Nancy Duarte is an American writer, speaker, and CEO. Duarte is the author of several books, including ''slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations'' (2008), ''Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences'' (2010), the ''HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations'' (2012), and ''Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols'' (2016). She is the CEO of Duarte, Inc.
Education
Duarte holds an MDE from the
Anderson School of Management at
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
.
Career
Duarte worked with
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...
on the documentary slide show known as ''
An Inconvenient Truth''. Duarte has also worked with
TED Talks on quality changes for the presentations given at their events, and has presented her own
TED Talks as well. She has been cited by publications writing about presentation style including ''The Guardian''. She is currently the CEO of her eponymous company Duarte, Inc. The company has created tens of thousands of presentations for use by various companies and organizations.
Books
Duarte's first book was ''slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations''. Published in 2008, the book discusses the elements of effective public presentations. In 2010 she published her second book, ''Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences'', a follow-up to her first book that expands upon her method of creating professional presentations. Part of the book draws upon a pattern Duarte states is common among great narrators or storytellers, where they spend time moving between "what is" and "what could be". Duarte's third book, ''The Harvard Business Review Guide to Persuasive Presentations'', was released in 2012. In 2016, Duarte coauthored the book ''Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols'' with Patti Sanchez.
In 2019, Duarte published her fourth book ‘’DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story’’.
References
External links
Duarte Design"MTN. VIEW WOMAN ON D.C. AGENDA SHE'LL ADDRESS THOUSANDS AT CHRISTIAN YOUTH RALLY" - San Jose Mercury News"Duarte Design helps other firms make a point"DesignTaxi
"InfoComm 2007" - InformIt*
ttp://oreilly.com/pub/pr/2057 "slide:ology--New from O'Reilly: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations" - O'Reilly Media"Silicon Valley Design Firm Holds Thirteenth Annual Pumpkin Contest" - International Business Times
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)