Nancy Duarte Quotes

The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.

The future isn't a place that we're going to go, it's a place that you get to create.

If you feel tempted to use a picture of two hands shaking in front of a globe, put the pencil down, step away from the desk, and think about taking a vacation or investigating aromatherapy.

Practice design, Not Decoration: Don't just make pretty talking points. Instead, display information in a way that makes complex information clear.

The only difference between the failure of a great idea and the success of a medocre idea was the way in which the idea was communicated.

Personal stories are the emotional glue that connects your audience to your message.

Spending energy to understand the audience and carefully crafting a message that resonates with them means making a commitment of time and discipline to the process.

Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is.

When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

Presentations are the most amazing persuasion tool available in organizations today

To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.

Sometimes all it takes is a kind word of encouragement to get your heroes back on the right path.