7-Slide Solution(tm): Telling Your Business Story In 7 Slides or Less
Written by: Paul J. Kelly
Editorial Reviews:
A unique approach to organizing and constructing business presentations that draws on the insights of cognitive psychology and provides an infrastructure to build presentations that resonate with your audience like a good story.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Idea, Poor Execution
Comment: This is two part book. Part 1, how to construct a story. Part 2, creating the slides.
Part 1 is adequate. Yes, it's best to present your data or idea in a coherent, building, story. But the text-heavy explanation of story telling is dull. The book looks like it was designed in 1998.
Part 2 is a disaster. The example slides are horrible. Every example slide is a perfect example of how NOT to design a slide.
My conclusion is that if you make slides like the ones in this book, keep the presentation to as few slides as possible. 7 may be too many.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Finally, common sense enters the business world!
Comment: Before you start working on your Power Point presentations, do you really think about your message or are you just trying to impress your boss? Do you even ask yourself that question?? After reading Paul Kelly's book you will have no choice but to stop and think. Yes, think and downsize. Who is your audience? what is their main issue? what solution(s) are you offering? Less is more has never been so true as in preparing Power Point presentations. Mark Twain said it better. Since I read 7-Slide Solution, my presentations have been more powerful, more fun to prepare, more challenging but also much more effective. From selling a product to an external client to preparing reviews for my internal ones, I have been stronger and more confident in my deliveries because I knew I was engaging my audience. This book should be a must read from high school to the Pentagon. Thank you Mr. Kelly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good, practical help
Comment: Very pleased with the book. It delivered on what was advertised. Real help in building presentations that focus on communicating what you want and not getting hung up on cute PowerPoint transitions.
M Schupbach Dallas, TX
Customer Rating:
Summary: Telling a Story versus "Making a Pitch"
Comment: "The Seven Slide Solution" is more than just a book on how to build a PowerPoint presentation in seven slides (or less). Paul Kelly offers a different way of thinking about...and approaching...a presentation in this book.
More specifically, this book covers the core elements of storytelling and maps these elements into PowerPoint presentation language. More about storytelling than PowerPoint, I recommend this book to anyone who presents material to others. Focusing on a story as opposed to bullet points on a slide stands to benefit many presenters and audience members.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent resource
Comment: I keep this as a companion for when I am creating or editing presentations on Powerpoint. It reminds the key approaches to how much content per slide and how to best depict a concept or idea...
Dewey Decimal Number: 332
EAN: 9781419620034
ISBN: 1419620037
Label: BookSurge Publishing
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
Number Of Pages: 210
Publication Date: 2005-12-21
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Release Date: 2005-12-21
Studio: BookSurge Publishing
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Editorial Reviews:
A unique approach to organizing and constructing business presentations that draws on the insights of cognitive psychology and provides an infrastructure to build presentations that resonate with your audience like a good story.
If you like "7-Slide Solution(tm): Telling Your Business Story In 7 Slides or Less, you might also like ...
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Idea, Poor Execution
Comment: This is two part book. Part 1, how to construct a story. Part 2, creating the slides.
Part 1 is adequate. Yes, it's best to present your data or idea in a coherent, building, story. But the text-heavy explanation of story telling is dull. The book looks like it was designed in 1998.
Part 2 is a disaster. The example slides are horrible. Every example slide is a perfect example of how NOT to design a slide.
My conclusion is that if you make slides like the ones in this book, keep the presentation to as few slides as possible. 7 may be too many.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Finally, common sense enters the business world!
Comment: Before you start working on your Power Point presentations, do you really think about your message or are you just trying to impress your boss? Do you even ask yourself that question?? After reading Paul Kelly's book you will have no choice but to stop and think. Yes, think and downsize. Who is your audience? what is their main issue? what solution(s) are you offering? Less is more has never been so true as in preparing Power Point presentations. Mark Twain said it better. Since I read 7-Slide Solution, my presentations have been more powerful, more fun to prepare, more challenging but also much more effective. From selling a product to an external client to preparing reviews for my internal ones, I have been stronger and more confident in my deliveries because I knew I was engaging my audience. This book should be a must read from high school to the Pentagon. Thank you Mr. Kelly.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good, practical help
Comment: Very pleased with the book. It delivered on what was advertised. Real help in building presentations that focus on communicating what you want and not getting hung up on cute PowerPoint transitions.
M Schupbach Dallas, TX
Customer Rating:
Summary: Telling a Story versus "Making a Pitch"
Comment: "The Seven Slide Solution" is more than just a book on how to build a PowerPoint presentation in seven slides (or less). Paul Kelly offers a different way of thinking about...and approaching...a presentation in this book.
More specifically, this book covers the core elements of storytelling and maps these elements into PowerPoint presentation language. More about storytelling than PowerPoint, I recommend this book to anyone who presents material to others. Focusing on a story as opposed to bullet points on a slide stands to benefit many presenters and audience members.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent resource
Comment: I keep this as a companion for when I am creating or editing presentations on Powerpoint. It reminds the key approaches to how much content per slide and how to best depict a concept or idea...
Technical Details
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 332
EAN: 9781419620034
ISBN: 1419620037
Label: BookSurge Publishing
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
Number Of Pages: 210
Publication Date: 2005-12-21
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Release Date: 2005-12-21
Studio: BookSurge Publishing
