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Let’s face it: the majority of presentations given today, whether in business, government or academia, leave audiences cold, if not asleep. It doesn’t have to be that way.

The Naked Presenter

Delivering Powerful Presentations With or Without Slides

Garr Reynolds

Gamestorming

A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers

Gray, Brown, Macanufo

Resonate

Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

Nancy Duarte

Slide:ology

The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

Nancy Duarte

Envisioning Information

Edward R. Tufte

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint

Pitching Out Corrupts Within

Edward R. Tufte

The Writer’s Journey

Mythic Stucture for Writers

Christopher Voger

Stories at Work

Using Stories to Improve Communication and Build Relationships

Terrence L. Gargiulo

The Seven Basic Plots

Why We Tell Stories

Christopher Booker

Story

Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Robert McKee

The Backchannel

How Audiences are Using Twitter and Social Media and Changing Presentations Forever

Cliff Atkinson

Advanced Presentations by Design

Creating Communication that Drives Action

Andrew Abela

Presentation Zen Design

Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations

Garr Reynolds

The Elements of Style

(Illustrated)

Strunk, White, Kalman

Say it with Presentations

How to Design and Deliver Successful Business Presentations

Gene Zelazny

The Art of Dramatic Writing

Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives

Lajos Egri

Great Speeches for Better Speaking

Listen and Learn from History’s Most Memorable Speeches

Michael E. Eidenmuller

Give Your Speech, Change The World

How to Move Your Audience to Action

Nick Morgan

A Writer’s Coach

The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies that Work

Jack Hart

The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience

Say it Like Obama

The Power of Speaking with Purpose and Vision

Shel Leanne

Film Editing

Great Cuts Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know

Gael Chandler

Save the Cat!

The Last Book on Screenwriting that You’ll Ever Need

Blake Snyder

Casting a Shadow

Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film

Will Schmenner, Corninne Granof

Screenplay

The Foundations of Screenwriting

Syd Field

Brain Rules

12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

John Medina

Soap, Sex, and Cigarettes

A Cultural History of American Advertising

Julian Sivulka

Change by Design

How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation

Tim Brown

The Design of Business

Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitve Advantage

Roger Martin

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Leadership Fable

Patrick Lencioni

Go Put Your Strengths to Work

6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance

Marcus Buckingham

Orbiting the Giant Hairball

A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace

Gordon MacKenzie

Raving Fans

A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service

Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles

Outliers

The Story of Success

Malcom Gladwell

The Art of Possibility

Transforming Professional and Personal Life

Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander

The McKinsey Way

Using Techniques of the World’s Top Strategic Consultants to Help You and Your Business

Ethan M. Rasiel