Now strip your presentation of every single one of those things.

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For example, instead of using a PowerPoint presentation, try talking around a single prop that visualizes what you are trying to say.

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Garr drew upon his experience of Japan and its traditions to create Presentation Zen, for me the single best book on creating slides, period.

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