A Curated Collection for Presentation Excellence
Welcome to your presentation Resource Hub — the ultimate collection for presentation professionals. Explore 200+ books in our curated Goodreads list, covering everything from design principles to storytelling strategies. Dive deeper into our 29 featured presentation books, together spanning an impressive 7,647 pages of insights, tips, and inspiration. Add to that 44 curated LinkedIn Learning courses totaling over 72 hours of training, and you’ve got a one-of-a-kind library built to sharpen your skills, fuel your creativity, and elevate your career.
With this unique mix of books and trainings, you can build your own personal curriculum tailored to your goals — whether you’re exploring design, data visualization, or delivery — and keep your presentations fresh, impactful, and unforgettable.
LinkedIn Learning Resources
This curated list of 44 LinkedIn Learning courses offers 72 hours and 41 minutes of training in PowerPoint and Microsoft 365, designed to help you refine your skills and expand your expertise. The most recent releases appear first, ensuring you have access to up-to-date insights and tools.
While the Presentation Guild does not own this content, we’re proud to provide this list to our members. A LinkedIn Learning account is required for access.
| LinkedIn Learning Course Title | Release Date | Duration | Course Instructor/Author |
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| PowerPoint Essential Training (Microsoft 365) | Jul 9, 2025 | 2h 44m | Jess Stratton |
| Learning PowerPoint (Microsoft 365): Create Professional Presentations | May 19, 2025 | 2h 11m | Camille Holden |
| Beyond Basic PowerPoint Slides: Adding Visual Variety | Mar 10, 2025 | 1h 5m | Julie Terberg |
| PowerPoint: Creating an Infographic | Dec 4, 2024 | 1h 58m | Heather Ackmann |
| Learning Office 2024: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook | Sep 18, 2024 | 1h 52m | Jess Stratton |
| PowerPoint Quick Tips | Aug 5, 2024 | 36m | Camille Holden |
| AI-Powered Presentations: Crafting Compelling PowerPoints with ChatGPT and Copilot | Jul 18, 2024 | 52m | Camille Holden |
| Excel and PowerPoint: Creating High-Impact Financial Presentations | Jun 20, 2024 | 2h 6m | Danielle Stein Fairhurst |
| Designing a Presentation | May 30, 2024 | 38m | Tony Harmer |
| PowerPoint: Silicon Valley Presentation Secrets | May 30, 2024 | 1h 54m | Jole Simmons |
| PowerPoint: Transforming Presentations with Cinematic Effects | Mar 4, 2024 | 56m | Luis Urrutia |
| PowerPoint Tips and Tricks | Feb 20, 2024 | 2h 50m | Heather Ackmann |
| Copilot in PowerPoint: From Prompt to Presentation | Feb 7, 2024 | 45m | Julie Terberg |
| PowerPoint: Designing Better Slides | Sep 15, 2023 | 2h 42m | Heather Ackmann |
| Cert Prep: PowerPoint Associate - Microsoft Office Specialist for Microsoft 365 Apps | Dec 20, 2022 | 4h 57m | Heather Severino |
| PowerPoint: Slide Design Makeover | Oct 13, 2022 | 1h 15m | Julie Terberg |
| PowerPoint Essential Training (Microsoft 365) (2023) | Oct 4, 2022 | 2h 32m | Jess Stratton |
| PowerPoint Data Visualization: High-Impact Charts and Graphs | Sep 27, 2022 | 1h 47m | Echo Swinford |
| Getting Started with Microsoft 365 | Aug 12, 2022 | 55m | Microsoft and Courtney Hodge |
| Optimizing Your Work with Microsoft 365 | Aug 12, 2022 | 1h 45m | Microsoft and Zakiya Mackey |
| Learning PowerPoint Online (Microsoft 365) | Jul 11, 2022 | 1h 40m | Heather Severino |
| Turning Boring Presentations into Engaging Training with Video | May 27, 2022 | 24m | Rob Glass |
| Learning PowerPoint Desktop (Microsoft 365) | Apr 19, 2022 | 1h 18m | Garrick Chow |
| Office Online Essential Training | Mar 16, 2022 | 1h 15m | Garrick Chow |
| Visual Storytelling in PowerPoint | Jan 31, 2022 | 55m | Jole Simmons |
| Learning PowerPoint 2021 | Dec 15, 2021 | 1h 3m | Garrick Chow |
| PowerPoint for Mac Essential Training (Microsoft 365) | Nov 12, 2021 | 1h 53m | Jess Stratton |
| Digital Accessibility for the Modern Workplace (with Audio Descriptions) | May 20, 2021 | 57m | Hector Minto |
| PowerPoint: Eight Easy Ways to Make Your Presentation Stand Out | Nov 30, 2020 | 36m | Jole Simmons |
| PowerPoint: From Outline to Presentation | Jul 30, 2020 | 1h 46m | Richard Harrington |
| Converting Face-to-Face Training into Digital Learning | May 29, 2020 | 1h 3m | Daniel Brigham |
| Cert Prep: PowerPoint Associate - Microsoft Office Specialist for Office 2019 | Aug 12, 2019 | 3h 45m | Megan Bross |
| Presentation Tips | Jul 8, 2019 | 5h 11m | Jole Simmons |
| PowerPoint: Audio and Video | Feb 12, 2019 | 2h 3m | Garrick Chow |
| PowerPoint 365 for Educators | Jan 25, 2019 | 1h 10m | Alan Ackmann |
| PowerPoint 2019 Essential Training | Sep 24, 2018 | 2h 2m | Jess Stratton |
| Elearning Essentials: Storyboarding | Oct 26, 2018 | 1h 5m | Brett Kirkpatrick |
| Creating and Deploying Microlearning | Oct 5, 2018 | 1h 1m | Chris Mattia |
| PowerPoint: Creating a Self-Running, Interactive Presentation | Aug 24, 2017 | 54m | David Rivers |
| Cert Prep: PowerPoint 2016 Microsoft Office Specialist (77-729) | Feb 21, 2017 | 3h 19m | Megan Bross |
| PowerPoint 2016 Essential Training | Sep 22, 2015 | 3h 1m | Jess Stratton |
Explore our Goodreads Collection
Our Goodreads account features a curated library of 200+ books dedicated to the art and craft of presentations. From timeless classics on visual communication to practical guides on data storytelling and audience engagement, you’ll find resources to inspire and expand your skills.
Browse our shelves, discover new favorites, and build your own reading list — because every book is another step toward deeper expertise and creativity.
Essential Reads for Powerful Presentations
Whether you're a seasoned presenter, a data storyteller, or someone looking to elevate your communication skills, the Presentation Guild Book List is your curated gateway to mastering the art of impactful presentations. This collection brings together top titles across topics like presentation design, data visualization, public speaking, and virtual communication, offering insights from Presentation Guild members and supporters.
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Presentation Pitfalls: Ten Traps Business Professionals Fall Into and How to Avoid Them | John Justin |
Polk Hunsaker |
336 | Business Communication | Presentation Pitfalls will teach you how to craft compelling presentations that engage to influence and influence to drive action. | Link | 9/3/2025 |
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The Reluctant Designer's Field Guide to PowerPoint | Stephy | Hogan | 140 | Presentation Software | Whether you’re a seasoned designer forced to bend the knee to PowerPoint or a brave soul wanting to level up your presentation game, this book will have you saying, “Maybe PowerPoint isn’t so bad…maybe.” | Link | 9/29/2024 |
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Made You Look: How to Use Brain Science to Attract Attention and Persuade Others | Carmen | Simon | 468 | Presentation Skills | In Made You Look, Simon presents her four-part framework for effectively attracting the attention of customers and impacting their buying decision. | Link | 4/19/2024 |
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Speaking Story: Using the Magic of Storytelling to Make Your Mark, Pitch Your Ideas, and Ignite Meaningful Change | Sally | Zimney | 278 | Public speaking & speech writing | Speaking Story is not a call to tell your story perfectly. It’s permission to tell your story anyway—despite your fears, reservations, or feelings of self-doubt. Because everyone has a story that belongs on stage. | Link | 2/13/2024 |
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Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot | Matt | Abrahams | 254 | Facilitating meetings and presentations, communication skills | In Think Faster, Talk Smarter, Stanford lecturer, podcast host, and communication expert Matt Abrahams provides tangible, actionable skills to help even the most anxious of speakers succeed when speaking spontaneously. | Link | 9/26/2023 |
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Microsoft PowerPoint Best Practices, Tips, and Techniques: An indispensable guide to mastering PowerPoint's advanced tools to create engaging presentations | Chantal | Bosse | 338 | Presentation Design | By the end of this book, you'll be able to confidently choose processes to create and deliver impactful presentations more efficiently. | Link | 2/10/2023 |
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Presenting Virtually: Communicate and Connect With Online Audiences | Patti | Sanchez | 232 | Facilitating meetings and presentations, communication skills | This practical guide lays out a step-by-step process for planning, crafting, and delivering virtual presentations that will hold your audiences’ attention and move them to embrace your ideas. | Link | 10/19/2021 |
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Building PowerPoint Templates | Echo Julie |
Swinford Terberg |
330 | Presentation Design | Whether you are building them for your own use or designing for thousands of users, this book will guide you through the process of creating the most effective PowerPoint templates. | Link | 9/17/2021 |
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Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks | Jonathan | Scwabish | 464 | Data, Communication, Presentation software | This book will guide you as you define your audience and goals, choose the graph that best fits for your data, and clearly communicate your message. | Link | 2/9/2021 |
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Before the Mic: How to Compose Meaningful, Memorable, and Motivational Presentations | Glenn | Gibson | 206 | Presentation Skills | Whether you are nervous or a natural in front of an audience, Before the Mic will help you add substance to your style. When delivering virtual presentations or keynotes to a packed room, this book will put you on a certain path to composing highly effective, captivating presentations. | Link | 3/9/2021 |
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Engaging Virtual Meetings: Openers, Games, and Activities for Communication, Morale, and Trust | John | Chen | 320 | Meeting Facilitation | Engaging Virtual Meetings is a great addition to the bookshelves of anyone interested in how to create and build engagement in team settings of all kinds. | Link | 10/5/2020 |
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How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information | Alberto | Cairo | 226 | Data, Communication, Presentation software | How Charts Lie examines contemporary examples ranging from election result infographics to global GDP maps and box office record charts, as well as an updated afterword on the graphics of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Link | 10/15/2019 |
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DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story | Nancy | Duarte | 240 | Data, Communication, Presentation software | DataStory teaches you the most effective ways to turn your data into narratives that blend the power of language, numbers, and graphics. This book is not about visualizing data, there are plenty of books covering that. Instead, you’ll learn how to transform numbers into narratives to drive action. | Link | 9/12/2019 |
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Effective Data Visualization: The Right Chart for the Right Data | Stephanie | Evergreen | 352 | Data, Communication, Presentation software | Effective Data Visualization shows readers how to create Excel charts and graphs that best communicate data findings. | Link | 5/14/2019 |
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Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck | Rick | Altman | 278 | Presentation Design | This book is for earnest presenters and presentation designers who want to escape the perils that entrap so many who turn to PowerPoint for their presentations. | Link | 3/8/2019 |
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Beyond Bullet Points: Using PowerPoint to tell a compelling story that gets results | Cliff | Atkinson | 352 | Facilitating meetings and presentations, communication skills | This popular classic illuminates an innovative, step-by-step methodology designed to unlock the amazing visual story waiting to be released from your message. | Link | 3/25/2018 |
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A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters | Mike | Parkinson | 200 | Presentation Design | Parkinson invites you to master PowerPoint as a tool―just like a paintbrush and paint―and to realize that the tool doesn't make the art, you do. | Link | 10/2/2018 |
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Can You Hear Me?: How to Connect with People in a Virtual World | Nick | Morgan | 299 | Facilitating meetings and presentations, communication skills | Whether you're an entrepreneur, an independent professional, or a manager in an organization that has more than one office or customers who aren't nearby, Can You Hear Me? is your essential communications manual for twenty-first-century work. | Link | 10/9/2018 |
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Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact | Stephanie | Evergreen | 280 | Data, Communication, Presentation software | Presenting Data Effectively, shows readers how to make the research results presented in reports, slideshows, dashboards, posters, and data visualizations more interesting, engaging, and impactful. | Link | 6/6/2017 |
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Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols | Nancy | Duarte | 336 | Facilitating meetings and presentations, communication skills | This accessible communication guidebook will show you how Apple, Starbucks, IBM, charity: Water, and others have mobilized people to embrace bold changes. | Link | 2/16/2016 |
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Better Presentations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks | Jonathan | Scwabish | 200 | Data, Communication, Presentation software | Designed for presenters of scholarly or data-intensive content, Better Presentations details essential strategies for developing clear, sophisticated, and visually captivating presentations. | Link | 11/15/2016 |
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Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to | Carmen | Simon | 289 | Presentation Design | Impossible to Ignore is a practical step-by-step guide that will show you how to control the 10 percent that your audiences do remember by creating content that attracts attention, sharpens recall, and guides decision-making toward a desired action. | Link | 6/3/2016 |
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HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations | Nancy | Duarte | 256 | Facilitating meetings and presentations, communication skills | In the HBR Guide to Persusasive Presentations, you will learn how to inspire action, engage the audience, and sell your ideas. | Link | 10/9/2012 |
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Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences | Nancy | Duarte | 272 | Presentation Design | Presentations don't have to be boring ordeals. You can make them fun, exciting, and full of meaning. Leave your audiences energized and ready to take action with Resonate. | Link | 9/28/2010 |
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Slidedocs: Spread ideas with effective visual documents | Nancy | Duarte | 165 | Data, Communication, Presentation software | Slidedocs help you spread your smart thinking by combining visual communications with short chunks of written copy. | Link | 1/1/2014 |
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slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations | Nancy | Duarte | 296 | Presentation Design | slide:ology will challenge your traditional approach to creating slides by teaching you how to be a visual thinker. And it will help your career by creating momentum for your cause. | Link | 8/12/2008 |
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Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal | Oren | Klaff | 240 | Facilitating meetings and presentations, communication skills | Apply the tactics and strategies outlined in Pitch Anything to engage and persuade your audience and you'll have more funding and support than you ever thought possible. | Link | 1/26/2011 |