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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453777403321

Autore

Kosslyn Stephen Michael <1948->

Titolo

Clear and to the point [[electronic resource] ] : 8 psychological principles for compelling PowerPoint presentations / / Stephen M. Kosslyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-16526-3

9786611165260

0-19-804327-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

006.6/869

Soggetti

Presentation graphics software

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to articulate presentations -- The big picture -- Legible text -- Color, texture, , and sound -- Communicating quantitative information : graphs -- Communicating qualitative information : charts, diagrams, maps, photographs, and clipart -- The good, the bad, and the incomprehensible -- Appendix : Psychological principles and their specific aspects.

Sommario/riassunto

True or False?. Most PowerPoint presentations are:. compelling illuminating informative clear and to the point. Answer: False. Make a change following the principles of Stephen Kosslyn:. a world authority on the visual brain a clear and engaging writer. Making PowerPoint presentations that are clear, compelling, memorable, and even enjoyable is not an obscure art. In this book, Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned cognitive neuroscientist, presents eight simple principles for constructing a presentation that takes advantage of the information modern science has discovered about perception, memory, and