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Here is a list of books from Amazon to get you started creating great presentations …

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds
Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations by Garr Reynolds
slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte
The Presentation Zen Way: Video Lessons on Simple Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter) by Garr Reynolds
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo
Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire by Cliff Atkinson
How to Wow with PowerPoint by Richard Harrington
Cutting Edge PowerPoint For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) by Geetesh Bajaj
Solving the PowerPoint Predicament: Using Digital Media for Effective Communication by Tom Bunzel

View full details of the books here:
Great Presentation Books

Where can you find great stock photos for your business presentations? Sites like iStockphoto are great resources for affordable stock photos for presentations and websites. What is so great about iStockphoto is their powerful search feature, which allows you to zero in on the photo quickly. Squidoo has a great lens with stock photo tips that highlights some of the great features of iStockphoto, including tips on using the various features of the site to find unique photos quickly. Another perk of joining iStockphoto is that there are weekly free stock photos at a variety of resolutions. Their photos are affordable anyway, but it is nice to have some freely available to build up a library of images. Here are some examples:

Photo of Lightbulb

Photo of Dark-Haired Woman

Photo of Horses Running

Presentation Zen offers a good round up of places to find images. There is also a great list of sites with free stock photos at DazzlinDonna.

Changethis.com has released a new “manifesto” from Kristen Arnold, author of Boring to Bravo (Kindle Edition), called “15 1/2 ideas to Make Your Presentation Go From Boring to Bravo”.

The tips …

1. It’s Not About You
2. Engage Early
3. Be Relevant
4. You Are the Number One Visual
4.5 Get Out From Behind the Lecturn
5. Use PowerPoint with a Purpose
6. Is is a Slide or a Slideument?
7. Know Your Speech
8. Have a Mini-Conversation
9. Ask Engaging Questions
10. Tell the Story
11. Embrace Technology
12. Involve the Audience
13. Facilitate Rather Than Present
14. Ask for the Order
15. Be Deliberate

Check out the tips in full -
Download available here.