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Presentations to small audiences have very different requirements than those for large audiences, and yet most people design them as if they were just the same.
Issue number 50 of Seth Godin's brainchild ChangeThis includes a manifesto of his on How to Sell a Book or Any New Idea, as well as one of my own entitled Presenting to Small Audiences: Turn off the Projector!
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) (*****)