In Nancy Duarte's first and great book "slide:ology" she shows a vivid timeline of the history of Visual Aids - with PowerPoint dominating since 1987. If she had written this book 20 years ago, perhaps we wouldn't have the PowerPoint Abuse we have today. Nancy leads us now - and shows us how to create engaging and compelling visual support for our messages. Get her interview here.

I repeat what I said in the forward to her book, "It's more than slides and design - it's about communications and inspiration. And this book will help anyone - beginner or top professional - to get to the top of their game."

Read these good reviews - I couldn't detail it as well - and then click on Amazon and get the book:

• Presentation Zen - (This is a great review!) "should come bundled with every copy of PowerPoint"
• The Extreme Presentation - "nine neat insights from among several in the book"
• Squared Peg.com - "jam packed with information"
• Presentations Roundtable - "you need this book"
• Six Minutes - (Also a great review) "a classic reference text for presentation skills"
• VizThink - "We were so excited about the book, we had to do a podcast"

If you scan all these reviews, and don't get the book, you're not on the right blog!

And Nancy has a great new blog too.