Garr Reynolds is an internationally acclaimed presentations expert and the creator of the most popular website on presentation design and delivery on the net: presentationzen.com. Garr’s new book—Presentation Zen: Simple ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery—is an international best-seller available in thirteen languages and ranks #3 in The Top-10 Business Books for 2008 on Amazon.com. By appealing equally to the principles of design, and the tenets of simplicity—in addition to practical advice from the fields of communication, business, and cognitive science—Garr Reynolds shares lessons and perspectives in his talks that help audiences make remarkable presentations that are simpler, more visual, and far more compelling, engaging, and effective.
Originally from the United States, Garr Reynolds is currently Associate Professor of Management at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. He is the former Manager of Worldwide User Group Relations at Apple Computer, Inc. in Silicon Valley, and he spent most of the '90s at the head office of Sumitomo Electric Industries in Osaka facilitating cross-cultural management seminars and leading communication and presentation design workshops. Garr is a sought- after speaker in Japan and around the world. He has spoken for many of the world’s leading firms including Microsoft, Google, Hewlett Packard, Proctor & Gamble, DHL, Ritz-Carlton, and many more.
Garr lives in Osaka, Japan.
Web: http://www.presentationzen.blogs.com/