September 2010
Beginner
271 pages
5h 19m
English
Content preview from Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences
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Picture Credits
PERSUASION IS POWERFUL 2, 3
Benjamin Zander: TED/Andrew Heavens, Beth Comstock: Photographed by Frank Mari, Ronald Reagan: Courtesy Ronald Reagan Library, Leonard Bernstein: AP Photo/Terhune, Richard Feynman: Courtesy of the Archives, California Institute of Technology, Pastor John Ortberg: Courtesy of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Steve Jobs: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, Martin Luther King Jr.: AFP/Getty Images, © Barbara Morgan/Courtesy of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
RESONANCE CAUSES CHANGE 5
Chladni plates: Photographed by Anthony Duarte
PRESENTATIONS ARE BORING 9
Hand: © iStockphoto.com/
THE BLAND LEADING THE BLAND 11
Camouflage Man: Symphonie/Getty Images
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTING 13
Guy behind board: Photographed by Mark Heaps Cork board: © iStockphoto.com/Maxim Sergienko
STORIES CONVEY MEANING 17
Projector screen: © iStockphoto.com/Nancy Louie
YOU ARE NOT THE HERO 18
All-about-me guy (Ryan Orcutt): Photographed by Mark Heaps
THE AUDIENCE IS THE HERO 21
Luke Skywalker & Yoda: Courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back TM & © 1980 and 1997 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable law.
THE MIDDLE: CONTRAST 41
M.C. Esher: M.C. Escher's "Circle Limit IV" © 2009 The M.C. Escher Company-Holland. All rights reserved. www.mcescher.com
CASE STUDY: BENJAMIN ZANDER 49
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