Monday, January 24, 2005

Resources for the Five Dimensions

In my previous post, I mentioned the hypothesis that an Extreme Presentation should address five dimensions: Logic, Rhetoric, Graphics, Politics and Metrics. Here are some useful resources.
For Logic, I like Linda Long's new book The Power of Logic in Problem Solving and Communication. Linda, also a McKinsey alum, has been teaching problem solving and communication for several years, and the book summarizes the content from her most popular program. Another excellent resource is Barbara Minto's classic The Minto Pyramid Principle, which McKinsey has been using for years.
For Rhetoric, there are a slew of books, but to my mind, Chris Booker's newly published, 728-page, The Seven Basic Plots, should be at the top of the list. Lori Silverman's new book, Stories Trainers Tell, is a useful resource.
For Graphics, the undisputed authority is of course Edward Tufte, who is a genius when it comes to the visual display of information. In addition, Malcolm Craig's Thinking Visually is a great resource on diagramming.
I'm still looking for good material on Politics. For Metrics, see the first 2-1/2 chapters of Gene Zelazny's excellent book Say It With Presentations.

Please feel free to suggest additional resources for any of these dimensions.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

PowerFrameworks is another good presentation development resource. It has conceptual frameworks for download.

October 06, 2006  

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