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Designing your BBP Storyboard

After you have written a clear story structure, you import your headlines into PowerPoint and start designing your storyboard.

Learn how to Sketch! With special guest Austin Kleon
(Video) One of the most useful skills you can learn in our visual age is how to turn your abstract ideas into concrete images. And for most of us, the biggest obstacle that stands in our way is "...but I can't draw!" Watch the video of our weekly workshop recorded Sept. 24, 2009 to see how our special guest Austin Kleon - a writer, cartoonist and designer - can help you do something about it. . . . keep reading
Finding the Graphics for a Keynote Presentation
(Video) Once you've written a clear and compelling story for your keynote presentation, how do you turn your words into engaging images? Watch the video of our workshop recorded Sept. 18, 2009 as we turned the story template we began last session into a PowerPoint storyboard, and began the process of adding graphics. . . . keep reading
Making the Journey to Better Graphics
(Video) How can you make a strong and coherent visual statement in your first five slides? It's a common approach today to add a different stock photograph to each slide, which is definitely a better approach than using bullet points. But often this approach can come across as disjointed because the images don't share a common style or don't relate to one another. What can you do? . . . keep reading
Get Great Graphics on a $60 Budget!
(Video) How can you get great graphics for a BBP presentation when you're on a tight budget? Watch BBP member Jonathan West share his secrets in this video of a weekly workshop recorded April 24, 2009, and you'll learn: . . . keep reading
How to Fix Common Storyboard Mistakes
(Video) Does your BBP storyboard seem fragmented because your images don't flow from one to the next? Did your audience think your graphics were too "fluffy?" Was your audience unclear about your main points? We'll take a look at these common storyboard problems, and what you can do to fix them . . . keep reading
Introducing a New BBP Storyboarding Tool
(Video) Many of you have run into a bit of frustration when you're ready to export your story template from Word to PowerPoint - do you really have to do all that manual reformatting? BBP Online member Alexis Brouard has developed a brand-new tool called BBP Toolbox that is designed to help you solve exactly that problem. Because the tool is so practical and much-needed, I invited Alexis to introduce the tool at our workshop on April 3, 2009. . . . keep reading
Clarifying 3 Stories - A BBP Working Session
(Video) How can you fine-tune your own storyboard, and take things to the next level? Learn by actual examples during this fast-paced Weekly Workshop recorded March 20, 2009, when we tackled and improved 3 different presentations: . . . keep reading
How to Format and Sketch Your Storyboard
(Video) Refresh yourself on the basics of formatting and sketching a BBP storyboard in the video recording of this workshop, and learn how to: - Firm up your story structure. - Import your story into PowerPoint. - Create and apply custom layouts to your storyboard. - Start the sketching process. . . . keep reading
3 Ways to Design Your Call to Action Slide
(Video) When you use BBP, the most important slide in your entire storyboard is your Call to Action slide, which should establish your theme, visually summarize your entire presentation, and anchor its structure into the minds of your audience. Watch the recorded video of this workshop from Aug. 22, 2008 and you'll learn three completely different ways you can design your Call to Action slide to bring your story to visual life. . . . keep reading
How to Create Your Graphics LIVE on a Tablet PC, Whiteboard or Piece of Paper
(Video) One of the big benefits of BBP is that once you have a clear and compelling structure, you can use a wide range of media to illustrate your story. Although adding graphics in PowerPoint is a powerful technique, you have other options that you can try, especially if you're limited in time. Watch the video of this workshop... . . . keep reading
Learn 3 Ways to Find and Add Graphics Faster
(Video) If you're pressed for time and need to get your graphics done in a hurry, it can seem overwhelming to know where to begin. Join us at this weekly BBP workshop and you'll learn three techniques that you can put to work right away to accelerate your graphics process. . . . keep reading
DOWNLOAD: "The Hurdle" BBP Storyboard Formatter
One of the most common motifs, or themes, for a presentation is the idea of a hurdle or obstacle that your audience wants to overcome.  If you . . . keep reading
How to Fix Three Common Storyboard Mistakes
(Video) Does your BBP storyboard seem fragmented because your images don't flow from one to the next? Did your audience think your graphics were too "fluffy"? Was your audience unclear about your main points? Watch the recording of this BBP Online Weekly Workshop . . . keep reading