Garr Reynolds is one of my favourite bloggers. His blog Presentation Zen and his book of the same name have changed the way his readers view and produce visual presentations. I'm always delighted to see that he has a new posting.
When Garr gets excited about a book ("Brain Rules is one of the most informative, engaging and useful books of our time. Required reading for every educator and every business person.") I'm interested.
In his blog entry entitled Brain Rules for PowerPoint & Keynote Presenters Reynolds discussed the book and shares with us a set of 131 slides which he created using his excellent presentation skills and the ideas of Dr. John Medina, the author of Brain Rules. It can be viewed or downloaded.
In my opinion this slide presentation should be required viewing for anyone teaching or giving presentations. I'll watch it again: and I'll also buy the books by Medina and Reynolds.
Thanks for this, Jerome; the presentation is the sort of thing I like to find. I also enjoyed Brain Rules, and I've been musing about it on my blog, seeing how I can tie the rules to issues of training and learning.
You might also enjoy This is Your Brain on Music, by Daniel Levitin -- a different perspective, often pursuing pathways further than Medina does. I was especially struck my Levitin's chapter, "What is a musician?" He explores the idea of expertise, and offers some evidence to support the idea that to become an expert, you need to spend around 10,000 hours in your craft. (It's a rough figure, not a law of physics, but an intriguing one.)
Posted by: Dave Ferguson | May 21, 2008 at 04:26 PM