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.[1]
Duarte worked with Al Gore on the documentary slide show known as An Inconvenient Truth.[3][4][5] 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.[4][6] She has been cited by publications writing about presentation style including The Guardian.[7] She is currently the CEO of her eponymous company Duarte, Inc.[8][9] The company has created tens of thousands of presentations for use by various companies and organizations.[10]
Books
Duarte's first book was Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations.[11][12] Published in 2008, the book discusses the elements of effective public presentations.[13] 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.[14][15][16] 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."[17] Duarte's third book, The Harvard Business Review Guide to Persuasive Presentations, was released in 2012.[18][19] In 2016, Duarte coauthored the book Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies and Symbols with Patti Sanchez.[20] In 2019, Duarte published her fourth book Data Story: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story.[21]
^Duarte, Nancy (2019). Data Story: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story. Oakton, Virginia: IdeaPress Publishing. ISBN9781940858982. OCLC1119722275.
