Reynolds book is, to put it simply, outstanding. There are several books that discuss the issues of presenting information in various ways, some of which do an excellent job for example Cliff Atkinson's Beyond Bullet Points, but Presentation Zen takes the reader to another level when it comes to understanding the nature of presenting one's message.

Reynolds summarises current literature on the topic and gets you thinking about why your key point(s) matter and how we can go about ensuring that the audience, in this case our students, are engaged, want to continue to listen or discuss and that they remember what your message is all about. Presenation Zen encourages the reader to become more creative and, something which we feel is essential, shows us as professionals how we can teach our students to become inspirational and thoughtful communicators.

When we deliver INSET or workshops we always use Garr Reynold's ideas and his theory behind a successful presentation.

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We both read Made to Sticka while back and became inspired by the Heath brother's idea about why some messages stick where others do not. They explain in an engaging and concrete way how you can construct messages so that they become memorable by following six key principles: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotion, Story. We loveMade to Stickand have used the six principles when designing our courses and deliver the learning. They work. In fact, we became so inspired by the Heath brothers' book that we wrote our own where we explain in great detail how we construct our GCSE and A-Level courses, the way we teach our courses, practical ideas on how to make assessment more engaging and making it matter to students