Presentation Zen

What do judo and PowerPoint have in common? You must read Garr Reynolds’ masterpiece Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery to find out. If you have ever experienced death by PowerPoint, then you must read this book. It is the most useful of my summer readings and a book that I will re-read many times. Reynolds teaches at a university in Japan. His knowledge of Zen Buddhism allows him to incorporate its culture and philosophy into a simple method of design and delivery using multimedia software, such as PowerPoint. He manages to draw connections between Zen simplicity and a professional quality PowerPoint, and then he shows the reader how to do it. This book should be required reading for every school administrator and teacher.