Point, Click and Wow!! A Quick Guide to Brilliant Laptop Presentations
by Claudine Wilder and Jennifer Rotondo

226 pages
ISBN: 0-7879-5669-4
Publisher: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer
Pub Date: January 2002
Price: $29.95 USD
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From the Publisher: Wow Your Audience: Interact with Them!

Today a brilliant laptop presentation is more than just dazzling slides. By presenting to your audience’s interests, they will connect with your message and take action. Unlike other books on the topic, Point, Click & Wow is a practical guide that teaches you how to really sell your knowledge, product, or service in a customer-focused, one-to-one way. More than 100 experienced presenters from around the world have contributed tips and techniques they’ve learned the hard way—so you don’t have to.

Point, Click & Wow includes checklists, a CD Rom of the book’s graphic examples, and something new: corporate blueprints. 

A corporate blueprint includes not only presentation formats but also 10 to 20 different slide designs you need to present your company’s unique, branded image, both externally to customers and internally to employees.

Authors Claudyne Wilder and Jennifer Rotondo will help you look, act, and sound like a pro. Throughout the book the authors explain how to create persuasive visuals, use technology with impact, and sell your idea or product to your audience.

Table of Contents:

1. Connect to Your Audience
2. Organize Focused on One Objective
3. Prepare for Technology Success
4. Design Corporate Blueprints
5. Create High-Impact Slides
6. Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse

Features:

• Resources section
• CD-ROM showing all the graphics and checklists
• Before-and-after slide examples
• Checklists at the end of each chapter

Testimonials

“FABULOUS! Enormously useful ideas, terrific illustrations, and the most comprehensive handbook on effective presentations I have seen.”  Alan Gaynor, human resource education, Boston University

       “Anyone who wants to deliver more effective, imaginative presentations will find a wealth of practical tips here, and those who actually use them are bound to meet with more real-world success.”  Tad Simons, editor-in-chief, Presentations

“Using electronic equipment for presentations poses a new set of challenges for both the novice and veteran presenter. Point, Click and Wow! provides some great tips to overcome these challenges and offers ideas on how to get the audience engaged and really interacting with you, the presenter.”  Dave Poulin, national sales manager, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

“Claudyne has done it again. In Point, Click and Wow! Second Edition, she shows that presentations slides don’t connect to an audience—people do. Through countless examples and tips, presenters will learn how to be the message of their talk. The results will speak for themselves—a thrilled audience, a confident, energized presenter, and a presentation success.”  Howard Ris, president, Union of Concerned Scientists

“Salespeople who want to be successful in front of their clients should always refer to Point, Click and Wow! when developing new presentations. The powerful yet practical advice will improve your visuals, energize your audience, and increase your self-confidence.” Michael K. Voisine, director, business development, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company

Point, Click & Wow! prepares you well for the worst possible scenarios so you can come out looking like a hero.”  Roger Parker, www.newentrepreneur.com

"If you ever want a career change, I see you making it big as a stand-up comedian. The audience loved you-you have such a presence! I will be sure to pass on these valuable tips to my colleagues." Ashley Prout, Union of Concerned Scientists

From the Publisher
This superlative guide will help you focus on your unique qualities and strengths in order to use them in making effective and convincing presentations. The art of successful presentations is broken down into ten logical and easy-to-follow steps, offering different formats designed for specific audiences and objectives. This updated revision includes substantial new material covering the vast range of software currently available to those seeking computer assistance. Explains the diverse software options and how to rate and select the best choice for your particular needs. Includes scores of fresh examples of presentation situations and how to handle them.

Here's what the book offers you:

• Save hours by learning to systematically organize your data.
• Never look nervous again in front of an audience.
• Use questionnaires for cross-cultural presenting.
• Learn how to handle many different presentation situations.
• Be a total pro after you go through the logical, easy-to-follow steps.

Features:

• 266 pages.
• Formats for organizing data.
• Summaries.
• Exercises.

Comments by readers:

• "This book makes a significant contribution to helping anyone make better presentations." Lloyd Reese.
• "According to 2,800 executives, the number one skill needed to succeed in any business today is 'the ability to persuade others of your value and the value of your ideas.' So what can you do to develop your persuasive presentation skills? For starters read The Presentations Kit." Stuart Langton.