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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, 3rd Edition
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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, 3rd Edition

by Garr Reynolds
December 2019
Beginner content levelBeginner
336 pages
8h 7m
English
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5. Simplicity: Why It Matters

As our daily lives have become more complex, more and more people look to incorporate simplicity into their lives. But finding simplicity in the workplace or at school seems harder than ever. Professionally, people are terrified of being simple for fear of being labeled a lightweight. So “when in doubt, add more” is often the guiding principle.

There is a fundamental misunderstanding of simplicity and what it means to be simple today. Many people confuse simple, for example, with simplistic, simplism, or that which is dumbed down to the point of being deceptive or misleading. To some people, simple means a kind ...

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ISBN: 9780135897751