denition, 76
information compression, 20
lists, 20
S-curve, 19
viewpoints, 39
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on
Presentation Design and Delivery
(Reynolds), 8
presentational charts,
146–148
afrmations, 146
contrasts, 147
editing, 147–148
by Minard, 146
presenters
presentations without, 110
second-act syndrome, 51
viewpoint of, 39
process diagrams, 96, 135
for Minard, 97
projectors, 7–8
public speaking
elements, 13–14
as entertainment, 5
passion in, 223–226
voice, 207–208
Q
questions
delivery and, 215–218
in goal-setting, 29
tension in, 60