Slide Spin

Slide Spin by Subbarao Mukkavilli

Slide Spin

Since this book is full of wisdom, some in the way of famous quotes, I thought I would add one myself: "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."--Benjamin Franklin. In fact, this is one of the underlying tenets of Slide Spin, an e-book on how to prepare business presentations in PowerPoint and other comparable software suites that will make you and your company successful. That is to say, if you prepare for a top-notch presentation with help from this book, the outcome will be more than satisfactory. The book itself is divided into three sections: 1. "The rationale behind creating compelling presentations..." 2. "the core concepts of creating effective presentations." 3. An outline of "… various concepts, ideas and online tools to further fortify our message." Another component of this book that I particularly like is a list of myths about what is needed to create a presentation and the rationale proving them wrong. Here are a few of those myths so that you can get an idea: 1. I am not a creative person. 2. My current job is not in demand of presentation skills. 3. We have very good content on our website, plenty of advertisement material designed by our ad agency… I can include all these in my presentation. 6. Creating presentations is a daunting task but I don't have an expert to help me. Why start something I cannot complete? 7. I'm not an expert in graphic design. I know nothing about creative tools. Here the author brilliantly provides you all the reasons that you can indeed prepare dazzling PowerPoint slides.

Though I am not a business executive, I clearly understand the author's motive and true willingness to help the reader. I am able to project the outcome of a potential presentation by following the book's instructions. One of the best lessons I learned was to focus on the content of the presentation rather than the design, fonts, etc,. What I really like about this book is that it is not written by some lofty professor with little or no hands-on experience; it is written by someone who has been out in the business world preparing and exhibiting his own presentations. In other words, he walks the walk and talks the talk, and he backs everything up with actual slides and tables, so the reader can see for him or herself what it's all about. His tone is lively without being dense. In fact, he employs interesting elements or "spice"- which is yet another incentive to keep reading his book. In addition, there is always something new, refreshing and exciting coming around the bend. I felt compelled to finish the book.

There are many reasons for acquiring this book. Some are:

It will catapult you into a successful career through superb presentations.

It is entertaining. Even if you did not learn anything from the book (which I guarantee you will) you will have fun reading it!

You don't have to enroll in a special course to pick up something new for your career. Sometimes it is enough just to read a book or for someone to give you some sound advice.

It is inexpensive. Only 6 dollars!

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