Dan Roam Boeken

For most of us, giving a presentation is difficult and nerve-wracking, whether in a one-on-one meeting or in front of thousands. But it doesn't have to be that way. We only struggle when we forget the basic steps we learned in nursery: show and tell. Dan Roam is an award-winning presenter who has taken his whiteboard everywhere, from tiny start-ups to the White house. In this powerful book he introduces new tools for making extraordinary presentations in any setting. You'll learn how to understand your audience, organize your content, build a clear storyline, create effective visuals and channel your fear into fun. From nailing the opening to leaving a lasting impression, you'll soon be able to give the performance of a lifetime . . . time after time. 'A must-read for seasoned presenters and novices alike.' David Allen author of Getting Things Done

The vivid combination of words and pictures can help readers think and learn more quickly, teach and inspire their colleagues, and enjoy happier lives in general. Roam's solution is to merge the best aspects of one's visual and verbal minds.

A bold new way to tackle tough business problems—even if you draw like a second grader When Herb Kelleher was brainstorming about how to beat the traditional hub-and- spoke airlines, he grabbed a bar napkin and a pen. Three dots to represent Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Three arrows to show direct flights. Problem solved, and the picture made it easy to sell Southwest Airlines to investors and customers. Used properly, a simple drawing on a humble napkin is more powerful than Excel or PowerPoint. It can help crystallize ideas, think outside the box, and communicate in a way that people simply “get”. In this book Dan Roam argues that everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking, even those who swear they can’t draw. Drawing on twenty years of visual problem solving combined with the recent discoveries of vision science, this book shows anyone how to clarify a problem or sell an idea by visually breaking it down using a simple set of visual thinking tools – tools that take advantage of everyone’s innate ability to look, see, imagine, and show. THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN proves that thinking with pictures can help anyone discover and develop new ideas, solve problems in unexpected ways, and dramatically improve their ability to share their insights. This book will help readers literally see the world in a new way.

A fast and practical visual storytelling method that puts a powerful new toolkit into the hands of leaders, innovators, salespeople, teachers and anyone else who needs to quickly make an impact on increasingly distracted audiences.

Komplexe Sachverhalte, umständlich erklärt und obendrein langweilig dargestellt – oder kurz: Bla Bla Bla. So empfinden wir nicht selten die wortreichen Vorträge und Power-Point-Präsentationen, die uns in Meetings, Seminaren und Fortbildungen einschläfern. Kein Wunder, dass wir das meiste wieder sofort vergessen. Mit Dan Roams neuem Band ist Schluss damit. Er führt anschaulich vor, wie das bewährte Prinzip des Storytellings seine inspirierende Wirkung voll entfaltet: in Kombination mit Bildern, Skizzen, Entwürfen oder ganzen Bildgeschichten. Ein Bild sagt mehr als 1000 Worte. Wenn man sich diese Tatsache geschickt zunutze macht, hat man das probate Gegenmittel für Langeweile und Vergessen. Und man lernt, wie man richtig Stoff sondiert, ihn strukturiert und schlussendlich präsentiert. Dan Roam sagt, was zu tun ist, wenn Worte ihren Dienst versagen – oder besser: Er zeigt es uns anschaulich in Bildern, Zeichnungen und Skizzen.