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24 alternatives to Presentation Zen Design

This book will change the way you think about presentations.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Presentation Zen Design launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Liminal Thinking▲65

   Create the change you want by changing the way you think

   2016 · liminalthinking.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Resonate▲68

   Useful and adaptable techniques for improving presentations

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Thinkertoys▲76

   A handbook of creative thinking techniques

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Frame Innovation▲63

   Create New Thinking by Design

   2016 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Better Presentations▲63

   A guide for scholars, researchers, and wonks

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Designing Interactions▲91

   Interviews with influential designers

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Psychology for designers▲63

   Enhance your design work

   2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Interface▲66

   IBM and the transformation of corporate design

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Don't Make Me Think▲83

   A book about human-computer interaction and web usability

   2015 · sensible.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    The Creative Priority▲56

    Strategies for designing an organization around creativity

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Articulating Design Decisions▲64

    Learn to explain your design decisions so people agree!

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Thinking, Fast and Slow▲119

    A book on how the mind works and how choices are made

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Making Ideas Happen▲75

    Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    How To Present Web Design & Get Better Client Feedback▲63

    A practical guide for web designers & web devs

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Design, Form, and Chaos▲80

    A great source of design inspiration

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Design of Business▲74

    Design thinking as a competitive advantage

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Designing for Touch▲88

    A guide for designing touch interfaces

    2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

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    Interface Culture▲67

    How the digital medium changes the way we write and speak

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Art of Learning▲91

    An inner journey to optimal performance

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The 46 Rules of Genius▲65

    An innovator's guide to creativity

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think▲76

    How might we clarify our thinking to create positive change?

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Designing for Behavior Change▲71

    Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    The Artist's Way▲75

    A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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