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January 14, 2010
Join me at 10am Pacific Time on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 for a webinar sponsored by SlideRocket titled The Backchannel: A Presenter’s Nightmare or a Dream Come True?
The session description is below – I hope you can join me!
Register now at this link.
The Backchannel: A Presenter’s Nightmare or a Dream Come True? with Cliff Atkinson
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December 3, 2009
Buckle your presentation seatbelts, because the backchannel is coming!
I’ve spent the last part of the year writing my new book The Backchannel: How Audiences are Using Twitter and Social Media and Changing Presentations Forever, which is now available at online retailers and soon in a bookstore near you.Â
The Backchannel explores the dramatic changes that are coming soon in the… keep reading
June 29, 2009
With social media growing as a popular resource for businesses to reach out and connect with customers and prospects, presenters need to look outside of the room where they give presentations.
Sharing them on the Internet establishes your expertise, shows how you think, spreads your brand and provides yummy link juice. Here are eight ways you… keep reading
June 1, 2009
If you don’t have a Tablet PC to write directly on your slides during a BBP presentation, you can always use a whiteboard as a companion to your screen. But if you want even more flexibility to write from other places in the room, or to let your audience write on the screen, try Papershow,… keep reading
April 13, 2009
Like comic strips? Like stories that teach? Don’t have a lot of time to read? You’ll enjoy Deck ‘Em! A Novel Approach to Presentation Design and learn how to smarten your presentations, too.
This 23-page PDF story by Jake Greene and Scott Schwertly looks like a cross between a comic book and Roy Lichtenstein pop art.… keep reading
April 1, 2009
BBP reader Lee Adams passed on this great tip:
There is a website called pocketmod.com which allows you to make and print a very small notebook from a single sheet of A4 (letter-size) paper. You get 8 sections to put different designs on (grid, lines, schedule etc.) and one of the designs is a storyboard layout… keep reading
August 4, 2008
When you have a complex story to tell that takes place over specific dates, a timeline can help guide your audience if you show a simplified version on screen, and a detailed handout on paper.
For example, one BBP user did a presentation on Mark Twain’s route to Lake Tahoe. A presenter could start with the entire route using a… keep reading
