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Nancy Duarte
Author, slide:ology, Resonate
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We asked 7 of the top presentation experts in the world to tell us what books most inspired them to be better presenters. Seven judges, including four published authors, provided feedback to a list of books. We present, for your consideration, their ranked list of the
Bruce R. Gabrielle
Author, Speaking PowerPoint
Gonzalo Alvarez
Author, El Arte de Presentar
Andrew Dlugan
Editor/Founder, Six Minutes
Nolan Haimes
VP, Presentation Director, Edelman
Al Bonner,
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Authors could not review their own books Books with only one review were not included on this list In some cases, scores for books with only two reviewers were adjusted down, to avoid bias that comes with small sample sizes
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Moving Mountains Henry M. Boettinger Give Your Speech, Change the World Dr. Nick Morgan Presenting to Win Jerry Weissman
Real Leaders Dont Do PowerPoint Christopher Witt
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Speaking PowerPoint Bruce R. Gabrielle
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Give Your Speech, Change the World Dr. Nick Morgan Youve Got to Be Believed to Be Heard Bert Decker Real Leaders Dont Do PowerPoint Christopher Witt
Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck Rick Altman
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Nick Morgan Carmine Gallo Garr Reynolds Nancy Duarte Christopher Witt Nancy Duarte Robert R. H. Anholt Cliff Atkinson Paul J. Kelly Garr Reynolds Michael Alley Garr Reynolds Rick Altman Andrew Abela Kristin Arnold Stephen M. Kosslyn Bert Decker John Medina Gene Zelazny John C. Maxwell Dave Paradi Chip Heath y Dan Heath Dale Carnegie Annette Simmons Scott Berkun Cliff Atkinson Barbara Minto Dan Roam Peter Guber Lidwell, Holden and Butler Robin Williams Stephen Few
Your Judges
Nancy Duarte
Bruce R. Gabrielle
Gonzalo lvarez
Andrew Dlugan
Nolan Haimes
Al Bonner