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Author: Gerald Everett Jones
Publisher: La Puerta Productions
Imprint: La Puerta Productions
Edition: 4th How to Lie with Charts ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.903kg
ISBN: 9798986095318
Pages: 402
Publication Date: 07 October 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Business Gerald Jones updates Mark Twain's adage lies, damned lies, and statistics to its modern sequel about charts and graphics. Every corporate director subjected to PowerPoint presentations needs to read this for his/her own protection. - Richard E. Cavanagh, Past President and CEO, The Conference Board, Inc. Who would have expected a book on charts and graphs to be so entertaining? It's an exceptionally fun read (really) and a must-own reference for anyone who presents or analyzes data. Gerald uses wit and humor to explain concepts we often take for granted and succeeds at teaching us how to deliver more effective presentations--while warning us to beware of those who might lie using the exact same techniques! - Anthony Hitt, President & CEO, Engel & Voelkers Americas It broke our hearts to see this book come out, because it was the one we were planning to write. Having read it, however, we doubt we could have done a better job. Jones addresses fundamental issues of visual perception in a style that is clear, concise, and amusing. - Robin Wolfson, President, Datastep Development The author is challenging you to formulate penetrating questions about the information being used and the credibility and reliability of that data. Is it being used properly or is it distorted in some way? If there's distortion, was it intentional or unintentional? If intentional, questions of professional ethics and possibly fraud come into play. - Frederick Gallegos, CGFM, CDE, U.S. Government auditor (retired) You can fool some of the people all of the time. Obviously they didn't read this book! Seriously, being able to paint your vision with clarity is the difference between being a manager and being a leader. - Peter Nathan, PMP, Author of PMP Certification for Dummies
Author Information
Gerald Everett Jones has managed major proposal and business analysis projects in government, healthcare, and commercial sectors. He is the author of more than 25 business and technical books on digital media production, including numerous how-to books on legacy charting applications such as Harvard Graphics and Freelance Graphics. He has also written extensively on PowerPoint and Excel. He has hands-on background in IT systems development and was project leader on the ARTIS computer graphics system, a precursor of PowerPoint. He often leads seminars on the topic of achieving honesty and clarity in business presentations.
