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What Are the Best Presentation Design Books?

I've handpicked these amazing books, packed with insights, tips, and techniques to help you create stunning presentations. Whether you're a new grad or a working professional, these books have got you covered. Let's explore them one by one.

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

Written by presentation expert Nancy Duarte, Slide:ology is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their slide design skills. This comprehensive guide covers everything from storytelling to slide layout and design principles.

What I Liked

Step-by-step guidance on designing effective presentations
Beautiful visuals and examples from well-known companies
Great case studies highlighting the people
Clear authority in the field since she designed Al Gore's famous climate change slide deck that was the basis for an Inconvenient Truth film
Clear explanations of design concepts
Focus on storytelling and audience engagement
Good focus on timeless ideas
The print book is beautifully designed
More hands-on exercises and activities

Bottom Line

This book is perfect for anyone looking to master the art of creating visually stunning and impactful presentations, regardless of their design background.

Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

Another gem from Nancy Duarte, Resonate focuses on the power of storytelling to create memorable and persuasive presentations. Learn how to connect with your audience and leave a lasting impact.

Unique approach to visual storytelling
Incorporation of narrative structure in presentations
Emphasis on audience engagement and connection
Variety of case studies from different fields
Tips for effective slide design and layout
Expanded section on slide design tools and resources

If you want to learn the art of storytelling in presentations and captivate your audience, this book is a fantastic choice.

DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story

DataStory, also by Nancy Duarte, is a valuable guide for those looking to effectively communicate complex data through storytelling. Discover how to turn numbers into compelling narratives that drive action.

What I Liked:

Clear explanations of data visualization concepts
Practical tips for transforming data into stories
Examples from various industries
Focus on audience understanding and decision-making
Techniques for creating persuasive data-driven presentations
More detailed guidance on data visualization tools
Expanded coverage of data analysis techniques

Ideal for professionals working with data, this book will help you present complex information in a clear, engaging, and persuasive manner.

Everyday Business Storytelling: Create, Simplify, and Adapt A Visual Narrative for Any Audience

Authors Janine Kurnoff and Lee Lazarus provide practical guidance on using visual storytelling to create effective business presentations. Learn how to simplify complex ideas and adapt your message for any audience.

Step-by-step process for crafting visual narratives
Emphasis on audience-centered communication
Real-world examples and case studies
Tips for adapting messages to different audiences and contexts
Techniques for simplifying complex information
Plenty of examples with before and afters
The section about email communication because not everything has to be a presentation
Even more examples at the end

This book is perfect for business professionals who want to create engaging and persuasive visual narratives that resonate with any audience.

Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals

Written by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Storytelling with Data teaches readers how to present data in a clear and compelling way. Gain valuable insights on data visualization techniques and best practices for business professionals.

In-depth coverage of data visualization best practices
Focus on audience-centric presentation design
Strategies for simplifying complex data
Tips for selecting the most effective chart types
Guidance on using color and design elements effectively
Additional exercises and activities for hands-on practice

This book is ideal for business professionals who want to master data visualization and deliver clear, compelling data-driven presentations.

Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations

Authored by Scott Berinato, Good Charts is a comprehensive guide to creating data visualizations that effectively communicate complex information. Learn best practices and techniques for creating persuasive and informative charts and graphs.

Practical guidance for creating effective charts and graphs
Harvard Business Review's credibility and expertise
Tips for improving existing data visualizations
Strategies for engaging and persuading audiences with data
Expanded coverage of advanced visualization techniques

This book is perfect for professionals seeking to improve their data visualization skills and create more persuasive presentations using data.

Good Charts Workbook: Tips, Tools, and Exercises for Making Better Data Visualizations

A companion to Good Charts, the Good Charts Workbook by Scott Berinato offers hands-on exercises and practical tools to help you create better data visualizations. Improve your skills with engaging activities and real-world examples.

Interactive exercises and activities
Focus on hands-on learning and skill development
Complements the concepts covered in Good Charts
Tips for refining and improving existing visualizations
Greater variety of data visualization tools covered
Inclusion of digital resources and templates

Ideal for those looking to practice and improve their data visualization skills, this workbook is a valuable resource for creating more effective and persuasive data-driven presentations.

The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get It Approved

Written by Mike Figliuolo, The Elegant Pitch provides a structured approach to crafting persuasive business recommendations. Learn how to build support and get your ideas approved with a clear, compelling pitch.

Step-by-step process for creating persuasive pitches
Focus on clarity and simplicity in communication
Tips for overcoming objections and building support
Techniques for tailoring your pitch to different audiences
Well written book with very actionable advice
More of a hidden gem that isn't talked about as much
Greater emphasis on visual presentation techniques

This book is perfect for professionals who want to learn how to create compelling recommendations and get their ideas approved in a business setting.

Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations

In Presentation Zen Design, Garr Reynolds shares his expertise on creating visually stunning and engaging presentations. Discover simple design principles and techniques to transform your slides and captivate your audience.

Focus on clean, minimalist design principles
Practical tips for improving slide design
Real-world examples from various industries
Strategies for incorporating visuals effectively
Techniques for engaging and connecting with audiences
Very culturally sensitive
Eastern cultural themes and analogies
An updated edition is needed because, visually, some of the examples feel very out of date

This book is ideal for those looking to enhance their presentation design skills and create visually engaging slides that resonate with their audience.

So there you have it, my top picks for the best presentation design books. Whether you're just starting or want to polish your skills, these books will help you create captivating, engaging slides that leave a lasting impression.

Ready to get started? Grab one of these books and watch your presentations transform! 🚀

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What are the Must-Read Essential Presentation Books?

We have put together, six of the best must-read presentation books on everything presenting and PowerPoint design. We began our own journey from these presentation books, and they can teach you too.

We’ve got to hand it to the internet.

It teaches us a lot of things. On YouTube alone, there are tutorials for everything from doing eerily realistic special effects makeup to building a house. Elsewhere – at just a click of your mouse – you can find forums and websites full of insights across every skill imaginable.

But there’s some knowledge you can only get from books.

Books have a wealth of knowledge available to you, the feeling of turning the pages in your hand can’t be beaten.

You can access specific interviews with leading figures in your industry. Learn tips and methodology that have been refined over decades – compiled precisely in the right order, in clear chapters, to help you digest it all.

With that in mind, we’re always on the lookout for the best presentation books on presenting and presentation design.

There are some brilliant titles out there that’ll help you to boost your presentation design and public speaking skills to a staggering degree – giving you an edge over your competitors.

The books we have selected will help you to deliver talks that capture hearts as well as minds.

Here are our six must-read presentation books we’d recommend you add to your home library.

1. Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds, Carmine Gallo

In this book, Carmine Gallo puts forward a straightforward step-by-step method for anyone to deliver a presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and most importantly, memorable.

If you’re familiar with us at The Presentation Designer, you’ll already know we’ve created slides for TED talks before. They’re the gold standard when it comes to public speaking… and with this book, you can learn all the tricks of the trade from some of the best TED presenters around.

From interviews with popular TED speakers to insights on how to design and deliver your presentation, this handy guide will help you to present like a pro. Are you ready to knock your audience’s socks off?

2. Presentation Zen Design: A simple visual approach to presenting in today’s world, Garr Reynolds

There’s probably nobody better qualified to give presentation advice than Garr Reynolds (other than us, of course!).

A best-selling author and popular speaker, he’s got wisdom on tap when it comes to delivering terrific talks – and nailing every element of your presentation design. I’ve read every single book Garr has published.

Presentation Zen Design is the book I would recommend to anyone thinking about creating more effective presentation slides.

Throughout, you’ll find simple design principles and techniques that are guaranteed to enhance your presentations. In Garr’s book you will also gain an insight into Japanese Zen and how you can apply some of its principles to improve engagement with your audience.

It doesn’t matter how smart and a detailed a slide design can be, Garr’s methods prove that ‘keeping it simple is best’.

Check out his tips on the best ways to use colour, data, mixed mediums (including video) and more to create simple, synergistic and stunning presentations. Check it out.

3. slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations: The Art and Science of Presentation Design, Nancy Duarte

In slide:ology, communications expert Nancy Duarte delivers innovative advice around “visual thinking” – helping your audience to understand your key messages through imagery.

Connect with specific experts, create easy-to-understand graphics and use the power of art to persuade. Using her intriguing insights and step-by-step instructions, you’ll be able to master the craft of presenting.

There are plenty of case studies to refer too, which demonstrate how some of the world’s leading brands have used Duarte’s visual theories and methods to achieve their goals.

Want to learn how to create slides an audience can process?

Then, this is the book for you, it’s difficult not to also recommend ‘Resonate’, her follow-up, as another must-read book.

Her second book will take your learning further to help you create better stories for your presentation and develop supporting visuals that fit your narrative.

Thank you, Nancy! You have taught me so much!

4. Confessions of a Public Speaker, Scott Berkun

Stage fright. Bored audiences. Forgetting your lines. Even the most confident of us have fears when it comes to giving presentations. Fortunately, author and public speaking specialist Scott Berkun is sympathetic to that – and between his practical advice and hilarious, insightful anecdotes, Scott teaches you how to present perfectly… without the panic element. Sounds good to us.

Through his years of experience speaking to crowds of all different sizes, you’ll gain an insight to:

How to work a tough audience
The science of not boring people to sleep
How to survive the attack of nerves or worry
What to do when things go wrong

5. Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations, Dan Roam

There are two decades worth of presentation wisdom in Dan Roam’s Show and Tell . His theory is that we’re all natural-born storytellers.

In his book ‘Show and Tell’ he guides our focus on unlocking our innate presenting abilities in a fun, engaging and informative way. Through fundamental truths (including our personal favourite: “passion = self-confidence”), hand-drawn pictures and simple-to-remember tips, you’ll find a fantastic foundation for both your presentation design and delivery.

There’s a lot of informative content about telling better stories in our presentation and how to structure them to make them engaging.

Cheers, Dan.

6. Interaction of Color, Josef Albers

At The Presentation Designer, we’re serious when it comes to harnessing the power of colour in presentation design. It’s a good thing, too, as colour theory and psychology play massive roles in the potential impact of your slides.

Josef Albers’ famous book, Interaction of Colour , is testament to that fact: a comprehensive guide on the principles of colour theory that’s been in circulation since the 60s.

Age certainly equals wisdom, here, because Albers’ in-depth manual – which discusses everything from colour relativity to the illusion of transparency – is chockablock with all the information you’ll ever need to know about using colour. You’ll be the Picasso of presentations in no time.

I’ve included this video from painter Albert van der Zwart who explains the concepts around Josef Albers principles of colour theory well.

There you go, I hope you’ve enjoyed our recommended presentation books. Let us know any you think we’ve missed in the comments.

Illiya Vjestica

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From the analysis summary:

We wondered: “What do the top presentation experts in the world read?” They told us. 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 top 35 presentation books.

Survey analysis was performed by Gonzalo Álvarez and Bruce Gabrielle. Their methodology and full results can be found in the embedded document later in this article. Thanks to both of them for leading this effort!
Nancy Duarte
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Dr. Michael Alley
Gonzalo Alvarez
Nolan Haims
Andrew Dlugan (me)

Summary of the Results

It’s very difficult to quantitatively compare speaking books, particularly when those books excel in very different ways.
Books were scored according to their presentation focus along several criteria (content, structure, visual design, delivery). The total of the individual scores was used to rank the books overall.
These totals can be misleading as they reward books with a very broad focus (books that touch on many speaking skills), and penalize books with a narrow focus. As an example, books like Made to Stick or The Story Factor (which are both excellent books which focus almost entirely on storytelling) receive low overall scores.
Each of these two groups are listed in the tables below.
The “Amazon Rating” column in the tables below gives the “stars” ranking and the number of reader reviews.
Most books (27 out of 35) are priced between $14 and $28 . Four books are less than $14, and one book is over $28. Three books are no longer carried by amazon, so no price is given.
Links to these reviews are given in the tables below.
Most of the remaining 21 books are on my personal wishlist, so it’s quite likely you’ll be seeing reviews for some of them in the future.

Books with a Content/Delivery Focus

Books with a focus on visuals, the full ratings data.

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The Art of the Explanation is my favorite. It’s written by Lee LeFever. He’s got steps on how to explain complicated things and ideas so NO ONE in the audience gets left behind.

Thanks Jaime.

I love Lee LeFever’s video explanations, and am curious to read his book.

2 Done; 33 to go. Wonderful timing. I was just looking for books to improve on my presentation skills. Andrew, you just handed over me the magic wand. 🙂

Thanks Andrew. Look forward to completing these.

Oh wow, that’s quite the list. I’ll be going over this and determining which ones I need to read NOW and which ones I’ll save for later. Thanks for taking the time to put together such a great list.

The one book I have never seen written is how to develop presentations for others to give. Many times I am faced with developing a corporate or sales presentation for the sales team to give to prospects – what are the best practices for this kind of presentation?

Thank you for providing an extremely useful list. However, it’s hard for anyone to keep up with what else those authors have been doing since the listed books were published. Check before you buy. For example, Stephen M. Kosslyn’s 2010 book Better PowerPoint: Quick Fixes Based on How Your Audience Thinks might be a better choice than the 2007 Clear and to the Point. Also, this year Dave Paradi published Present It So They Get It . I liked his The Visual Slide Revolution enough to post a review of it .

I’d add Dona M. Wong’s The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics to the list of books about visuals. I reviewed it briefly here .

Thanks for the detailed comments, Richard. I’ll have to check out those books.

considero una parte esencial de la vida el leer y leer pero el decidir cual o cuales libros son los mejores es dificil. por lo que agradezco esta presentacion seis minutos un momento de informacion que engrandece nuestro pensamiento. gracias

Since i am a scientist, my favorite is the craft of scientific presentation. I guess this one was intended for presenting scientific data and conference. For design, I prefer The non designer design book. For story telling, confessions of a public speaker is excellence. I read several other book, like the zen etc, but in my opinion they are for business-type presentation

a great list, but you left out a GEM. Gail Larsen’s Transformational Speaking . Truly, the best speaking book I’ve read.

MUST- ADD ALERT! Transformational Speaking , by Gail Larsen. This book is a comprehensive and unique guide to speaking with the most authentic voice we can bring forth. Gail’s teachings have not only helped me to become a better speaker, but have also helped me name and claim personal attributes that make me a better artist, workshop leader, friend, and mother. As former leader of the National Speaker’s Association, Gail knows the speaking world well. She can give a great speech any day at any time; but what interests her is the special ability we each possess to connect with people on a deeper level, through storytelling. In her book, Gail makes the case that if we don’t honor our unique offerings by sharing them, they will be lost to the world forever. She goes on to explain that this is a critical time in our world, a time we need everyone. Calling all voices! Please add this truly transformational gift to the world to your list of bests. I have never read a book that has changed my life more!

I think this is a great list you and your team have compliled. One I would add would be Jeremy Donovon’s How To Deliver A TED Talk which is a easy read that takes the best Ted Talks and dissects them.

I just read your ratings on the 35 presentation books and I can see I have a lot of reading a head of me.

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Presentation Zen

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Garr Reynolds | 5.00

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Made to Stick

Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Chip Heath, Dan Heath | 4.97

Cristian-Dragos Baciu I highly recommend all the books written by the Heath brothers, especially Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive And Others Die. This one's a must-read for marketers. The reason I enjoyed their work so much is because they offer real-life stories and insights that makes it so much easier for the reader to imprint that information in his mind (Source)

Tudor Mihailescu First thing first, finance people need to be decent communicators, ideally awesome communicators. There is an art in building a case or in delivering a presentation and we need to treat this step as seriously as we have treated the other steps. I do believe this is a top priority for an aspiring or practicing CFO - There are plenty of books on this topic, I would recommend the works of Chip and... (Source)

Steve Lance Made to Stick is about what makes a message memorable. Why is it that we can all say ‘Call me Ishmael’ and remember this opening line to Moby Dick, and yet none of us can say the second sentence. Made to Stick is a thoughtful, fact-based empirical study about this idea of stickiness. (Source)

The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B. Cialdini | 4.96

Charles T. Munger Robert Cialdini has had a greater impact on my thinking on this topic than any other scientist. (Source)

Dan Ariely It covers a range of ways in which we end up doing things, and how we don’t understand why we’re doing them. (Source)

Max Levchin [Max Levchin recommended this book as an answer to "What business books would you advise young entrepreneurs read?"] (Source)

slide:ology

The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

Nancy Duarte | 4.94

Crucial Conversations

Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

RON MCMILLAN JOSEPH GRENNY, AL SWITZLER, KERRY PATTERSON | 4.75

Max Levchin A now-venerable guide to having tough conversations in a way that engages the debaters. (Source)

Deke Bridges Picked up this great book @Powells to read. Better conversation and listening enables you to get deeper into subjects at hand. When talking with people, this makes your communication skills a very powerful tool. Always be learning. #growth #education #leadership https://t.co/r0ujX9IPqh (Source)

Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

Nancy Duarte | 4.75

Brian Burkhart But the book which really hit home was “Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences,” by Nancy Duarte. It’s interesting, I didn’t agree with her methodology or like much of what I read. It was too complex and not realistic for people to use in everyday life. That said, it did help confirm to me that I was onto something. It was a different kind of validation than Godin—that the... (Source)

Start with Why

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Simon Sinek | 4.66

Tony Robbins The basis of this book is so important to anyone looking to increase their influence, profits or impact. People won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it. When you start with the why, everything else falls into place. This book is so impactful, I consider it required reading. (Source)

Richard Branson Today is World Book Day, a wonderful opportunity to address this #ChallengeRichard sent in by Mike Gonzalez of New Jersey: Make a list of your top 65 books to read in a lifetime. (Source)

Tony Hsieh Over the years he’s [] recommended well over 20 business books — including his own, the 2010 bestseller Delivering Happiness and you can always find what he’s currently reading atop his cluttered desk. Start with Why is amogst those titles. (Source)

The official TED guide to public speaking

Howard Hughes | 4.65

Chris Anderson In Apollo week, a great book recommendation: this more than a story of a computer--it's about the first shot in the man vs machine battles (should astronauts be pilots or "spam in a can"?) that foreshadowed today's debates about drones & self driving cars https://t.co/CidYughKHz (Source)

Talk Like TED

The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

Carmine Gallo | 4.63

Emma Wedekind @yannln I love that book! (Source)

Shaen Yeo In the book Talk like TED, there were a few suggestions on how to make my speech better. I tweaked the way I speak using the advice, and produced a speech like never before. I had many people coming up to shake my hands and offer me name cards! (Source)

Radu Marcusu A book that most recently made a difference for me was Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds. My IMWorld speech this year benefited tremendously from Carmine Gallo's framing of the nine secrets of all time successful TED presentations. I believe Gallo's step-by-step method makes it possible for anyone to sell their ideas persuasively when delivering a presentation.... (Source)

Walter Isaacson | 4.61

Elon Musk Quite interesting. (Source)

Bill Gates [On Bill Gates's reading list in 2012.] (Source)

Gary Vaynerchuk I've read 3 business books in my life. If you call [this book] a business book. (Source)

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The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

Carmine Gallo | 4.59

Jack H. M. Wong Question: What five books would you recommend to young people interested in your career path & why? Answer: Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki Second Chance - Robert Kiyosaki Why the Rich Are Getting Richer - Robert Kiyosaki The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience - Carmine Gallo The Little Voice Mastery - Blair Singer (Source)

Pitch Anything

An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal

Oren Klaff | 4.59

Jeff Gibbard This book single-handedly changed my life. BY learning the principles of "Frame Control" I have had much greater success in sales, public speaking, and in managing my team. (Source)

Michael Herrmann Great book on pitching, and more generally, sales. Funny too. Has some ideas very reminiscent of Thinking Fast and Slow. (Source)

Presentation Zen Design

Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations

Garr Reynolds | 4.59

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook

How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World

Robert T. Kiyosaki, Tim Wheeler, et al | 4.57

Marvin Liao My list would be (besides the ones I mentioned in answer to the previous question) both business & Fiction/Sci-Fi and ones I personally found helpful to myself. The business books explain just exactly how business, work & investing are in reality & how to think properly & differentiate yourself. On the non-business side, a mix of History & classic fiction to understand people, philosophy to make... (Source)

Bill Widmer In general, I recommend Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki to learn more about assets and liability and how to view money. (Source)

Sa El This book started everything for me and put me on a path to a rich mindset, it helped me understand that dreaming wasn't enough, you had to actually place that dream into reality if you ever want to achieve it. (Source)

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss, Tahl Raz | 4.57

Dustin Moskovitz [Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.] (Source)

Daniel Pink Emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence without sacrificing deal-making power. From the pen of a former hostage negotiator—someone who couldn’t take no for an answer—which makes it fascinating reading. But it’s also eminently practical. In these pages, you will find the techniques for getting the deal you want. (Source)

Adam Grant eval(ez_write_tag([[250,250],'theceolibrary_com-large-mobile-banner-2','ezslot_6',164,'0','1'])); This book blew my mind. It’s a riveting read, full of instantly actionable advice—not just for high-stakes negotiations, but also for handling everyday conflicts at work and at home. (Source)

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Edward R. Tufte | 4.51

Michael Okuda Edward Tufte's classic book, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information is a fascinating, surprisingly readable treatise for anyone interested in infographics. When I hired artists for the Star Trek graphics dept, I sometimes asked them to read it.https://t.co/cK4GQqBDxp (Source)

The Non-Designer's Presentation Book

Principles for Effective Presentation Design

Robin Williams | 4.44

The Naked Presenter

Delivering Powerful Presentations with or Without Slides

Garr Reynolds | 4.43

Confessions of a Public Speaker

Scott Berkun | 4.43

Storytelling with Data

A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals

Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic | 4.43

Roger D. Peng It’s important to think in terms of what your audience needs, and what would be best for them among the many choices you could make when analysing data. (Source)

Envisioning Information

Edward R. Tufte | 4.37

Kevin Rose The master when it comes to taking complicated data and turning it into beautiful charts and graphs that are easy to understand. If you’re into graphic design, print design, web design, you name it, you’re going to get some really good information and how tos out of these books. He has a whole series of these books. (Source)

Where the Sidewalk Ends

The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein | 4.37

On Writing Well

The Classic Guide To Writing Nonfiction

William Zinsser | 4.37

Mark Manson I read a bunch of books on writing before I wrote my first book and the two that stuck with me were Stephen King’s book and “On Writing Well” by Zinsser (which is a bit on the technical side). (Source)

Tim O'Reilly On Writing Well, by William Zinsser. I wouldn't say this book influenced me, since my principles of writing were established long before I read it. However, it does capture many things that I believe about effective writing. (Source)

Derek Sivers Great blunt advice about writing better non-fiction. So inspiring. (Source)

Show and Tell

How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations

Dan Roam | 4.36

Nonviolent Communication

A Language of Life

Marshall B. Rosenberg, Deepak Chopra | 4.35

Satya Nadella Upon becoming CEO, Nadella confronted Microsoft’s legendarily combative culture by urging his new reports to read this book, which preaches the power of empathy, self-awareness, and authenticity in collaboration in the workplace, at home, and beyond. Like many of his favorites, it was first recommended to him by his wife, Anu: “I’m heavily influenced by the books she reads more than the books I... (Source)

Dustin Moskovitz Seek first to understand. (Source)

Esther Perel I think that this book is a classic for anyone who is thinking relationships. (Source)

Presenting to Win

The Art of Telling Your Story

Jerry Weissman | 4.32

The Back of the Napkin

Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Dan Roam | 4.31

HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations

Nancy Duarte | 4.28

How to Deliver a Ted Talk

Secrets of the World's Most Inspiring Presentations, Revised and Expanded New Edition, with a Foreword by Richard St. John and an Afterword by Simon Sinek

Jeremey Donovan | 4.28

The Elements of Style

William Jr. Strunk | 4.27

Tobi Lütke [My] most frequently gifted book is [this book] because I like good writing. (Source)

Bill Nye This is my guide. I accept that I’ll never write anything as good as the introductory essay by [the author]. It’s brilliant. (Source)

Jennifer Rock If you are interested in writing and communication, start with reading and understanding the technical aspects of the craft: The Elements of Style. On Writing Well. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. (Source)

Presentation Secrets

Do What You Never Thought Possible with Your Presentations

Alexei Kapterev | 4.26

Blah Blah Blah

What To Do When Words Don't Work

Dan Roam | 4.23

The Art of Explanation - Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand

Lee LeFever | 4.22

Everyone Communicates, Few Connect

What the Most Effective People Do Differently

John C. Maxwell | 4.22

The Writer's Journey

Mythic Structure for Writers

Christopher Vogler | 4.22

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Beautiful Evidence

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Unfolding the Napkin

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Visual Meetings

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Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Robert McKee | 4.17

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Culinary Artistry

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Better Presentations

A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks

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The Sketchnote Handbook

The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking

Mike Rohde | 4.16

Give Your Speech, Change the World

How To Move Your Audience to Action

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Indistractable

How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

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The Charisma Myth

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Beyond Bullet Points

Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations that Inform, Motivate, and Inspire

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Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th edition

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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised In Brief

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The 45 Second Presentation That Will Change Your Life

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La Sociedad De Santafé Colonial

ENGELMANN ET AL. | 4.10

The Craft of Scientific Presentations

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100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People

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The Story Factor

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Flip the Script

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Power Presenter

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Speak With No Fear

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Presentation Now

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Storyworthy

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Do You Talk Funny?

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Css: The Definitive Guide

Visual Presentation for the Web

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Just My Type

A Book About Fonts

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The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics

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Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams

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15 Minutes Including Q & A

A Plan to Save the World from Lousy Presentations

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Storytelling Zen

The Art of Using the Power of Story to Create & Deliver Engaging Presentations

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Evil by Design

Interaction Design to Lead Us Into Temptation

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101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems

A Guide to Progressive Discipline and Termination

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I Can See You Naked

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The Big Book of Dashboards

Visualizing Your Data Using Real-World Business Scenarios

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Say Less to Get More from Any Pitch or Presentation

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Creating Communication That Drives Action

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Dynamic Lure Trends That Boat Bass Anywhere

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I’m really proud to announce that, based on a recent survey of presentation experts, Speaking PowerPoint was rated the #3 presentation book overall. See the full list of 35 books, according to presentation experts, in the SlideShare below.

The expert judges included Nancy Duarte , Bruce Gabrielle, Dr. Michael Alley, Gonzalo Alvarez , Andrew Dlugan , Nolan Haimes and Al Bonner . (And, no, I wasn’t allowed to vote on my own book 🙂 )

The judges rated books in several categories, and then overall. Top books, in their opinion, were:

Top 3 books OVERALL

Presenting to Win , Jerry Weissman
Moving Mountains , Henry M. Boettinger
Speaking PowerPoint , Bruce R. Gabrielle

Top 3 books on PLANNING your presentation

Give Your Speech, Change the World , Dr. Nick Morgan

Top 3 books on DESIGNING PowerPoint visuals

slide:ology , Nancy Duarte
Presentation Zen , Garr Reynolds
Presentation Zen Design , Garr Reynolds

Top 3 books on DELIVERING your presentation

You’ve Got to Be Believed to Be Heard , Bert Decker
Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint , Christopher Witt

Thanks to Gonzalo Álvarez Marañón, author of El Arte de Presentar , the driving force behind this study and who helped round up some impressive judges. I helped by analyzing the data and presenting it visually. I hope this turns you onto some books you hadn’t gotten around to yet.

By the way, El Arte de Presentar (the Art of Presentations) is also a pretty amazing book. It’s written in Spanish, but my daughter has been translating the book to me and I highly recommend it if you read Spanish.

About the author: Bruce Gabrielle is author of Speaking PowerPoint: the New Language of Business , showing a 12-step method for creating clearer and more persuasive PowerPoint slides for boardroom presentations. Subscribe to this blog or join my LinkedIn group to get new posts sent to your inbox.

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Wonderful list, and 12 more purchases would complete my library.

No Tufte among the design books? Hard to believe he didn’t make the cut, despite the fact he has said he hates PowerPoint.

Thanks for your comments David. Hmmm…good question about Tufte. I believe “Cognitive Style of PowerPoint” was suggested as an early candidate, then rejected as not having instructional value. Perhaps we overlooked his other books in making that decision.

Note, all of the judges were invited to submit their candidates and Tufte was not suggested by anyone else. It would be a worthy consideration should we repeat the survey in the future.

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Never underestimate the power of great communication. It can help you land the job of your dreams, attract investors to back your idea, or elevate your stature within your organization. But while there are plenty of good speakers in the world, you can set yourself apart out by being the person who can deliver something great over and over. Here are a few tips for business professionals who want to move from being good speakers to great ones: be concise (the fewer words, the better); never use bullet points (photos and images paired together are more memorable); don’t underestimate the power of your voice (raise and lower it for emphasis); give your audience something extra (unexpected moments will grab their attention); rehearse (the best speakers are the best because they practice — a lot).

I was sitting across the table from a Silicon Valley CEO who had pioneered a technology that touches many of our lives — the flash memory that stores data on smartphones, digital cameras, and computers. He was a frequent guest on CNBC and had been delivering business presentations for at least 20 years before we met. And yet, the CEO wanted to sharpen his public speaking skills.

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Nancy Duarte is a graphic designer, writer, and head of the presentation design firm Duarte Design. The firm is most notable for designing the award-winning Al Gore presentation-turned-movie, An Inconvenient Truth . In Slide:ology, she provides a great resource for getting inside the mind of a presentation designer and seeing how they think; conceptually and technically. The book breaks down the problems that people experience with PowerPoint, such as defaulting to bullet points or using clip art. This is a great read if you want to learn how to think about PowerPoint in a new, creative way.

BBP hits on many of the subjects we’ve emphasized in our blog, and it’s a very good general how-to for good PowerPoint design. Naturally, a big point it makes is to avoid the use of bullet points in PowerPoint. Atkinson aptly observes that while bullet points are very easy to make, they’re difficult for the audience to comprehend and relate to. The book then hits on many other important themes in PowerPoint, such as the importance of storyboarding and the classic story arch.

Supreme overlord of the popular presentation blog presentationzen.com, Garr Reynolds has a lot to say on the art of presenting, and he’s compiled a good many of his thoughts in this book. A must read for any PowerPoint enthusiast or public speaker.

Compared to the more conceptual, creative ideas taught in the aforementioned books, this is more of a basic how-to. That’s not to say that Bruce Gabriel’s book on stolid PowerPoint design isn’t very useful. This book, written to be used by business people in boardroom presentations, is easy to comprehend and has a ton of practical application.

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Different types of professionals and students all over the world resort to presentations to exhibit their knowledge, findings and ideas. Doing so effectively is important to successfully communicate the messages you want to convey. Now you can do it with these PowerPoint books in PDF format that we present in this section.

PowerPoint is a presentation software released by Microsoft in 1987 in its first version 1.0. The latest one was introduced to the market in 2019. There have been a total of 15 versions, each with specific changes that have evolved this tool and, therefore, allowed it to remain competitive in the market.

With PowerPoint you can perform different tasks or actions, such as designing, inserting, animating, presenting slides, among others. It has three basic functions: text editor, method to manipulate and insert images and graphics; and a continuity system to present the content.

Using PowerPoint effectively not only implies mastering the functions it has, but also the creativity of the person who manipulates this tool. This is what will make the presentations eye-catching and achieve the purpose of conveying the right message.

Together with Word and Excel, it forms the Microsoft Office package. It is widely used in the business and academic environment, positioning itself as the number 1, since it saw the light.

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Step by Step Guide

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PowerPoint 2016 Basics for Windows

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PowerPoint Basics

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Microsoft PowerPoint Fundamentals 2013

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Microsoft Powerpoint 2013 Tutorial

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Technical University Dresden

Intro to Microsoft PowerPoint (Article)

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Powerpoint Tips and Tricks (Article)

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Tips for Effective PowerPoint Presentations (Article)

University of Washington Human Resources

How to Use PowerPoint Course Reference Guide (Presentation)

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Slideshows are an intuitive way to share complex ideas with an audience, although they're dull and frustrating when poorly executed. Here are some tips to make your Microsoft PowerPoint presentations sing while avoiding common pitfalls.

It all starts with identifying what we're trying to achieve with the presentation. Is it informative, a showcase of data in an easy-to-understand medium? Or is it more of a pitch, something meant to persuade and convince an audience and lead them to a particular outcome?

It's here where the majority of these presentations go wrong with the inability to identify the talking points that best support our goal. Always start with a goal in mind: to entertain, to inform, or to share data in a way that's easy to understand. Use facts, figures, and images to support your conclusion while keeping structure in mind (Where are we now and where are we going?).

I've found that it's helpful to start with the ending. Once I know how to end a presentation, I know how best to get to that point. I start by identifying the takeaway---that one nugget that I want to implant before thanking everyone for their time---and I work in reverse to figure out how best to get there.

Your mileage, of course, may vary. But it's always going to be a good idea to put in the time in the beginning stages so that you aren't reworking large portions of the presentation later. And that starts with a defined goal.

A slideshow isn't supposed to include everything. It's an introduction to a topic, one that we can elaborate on with speech. Anything unnecessary is a distraction. It makes the presentation less visually appealing and less interesting, and it makes you look bad as a presenter.

This goes for text as well as images. There's nothing worse, in fact, than a series of slides where the presenter just reads them as they appear. Your audience is capable of reading, and chances are they'll be done with the slide, and browsing Reddit, long before you finish. Avoid putting the literal text on the screen, and your audience will thank you.

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Right off the bat, we're just going to come out and say that Papyrus and Comic Sans should be banned from all PowerPoint presentations, permanently. Beyond that, it's worth considering the typeface you're using and what it's saying about you, the presenter, and the presentation itself.

Consider choosing readability over aesthetics, and avoid fancy fonts that could prove to be more of a distraction than anything else. A good presentation needs two fonts: a serif and sans-serif. Use one for the headlines and one for body text, lists, and the like. Keep it simple. Veranda, Helvetica, Arial, and even Times New Roman are safe choices. Stick with the classics and it's hard to botch this one too badly.

There reaches a point where bullet points become less of a visual aid and more of a visual examination.

Bullet points should support the speaker, not overwhelm his audience. The best slides have little or no text at all, in fact. As a presenter, it's our job to talk through complex issues, but that doesn't mean that we need to highlight every talking point.

Instead, think about how you can break up large lists into three or four bullet points. Carefully consider whether you need to use more bullet points, or if you can combine multiple topics into a single point instead. And if you can't, remember that there's no one limiting the number of slides you can have in a presentation. It's always possible to break a list of 12 points down into three pages of four points each.

Animation, when used correctly, is a good idea. It breaks up slow-moving parts of a presentation and adds action to elements that require it. But it should be used judiciously.

Adding a transition that wipes left to right between every slide or that animates each bullet point in a list, for example, starts to grow taxing on those forced to endure the presentation. Viewers get bored quickly, and animations that are meant to highlight specific elements quickly become taxing.

That's not to say that you can't use animations and transitions, just that you need to pick your spots. Aim for no more than a handful of these transitions for each presentation. And use them in spots where they'll add to the demonstration, not detract from it.

Sometimes images tell a better story than text can. And as a presenter, your goal is to describe points in detail without making users do a lot of reading. In these cases, a well-designed visual, like a chart, might better convey the information you're trying to share.

The right image adds visual appeal and serves to break up longer, text-heavy sections of the presentation---but only if you're using the right images. A single high-quality image can make all the difference between a success and a dud when you're driving a specific point home.

When considering text, don't think solely in terms of bullet points and paragraphs. Tables, for example, are often unnecessary. Ask yourself whether you could present the same data in a bar or line chart instead.

Color is interesting. It evokes certain feelings and adds visual appeal to your presentation as a whole. Studies show that color also improves interest, comprehension, and retention. It should be a careful consideration, not an afterthought.

You don't have to be a graphic designer to use color well in a presentation. What I do is look for palettes I like, and then find ways to use them in the presentation. There are a number of tools for this, like Adobe Color , Coolors , and ColorHunt , just to name a few. After finding a palette you enjoy, consider how it works with the presentation you're about to give. Pastels, for example, evoke feelings of freedom and light, so they probably aren't the best choice when you're presenting quarterly earnings that missed the mark.

It's also worth mentioning that you don't need to use every color in the palette. Often, you can get by with just two or three, though you should really think through how they all work together and how readable they'll be when layered. A simple rule of thumb here is that contrast is your friend. Dark colors work well on light backgrounds, and light colors work best on dark backgrounds.

Spend some time in the Slide Sorter before you finish your presentation. By clicking the four squares at the bottom left of the presentation, you can take a look at multiple slides at once and consider how each works together. Alternatively, you can click "View" on the ribbon and select "Slide Sorter."

Are you presenting too much text at once? Move an image in. Could a series of slides benefit from a chart or summary before you move on to another point?

It's here that we have the opportunity to view the presentation from beyond the single-slide viewpoint and think in terms of how each slide fits, or if it fits at all. From this view, you can rearrange slides, add additional ones, or delete them entirely if you find that they don't advance the presentation.

The difference between a good presentation and a bad one is really all about preparation and execution. Those that respect the process and plan carefully---not only the presentation as a whole, but each slide within it---are the ones who will succeed.

This brings me to my last (half) point: When in doubt, just buy a template and use it. You can find these all over the web, though Creative Market and GraphicRiver are probably the two most popular marketplaces for this kind of thing. Not all of us are blessed with the skills needed to design and deliver an effective presentation. And while a pre-made PowerPoint template isn't going to make you a better presenter, it will ease the anxiety of creating a visually appealing slide deck.

20 Great Examples of PowerPoint Presentation Design [+ Templates]

Published: January 17, 2024

When it comes to PowerPoint presentation design, there's no shortage of avenues you can take.

PowerPoint presentation examples graphic with computer monitor, person holding a megaphone, and a plant to signify growth.

While all that choice — colors, formats, visuals, fonts — can feel liberating, it‘s important that you’re careful in your selection as not all design combinations add up to success.

In this blog post, I’m sharing some of my favorite PowerPoint tips and templates to help you nail your next presentation.

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In my opinion, a great PowerPoint presentation gets the point across succinctly while using a design that doesn't detract from it.

Here are some of the elements I like to keep in mind when I’m building my own.

1. Minimal Animations and Transitions

Believe it or not, animations and transitions can take away from your PowerPoint presentation. Why? Well, they distract from the content you worked so hard on.

A good PowerPoint presentation keeps the focus on your argument by keeping animations and transitions to a minimum. I suggest using them tastefully and sparingly to emphasize a point or bring attention to a certain part of an image.

2. Cohesive Color Palette

I like to refresh my memory on color theory when creating a new PowerPoint presentation.

A cohesive color palette uses complementary and analogous colors to draw the audience’s attention and help emphasize certain aspects at the right time.

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It‘s impossible for me to tell you the specific design ideas you should go after in your next PowerPoint, because, well, I don’t know what the goal of your presentation is.

Luckily, new versions of PowerPoint actually suggest ideas for you based on the content you're presenting. This can help you keep up with the latest trends in presentation design .

PowerPoint is filled with interesting boilerplate designs you can start with. To find these suggestions, open PowerPoint and click the “Design” tab in your top navigation bar. Then, on the far right side, you'll see the following choices:

This simplistic presentation example employs several different colors and font weights, but instead of coming off as disconnected, the varied colors work with one another to create contrast and call out specific concepts.

What I like: The big, bold numbers help set the reader's expectations, as they clearly signify how far along the viewer is in the list of tips.

10. “Pixar's 22 Rules to Phenomenal Storytelling,” Gavin McMahon

This presentation by Gavin McMahon features color in all the right places. While each of the background images boasts a bright, spotlight-like design, all the characters are intentionally blacked out.

What I like: This helps keep the focus on the tips, while still incorporating visuals. Not to mention, it's still easy for me to identify each character without the details. (I found you on slide eight, Nemo.)

11. “Facebook Engagement and Activity Report,” We Are Social

Here's another great example of data visualization in the wild.

What I like: Rather than displaying numbers and statistics straight up, this presentation calls upon interesting, colorful graphs, and charts to present the information in a way that just makes sense.

12. “The GaryVee Content Model,” Gary Vaynerchuk

This wouldn‘t be a true Gary Vaynerchuk presentation if it wasn’t a little loud, am I right?

What I like: Aside from the fact that I love the eye-catching, bright yellow background, Vaynerchuk does a great job of incorporating screenshots on each slide to create a visual tutorial that coincides with the tips. He also does a great job including a visual table of contents that shows your progress as you go .

13. “20 Tweetable Quotes to Inspire Marketing & Design Creative Genius,” IMPACT Branding & Design

We‘ve all seen our fair share of quote-chronicling presentations but that isn’t to say they were all done well. Often the background images are poor quality, the text is too small, or there isn't enough contrast.

Well, this professional presentation from IMPACT Branding & Design suffers from none of said challenges.

What I like: The colorful filters over each background image create just enough contrast for the quotes to stand out.

14. “The Great State of Design,” Stacy Kvernmo

This presentation offers up a lot of information in a way that doesn't feel overwhelming.

What I like: The contrasting colors create visual interest and “pop,” and the comic images (slides 6 through 12) are used to make the information seem less buttoned-up and overwhelming.

15. “Clickbait: A Guide To Writing Un-Ignorable Headlines,” Ethos3

Not going to lie, it was the title that convinced me to click through to this presentation but the awesome design kept me there once I arrived.

What I like: This simple design adheres to a consistent color pattern and leverages bullet points and varied fonts to break up the text nicely.

16. “Digital Transformation in 50 Soundbites,” Julie Dodd

This design highlights a great alternative to the “text-over-image” display we've grown used to seeing.

What I like: By leveraging a split-screen approach to each presentation slide, Julie Dodd was able to serve up a clean, legible quote without sacrificing the power of a strong visual.

17. “Fix Your Really Bad PowerPoint,” Slide Comet

When you‘re creating a PowerPoint about how everyone’s PowerPoints stink, yours had better be terrific. The one above, based on the ebook by Seth Godin, keeps it simple without boring its audience.

What I like: Its clever combinations of fonts, together with consistent color across each slide, ensure you're neither overwhelmed nor unengaged.

18. “How Google Works,” Eric Schmidt

Simple, clever doodles tell the story of Google in a fun and creative way. This presentation reads almost like a storybook, making it easy to move from one slide to the next.

What I like: This uncluttered approach provides viewers with an easy-to-understand explanation of a complicated topic.

19. “What Really Differentiates the Best Content Marketers From The Rest,” Ross Simmonds

Let‘s be honest: These graphics are hard not to love. I especially appreciate the author’s cartoonified self-portrait that closes out the presentation. Well played, Ross Simmonds.

What I like: Rather than employing the same old stock photos, this unique design serves as a refreshing way to present information that's both valuable and fun.

20. “Be A Great Product Leader,” Adam Nash

This presentation by Adam Nash immediately draws attention by putting the company's logo first — a great move if your company is well known.

What I like: He uses popular images, such as ones of Megatron and Pinocchio, to drive his points home. In the same way, you can take advantage of popular images and media to keep your audience engaged.

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If your presentation has something to do with books, libraries, bookstores, writing, or reading in general, you will definitely need professionally-designed book PowerPoint templates . And you know what? We have rounded up the best book-related PowerPoint templates and backgrounds in one post. Enjoy!

Before you jump into the ocean of cool PowerPoint book themes and backgrounds, here are a few guides that you may find helpful while working on your presentation.

What if we told you that you could make a book presentation with the help of PowerPoint in just a few clicks? Yes, you have read that right - in just a few clicks. How is it possible, you may ask? It is thanks to a great variety of PPT templates with pre-made layouts, of course. There's no need to start from scratch. Every single template contains all the necessary images and text placeholders waiting for you to edit them. All the graphic elements are resizable and customizable. You can play with fonts, colors, scales, and sizes as much as you want. So, here's how you can create a book presentation or a book review by using one of the topic-related PowerPoint book templates.

First, pick a book for your presentation.
Go to the collection of PowerPoint templates and choose the one that fits your goals.
Open the book presentation template with the help of Microsoft PowerPoint.
The first slide should introduce your book. Here it is suggested that you add your book cover by right-clicking on an image and replacing it.
You can tell a viewer what the book is about by writing a short summary on the next slide.
The third slide is a perfect place to give a few words about the author of the book.
If there are any interesting reviews of the book, don’t miss out on the opportunity to include them. There is a special Reviews slide in almost every template.
Give your opinion regarding content. It is always a good idea to mention how clearly the book is written.
Of course, you will find a separate slide in every PowerPoint book template where you can share some quotes from the text.
Pick a fitting slide to sum up your presentation and give the final verdict.

It is always a good idea to add visual content to a presentation. Change the default images easily thanks to a convenient drag-and-drop functionality. Don’t forget that you can resize and crop images to perfectly fit them into your presentation.

Side Note! If you don’t need all the slides, feel free to delete the unnecessary ones.

Chances are, you are familiar with PowerPoint as a tool you can use to help you give a proper presentation. However, you may not know that you can turn a PowerPoint into a good-looking eBook. Want to know how to do that? Keep reading!

Start with downloading a professionally-designed PPT book template. What are some basic things you can do to make it look like a book?
The first thing you’d want to do is to change the slide size so you will need to click Design - Slide Size and go to Custom Slide Size. As you can see, it is automatically set on Widescreen so you will have to change it Letter Paper 8.5 x 11 inches and change it to Portrait . Then you choose Maximize. By doing so you will set the slide up in the same orientation as a regular piece of paper.
Continue editing and customizing the slides the same way you would do it with a regular slide size. Insert a text box, change the text positions, add, crop, and resize images, etc. The biggest advantage of using PowerPoint in this situation is that you can take any text box and move it anywhere on the page. It is not going to reorganize itself or anything like that.
Whenever you are done and you are ready to have this actually be a book, first make sure that you have saved your work as a PowerPoint . Why? So you will be able to make some changes if they are needed in the future. After it is saved as a PowerPoint, you can save it again as a PDF file .

Congratulations! Now you know how to make an eBook by using a suitable books template and PowerPoint.

Truth be told, there is a massive showcase of free book templates suitable for PowerPoint presentations out there. The question is, are they all good? We are going to show you the difference between free vs. premium book PowerPoint templates. However, it is only up to you to decide which themes to pick for your specific use.

The TemplateMonster marketplace can boast lots of awesome templates that are free of charge. It is worth mentioning that all templates are high-quality, whether they are free or paid. The difference is usually in the number of functionalities they offer.

For instance, we have the Pitch Pro PowerPoint Template that comes in both free and premium packages. The free version contains 7 slides, each in light and dark modes; whereas, the premium version of this template offers more than 100 unique slides and more than 150 color options. While there are only a few charts, a map, and a phone mockup within the free package, the one that requires payment comes with 500+ vector font icons, maps, infographics, tables, and so on. What we are trying to say here is, your choice depends on the kind of presentation you need to make. If you can deal with it by inserting just a couple of charts, there's no need to pay a fee if you have everything you need in a free package.

Are you looking for a modern PPT template to make a book presentation? Or do you need a PowerPoint background with books to present a topic related to storytelling, writing, and/or reading? What are the odds that you are in search of an open-book template for a school project? Whatever your search inquiries are, we've got you covered. The TemplateMonster collection counts hundreds of high-quality PowerPoint templates that cover various topics. Here are a few awesome book PowerPoint templates as an example.

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Storybook Powerpoint Template has multiple useful features:

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Are you a fan of comic books? There are quite a few storybook PowerPoint templates out there, but this Pop Comic Book PowerPoint template designed in the retro style grabs attention right away. Bright, colorful, and extraordinary, it will help you to liven up even the most boring presentation. The multi-purpose presentation template comes with over 40 slides. All the elements are 100% editable and customizable so you can craft a top-notch presentation in just a few clicks.

LEAFY PowerPoint Template for a Book Presentation

LEAFY belongs to the category of those presentation booklet templates that are clean, elegant, and modern. Packed with 30 unique slides, the LEAFY template can be your ideal choice if you are looking for a professional and simple book presentation template. Unfold the story of a book, present an author’s biography, share quotes, and so on by simply adding your content. The template is super convenient to work with since all the elements can be easily editable and are resizable. As for adding pictures, you can just drag and drop the desired images. On top of that, the documentation file describing how to work with the template is included.

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Are you a teacher who wants to create an engaging presentation about the children’s education processes? The Happy Children with Books PowerPoint template is exactly what you need. Vibrant and interesting, it contains images of kids and their ordinary school routine. Among more than 120 slides you will find images of smiling children holding books, reading, writing, and enjoying the studying process. The template is available in 2 different sizes and 3 different color themes. You can edit, resize, and delete any elements: from charts and infographics to images and text placeholders.

Library - Classic PowerPoint Template for Book Enthusiasts

If you are looking for book-themed backgrounds to use in your next presentation, the Library theme is a win-win option. Besides, this book template for PowerPoint will be suitable for presenting a digital library or an educational online resource. The template contains the Cover, Meet the Team, Infographic, Contact Us layouts, and many more. You can edit whatever element you want from colors and shapes to text and picture placeholders. There’s no need to download additional software. All the files are in .PPTX and .PPT formats. In addition, you get files with detailed documentation to help you figure out how to work with PowerPoint book themes like this one.

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Another creative PowerPoint books template is called Librario. It can be used as a book PowerPoint background or as a complete business presentation. After purchasing it, you will receive more than 150 slides in total which come in 5 different color variations. That means you will get 30 slides for each color scheme. There will also be pixel-perfect illustrations, useful graphics, charts, etc. Of course, every single element is resizable and can be modified in accordance with your needs.

Libraro - PowerPoint Template with Books PowerPoint Backgrounds

Here's one more library- and book-related PowerPoint template which comes under the name of Libraro. Basically this is a template for PowerPoint presentation with a background full of books. It can be used for different purposes from eLearning to business and personal needs. What we like about this book PowerPoint template is that all its slides come in 5 different colors, so instead of just 30 slides, you get 150 slides. Good deal, isn't it? Based on Master Slides, the template guarantees consistency and coherence of all slides. Last but not least, all the elements can be easily edited with little to no effort.

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Impressive Presentation PowerPoint Template.

As the name suggests, this book PowerPoint template is just IMPRESSIVE! We find the template quite versatile. Thanks to its modern style and professionally-designed layouts, Impressive can be used in almost any presentation whether it is on education- or business-related topics. By purchasing this template, you will get 14 .PPT files, .XML files with custom MS Office theme colors, a how-to guide, and a vector icon pack. The Impressive PowerPoint book template comes with over 60 unique slides in dark and light versions. The handmade infographics make it possible for you to present interesting stats with ease.

Letteroad PPT Book Template

It has been a long time since people stopped using a typewriter for writing books, letters, and reports. However, it doesn't mean that a typewriter has lost its popularity completely. This storybook PowerPoint template is proof. If you feel like images of books aren't enough, you can go for a template that contains pics of typewriters instead. To say that this book presentation PowerPoint template is super stylish is to say nothing. It’s perfectly fitting for business presentations as it is to book presentations. With over 150 slides in 5 different color variations, it is possible to create a unique presentation quickly and easily. Play with text and image placeholders, move the elements, and edit them, delete the unnecessary components - all of the mentioned is no problem with this awesome template.

Education - Presentation PowerPoint Template

This template really stands out among all PPT templates for education. It is modern, clean, easy-to-use, and contains all the necessary elements for creating a first-class presentation. Thanks to its universality, the template can come in handy as for crafting an educational report as for business strategy presentation. More than 35 unique slides contain resizable elements and useful functions such as infographics, data charts, price tables, etc. If you have any questions regarding the template, our fast and free support is always there to help you out.

High School Student PowerPoint Template

The PPT presentation template called “High School Student” contains 147 slides in blue, purple, and green colors. They are composed of various charts, graphs, maps, and so on which can be edited or deleted to your needs. The template includes topic-related images with students holding books. PowerPoint templates like this one might be helpful when creating reports, study plans, school projects, etc.

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