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An understanding of fundamental graphic design, visual communication, and storytelling principles, can help you make clear, powerful, and memorable presentations?and advance your career. Garr Reynolds will conduct a seminar-style presentation which includes concepts and tips for preparing presentations that are clear, simple, and memorable. The material will include ten principles on thinking like a designer that will help you organize and design content and visuals for greater clarity and impact. In the end Garr will outline ten core concepts for connecting and engaging with an audience whether you use multimedia or not. The presentation promises to be highly informative, interactive, educational, and fun. Garr Reynolds is the author and designer of the award-winning and international best-selling books Presentation Zen, Presentation Zen Design, and The Naked Presenter, which are available in 17 languages including Japanese. His latest DVD/book is called "Simple Presentation" , available only in Japan. A much sought-after speaker and trainer, he speaks worldwide for firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Hewlett Packard, and universities including Stanford, Oxford, Kyoto, Keio, and many others. Say Media out of New York City named Garr one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Voices on the Internet" in 2011. A writer, designer, and musician, he is currently Associate Professor of Business and Communication at Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka. He is a former Manager of Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple Inc. in Silicon Valley, and spent most of the ?90s as a Corporate Trainer for Sumitomo Electric Industries, Inc. in Osaka. Garr lives in the Nara countryside with his wife, daughter, and two siamese cats. http://www.garrreynolds.com/ http://say100.saymedia.com/business NETWORKING: TBA? (From 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Please note that there is a separate charge for networking party. At a nearby location in Sannomiya. Details will be sent to those who sign up for the presentation.)