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Ford, Neal.

Presentation patterns : techniques for crafting better presentations / Neal Ford, Matthew McCullough, Nathaniel Schutta. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, c2012. - xi, 265 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index.

Part I. Prepare : Presentation prelude patterns : [Patterns]: Know your audience ; Social media advertising ; Required ; The big why ; Proposed ; Antipattern: Abstract attorney -- Creativity patterns : [Patterns]: Narrative arc ; Fourthought ; Crucible ; Concurrent creation ; Triad ; Expansion joints ; Talklet ; Unifying visual theme ; Brain breaks ; [Antipatterns]: Alienating artifact ; Celery ; [Patterns] : Leet grammars ; Lightning talk ; Takahashi ; Cave painting -- Part II. Build : Slide construction patterns : Antipattern : Cookie cutter ; Pattern: Coda : Antipattern: Injured outlines ; [Patterns]: Peer review ; Foreshadowing ; Antipattern: Bullet-riddled corpse ; Pattern: Greek chorus ; [Antipatterns]: Ant fonts ; Fontaholic ; Floodmarks ; Photomaniac ; [Patterns]: Composite animation ; Á la carte content ; Analog noise ; Vacation photos ; Defy defaults ; Antipattern: Borrowed shoes -- Temporal patterns : Antipattern: Slideuments ; [Patterns]: Infodeck ; Gradual consistency ; Charred trail ; Exuberant title top ; Invisibility ; Context keeper ; Breadcrumbs ; Bookends ; Soft transitions ; Intermezzi ; Backtracking ; Preroll ; Crawling credits -- Demonstrations versus presentations : Pattern: Live demo ; Antipattern: Dead demo ; [Patterns]: Lipsync ; Traveling highlights ; Crawling code ; Emergence ; Live on tape -- Part III. Deliver : Stage prep : [Patterns]: Preparation ; Posse ; Seeding satisfaction ; Display of high value ; Antipattern: Shortchanged -- Performance antipatterns : Hiccup words ; Disowning your topic ; Lipstick on a pig ; Tower of babble ; Bunker ; Hecklers ; Going meta ; Backchannel ; Laser weapons ; Negative ignorance ; Dual-headed monster -- Performance patterns : Carnegie Hall ; Emotional state ; Breathing room ; Shoeless ; Mentor ; Weatherman ; Seeding the first question ; Make it rain ; Entertainment ; The stakeout ; Lightsaber ; Echo chamber ; Red, yellow, green -- Conclusion : Patterns redux ; Build your own ; Summary -- Glossary of patterns.

ISBN: 9780321820808 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0321820800 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2012018963

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presentation graphics software--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

LC Class. No.: P93.52 / F67 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 005.5/8