Garr Reynolds (of Presentation Zen) at SlideShare

Nancy Duarte gave a short talk to kick off the evening

She talked about how we are born storytellers, but loose the skill

We had cleared out all the desks to make place to sit

3 ways to use slides: document, teleprompter & presentation

Garr began with talking about Japanese aesthetic

and finding zen in presentations

He talked about bad presentations

and some really bad ones

People were engaged

Garr called the room layout very “California”

Nancy & Mark from Duarte Design

Garr’s mantra

Changes in presentation design

a hazy picture of Bush & Blair

“Presentations are a balance of three rhetorical proofs: ethos (ethical), pathos

(emotional) and logos (logical)”

Yes, Garr did talk about SlideShare!

The food and Kaliya Hamlin

yes,

yes, we had cupcakes!

the question-answe session

Nancy answering a question

Hillary Hartley with her copy of Presentation Zen

Marissa our new admin

Marissa and Rashmi

Stowe Boyd with Hiren Patel in the background

Garr with fans

Nancy answering questions

Ario and Rick

Ario posing with the tshirt, Rick posing with his photogenic smile

Kellan from Flickr & Jasmine

Kellan wearing SlideShare tshirt

Leonard (from Upcoming) & Marissa

Larry Cornett & Micah Alpern (Yahoo) & Daniel Lieberman (Bitpusher)

Garr in SlideShare tshirt!

Daniel, Rashmi & Garr

SlideShare cofounders with Garr Reynolds

Another take: Jon, Rashmi & Garr