The PowerPoint Detox: Reinvent Your Slides and Add Power to Your Presentation

by Patrick Forsyth

Everyone knows the feeling of attending a dreary and formulaic presentation where dense lumps of text are read verbatim from the screen. The expression “death by PowerPoint” says it all. But it need not be that way. With a little time and effort anyone can add life to their presentations.

 

The PowerPoint Detox is a straightforward, practical guide that helps readers prepare effective slides, improve their presenting style, make themselves understood, and enhance their message.  It is designed to appeal to anyone who needs to use PowerPoint: new presenters and those with some experience, those who have had some training and those who have not.

 

With sample slides and plenty of examples reproduced in PowerPoint style, The PowerPoint Detox is a how-to book that will help readers add explanatory power, style and professionalism to their presentations.

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2009

About the author

I have written many books for business, but more recently I have had what my daughter calls "proper books" published. Three novels: "Long Overdue", "Loose Ends" and "A Rather Curious Crime"; also three books of light-hearted travel writing all set in South East Asia. "First class at last" features a journey on the Orient Express of Asia, out from Singapore, through Malaysia and into Thailand, "Beguiling Burma" features a river trip, and "Smile because it happened" is about things that make you smile in the land of smiles: Thailand.

I am active in the writing world, am a Fellow of SWWJ and a member of the Society of Authors, I write regularly for "Writing Magazine, give talks about my writing (especially the travel writing) and have also conducted writing workshops.