business presentations

"A good visualization can communicate the nature and potential impact of ideas more powerfully than any other form of communication. For a long time, "dataviz" was left to specialists-data scientists and professional designers. No longer. A new generation of tools and massive amounts of available data make it easy for anyone to create visualizations that communicate ideas far more effectively than generic spreadsheet charts ever could. What's more, building good charts is quickly becoming a need-to-have skill for managers-if you're not doing it, another manager is, and they're getting noticed for it, and getting credit for your company's success. In Good Charts, dataviz maven Scott Berinato provides an essential guide to how visualization works and how to use this new language to impress and persuade. Dataviz is where spreadsheets and word processors were in the early 1980s-on the cusp of changing how we work. Berinato lays out a system for thinking visually and building better charts through a process of talking, sketching, and prototyping. The book goes well beyond proffering a set of static rules for making visualizations and taps into well-established and vanguard research in visual perception and neuroscience, as well as the emerging field of visualization science, to explore why good charts (and bad ones) create "feelings behind our eyes." Along the way, Berinato also includes many engaging vignettes of dataviz pros, illustrating the ideas in practice. Good Charts will help you turn plain, uninspiring charts that merely present information into smart, effective visualizations that powerfully convey ideas. This is your go-to guide for dataviz-the new language of business." --.

The saying goes, "You only have one chance to make a first impression." As a result, it's important to develop good manners and etiquette and strong writing and communication skills. Presenting Yourself will help you to develop the skills necessary to land and succeed in a career. It covers everything from developing key soft skills, to crafting job-winning cover letters and r??sum??s, to acing the interview and your first day on the job. Presenting Yourself is just one of nine exciting titles in the Careers with Earning Potential series. Readers will discover seven careers that typically do not require a bachelor's degree, but provide a good middle-class income. In the other title, they will learn how to become invaluable in the workplace.

Presents a collection of games, exercises, and activities designed to build rapport with an audience, initiate discussions and motivation, and reinforce key points of a message.

Communications expert Cliff Atkinson shares his three-step system for increasing the impact of presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, with step-by-step instructions for combining the tenets of classic storytelling with the power of projected media to create a one-of-a-kind presentation. Includes CD with custom templates, checklists, and e-book.

Provides a step-by-step method that anyone can use to create, design, and deliver a TED (technology, entertainment, and design) style presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable.

Provides a step-by-step method that anyone can use to create, design, and deliver a TED (technology, entertainment, and design) style presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable.

A guide to giving presentations, discussing how to win over an audience, overcome nerves, increase confidence, and deliver with impact.

Introduces the author's 'Principles of Persuasion', showing business leaders how to craft the right message and deliver it using the right language, both verbal and nonverbal, to accomplish their purpose.

Provides practical advice and strategies to improve audience engagement and interaction during presentations, offering over ninety tips, and explaining how to establish an interactive tone, use Twitter and text messaging, make eye contact, recover from failed attempts at humor, and more.