Author and Design Scholar Garr Reynolds will speak in Osaka. Join members of the foreign community for an evening with one of the world's most respected design and presentation authorities.
Using the tenets of Zen aesthetics and the science of multimedia research, Garr explains how a good understanding of content structure, visual communication and the power of basic graphic design can help you create the kind of presentations that will set you or your organization apart from the crowd.
Garr will highlight techniques from some of the world's top business leaders, including Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, discuss how to improve YOUR powerpoint presentations.
For example, Garr will show how to achieve maximum effect with Powerpoint in English. This presentation is not about decoration, but about the real application of design principles, improving communication, and increasing effectiveness.
Date: Saturday, October 11th, 2008 - 6:15 to 8:30 PM
Cost for non-JALT members: 1000 yen; for JALT members: Free
About the Speaker: The former Manager of Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple Computer, Inc., Garr currently teaches marketing and multimedia presentation design as an Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University. Before joining Apple in the US, Garr worked for seven years in the head office at Sumitomo Electric Industries in Osaka. He is a popular speaker in the business community in Japan and abroad and is Director of Design Matters, an Apple Pro creative group based in Osaka. Garr is author of the popular website, Presentation Zen, and is author of the book also called Presentation Zen to be published in November by New Riders/Peachpit Press.