30 Quotes by Nancy Duarte

The enemy of persuasion is obscurity.

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

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw.

Presentations are the most amazing persuasion tool available in organizations today.

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

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.

When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

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

Don’t blend in; instead, clash with your environment. Stand out. Be different. That’s what will draw attention to your ideas. Nothing has intrinsic attention-grabbing power by itself. The power lies in how much something stands out from its context.