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August 31, 2010
If you’ve been interested in getting certified in Beyond Bullet Points, here’s your chance to get a jump start and get trained in an accelerated format. If you attend both the BBP 101 and BBP Advanced courses on Nov. 11 and 12 in Los Angeles, you’re invited to attend a third day of basic certification training… keep reading
April 6, 2009
If you’re looking for an easier and faster way to format your BBP story template, Alexis Brouard has created a couple of new tools that will make your life easier.
The free version of his BBP Toolbox is an Add-In for Microsoft Word 2007 that will take care of reformatting your story template so you can manually… keep reading
March 23, 2009
I decided to take a little last-minute trip Saturday to San Francisco to visit the PresentationCamp SF, and was I ever glad I did!
Based on the “foo camp” and “bar camp” style of un-conferences, 100 people registered for the event for $10 per person, gathering in the morning to describe topics they wanted to learn,… keep reading
October 14, 2008
One of the fundamental communication skills everyone needs to have is the ability to turn thoughts into sketches. But where do you go to learn how to do that?
Look no further than the video of this webinar recorded at BBP Online on Sept. 26, 2008, where my friend and visual thinking expert Dave Gray of xPlane shows… keep reading
October 3, 2008
People using the Beyond Bullet Points (BBP) approach enjoy successful presentations because they tell stories while giving the presentation. They don’t load their slides with a lot of words and meaningless data. Instead, they weave together the point of their presentation using the story telling techniques we learned as kids.
Stories connect speakers with their audience.… keep reading
September 22, 2008
In an earlier post I covered how you can shrink your PowerPoint files using PowerPoint tools, which mentioned that specialized software can do a better job of shrinking files depending on your needs. Such software works with a server and offers more options such as treatment of images and how much to sacrifice in image quality.
For… keep reading
August 25, 2008
PowerPoint files can turn into a monstrosity. Forget about emailing the big ones to someone. They also add bulge to a hard drive (or server). While you can do lots of tricks to shrink the files yourself, you and your organization may not have the luxury to do that. With many online services letting you… keep reading
