Have you experienced, or inflicted on others, "death by power point"?
Garr Reynolds, the man behind the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net blog speaks at Bunkyo English Communication Center. Take this opportunity to improve your presentation skills from an expert in the field. Such skills can be applied both inside and outside the language classroom.
You can read more about Garr below and on his website or watch his presentation at Google last month.
Venue: Bunkyo English Communication Center
(Link to Google Map)
To reserve a seat at the talk please email Hamish, stating your name and your institution.
What is the talk about?
As a serious language educator, the need for strong presentation skills is inescapable. Join us for an evening with one of the world's most respected design and presentation authorities, Garr Reynolds.
Using the tenets of Zen aesthetics and the science of multimedia research, Garr explains how a good understanding of content structure, visual communication and the power of basic graphic design can help you create the kind of presentations that will set you or your organization apart from the crowd.
Garr will explore current popular presentation approaches; highlight techniques from some of the world's top business leaders, including Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, and turn conventional wisdom concerning PowerPoint and presentations on its ear. For example, Garr will show how to achieve maximum effect with minimum means, and how and why to design effective, engaging presentations without using a single bullet point. This presentation is not about decoration, but about the real application of design principles, improving communication, and increasing effectiveness.
Who is Garr Reynolds?
The former Manager of Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple Computer, Inc., Garr Reynolds currently teaches marketing and multimedia presentation design as an Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University. Before joining Apple in the US, Garr worked for seven years in the head office at Sumitomo Electric Industries in Osaka. He is a popular speaker in the business community in Japan and abroad and is Director of Design Matters, an Apple Pro creative group based in Osaka. Garr is author of the popular website, Presentation Zen, and is author of the book also called Presentation Zen published in 2008.
Address:
Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University
JR Kabe Station, Kabe Line – the university is 10 minutes by school bus/ taxi, or 15 minutes on foot.
Parking is also available.
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