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Transform your presentations–and boost your impact–with practical, easy-to-apply techniques for using PowerPoint 2007. Author Cliff Atkinson is a presentation-skills expert who is helping revolutionize the way Fortune 500 companies design and deliver their critical presentations. Even major news media reported the contribution of Cliff’s techniques to a verdict in a high-profile trial. In his highly-regarded, popular book BEYOND BULLET POINTS–now fully updated for PowerPoint 2007–Cliff shares his innovative three-step method that helps you unlock the amazing story buried in those bullet-riddled slides. He guides you, step by step, as you discover how to combine the tenets of classic storytelling with the power of projected media to create a rich, engaging experience. With easy-to-use templates, advanced tips, and plenty of illustrations and examples, you’ll learn techniques to help you clarify, visualize, and present your ideas so that your audience will remember your important message. This newly revised, popular guide now includes a CD with sample PowerPoint 2007 files and graphics.
Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire
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Tennille L. Downey
March 13th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I have found the book a useful tool for the developmental stage. So far, good, however, when it arrived the box was opened at the bottom, due to a lack of tape. I was lucky it ALL arrived as one.
Rating: 4 / 5
Daniel Hokanson
March 13th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I was quite disappointed in this book. If you are new at giving presentations and need a place to start, this book will be ok. For anyone with minimal experience you will waste your money. The extras on the CD are not worth installing. Very disappointed.
Rating: 2 / 5
Steve
March 13th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Great philosophy! I hate when people read me things off of power points, it makes it seem like such a waste of time. This book fixes that in plain language and step by step directions. Sometimes I think they belabor some points, but it may be necessary to ride our minds of old ways of thinking.
Rating: 4 / 5
John W. Pearson
March 13th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
When American Idol hit the airwaves, the popular TV show gave false hope to bad singers. When the popular PowerPoint presentation software was introduced by Microsoft, it gave false hope to inexperienced presenters–and turned uninspiring meetings into really boring meetings. It was death by PowerPoint.
But there’s hope and there’s help. Quick! Order this book and delegate all future PowerPoint presentations to ONLY those who have read and mastered the innovative approach in this remarkable book.
This is a MUST title for your resource library. Atkinson says that the first five slides of a PowerPoint presentation are the most important–and that stories and pictures are absolutely critical in every presentation. The book also includes a CD with custom templates for storyboarding, checklists to ensure your presentation is compelling, and a complete eBook.
In “The Printing Bucket” chapter, one of 20 core competencies in my book, Mastering The Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Non-profit, I recommend that you appoint a “printing coordinator” for your company or department. Ditto for someone to mentor your team on PowerPoint presentations.
After you’ve identified the PowerPoint guru for your team, point them to Garr Reynolds’ blog on issues related to professional design and presentation, such as “Where can you find good images?” Plus, you’ll appreciate the new insights from his 131-slide summary of the book Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD). Be sure to read his blog on “Brain Rules for PowerPoint and Keynote Presenters. ”
Rating: 4 / 5
Mikeal R. Hughes
March 13th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Cliff gives some novel ideas for designing presentations. I am trying to figure out a way to use them with my sermon slides. His method is similar to what Bert Decker Teaches in Bold Assurance. Hoping to hear more from Cliff. Would love to see him write a book and relate it to Apple Keynote, which to me is a far superior presentation software package.
Good job Cliff, who after the perfect storm in Angleton, TX is probably getting right up their with Donald Trump. Great ideas!
Rating: 4 / 5
Simon Raybould - a presentation skills trainer
March 15th, 2010 at 4:13 am
Hi.
I like this philosophy a lot – but there’s a sneaky bit of my that wants to take it even further and apply the whole concept more rigorously…. for example, suggesting that the first five slides are the most important is…. well a bit of cop-out in some ways.
Taking things to a rigorous level you’re presentation could very easily (should?!?!) only ever consist of five slides!
Simon