About the book

This is the homepage for the Presentation Patterns book by Neal Ford, Matthew McCullough and Nate Schutta. It is due out in 2012, under the banner of Pearson (Addison-Wesley) and is available for pre-order on Amazon. If you are wondering what this book is about, we've written a page that describes our motivations and goals.

From the authors...

Recipes for building and delivering rich presentations.

-Matthew McCullough, Ambient Ideas

Better presentations through time-tested patterns.

-Neal Ford, ThoughtWorks

Delight your audience for the first time ever.

-Nate Schutta, Co-Author

Look at the edges of reality; sometimes the cracks are deep.

-Matthew McCullough, Ambient Ideas

Time is your friend.

-Neal Ford, ThoughtWorks

(geeks + presentations) * time = presentationPatterns && presentationAntipatterns.

-Nate Schutta, Co-Author

Do better.

-Matthew McCullough, Ambient Ideas

Suck less.

-Neal Ford, ThoughtWorks

Present better.

-Nate Schutta, Co-Author

If it worked for Homer, it can work for you.

-Neal Ford, ThoughtWorks