With conference room style presentations, much of the time your audience is looking down at your handout rather than up at your projected slides--and you. It makes a big difference.
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Andrew Abela: Advanced Presentations by Design: Creating Communication that Drives Action
Describes the 10-step Extreme Presentation method and the research underlying it.
Garr Reynolds: Presentation Zen
Great book on Ballroom style presentations (*****)
Rick Altman: Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck
Comprehensive, rich, full of good ideas and helpful advice (*****)
Edward R. Tufte: Beautiful Evidence
The latest volume from the master (*****)
Gene Zelazny: Say It With Charts
A Classic (*****)
Robert L. Harris: Information Graphics
The most comprehensive reference work on charts (*****)
Lori Silverman: Wake Me Up When the Data is Over
Using storytelling to drive business results (See my Sep 6 post) (*****)