August 2012
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 41m
English
book
Presentation Patterns: Techniques for Crafting Better Presentations
by Neal Ford, Matthew McCullough, Nathaniel Schutta
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List of Figures
Figure 2.2 Flowchart of the structure of a presentation
Figure 2.3 Overall structure of the Test-Driven Design talk
Figure 2.4 Representation of a mind map for Neal’s On the Lam from the Furniture Police keynote
Figure 2.5 The gloomy end of the second act
Figure 2.6 Stock-photo series used for Emergent Design presentation
Figure 2.7 Representation of a Cave Painting demonstration showing a lengthy set of steps
Figure 2.8 Cave Painting implemented in Keynote
Figure 3.1 Two slides that contain one continued idea
Figure 3.2 Second slide, continuing the idea by retaining the title
Figure 3.3 Foreshadowing an upcoming case study
Figure 3.4 Greek Chorus character indicating that better examples will appear shortly ...
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