{"id":993,"date":"2018-05-17T01:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/beyond-bullet-p-1\/"},"modified":"2018-05-12T09:31:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T16:31:14","slug":"beyond-bullet-p-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/beyond-bullet-p-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Bullet Points"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great PowerPoint presentation is a story well-told. A bad PowerPoint is a mind-deadener. Thousands of businesspeople are snoozing away at this moment as slide after slide of fancy-transitioned words, words, and more bulleted words evaporate a fortune in productivity. Don’t get me started on how badly made PowerPoint presentations are blunting the sharpest minds of today’s college students. Google “Gettysburg Address”+”PowerPoint” to see for yourself.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t have to be that way! Beyond Bullet Points<\/a> shows you how to achieve excellence in presentations. I just looked at my bookshelf and noticed that my third copy of Beyond Bullet Points is missing, having been pressed into the hands of some startled friend, executive, teacher, activist, who was only trying to get out the door of my office.<\/p>\n

Here’s what it teaches in a nutshell: The medium of PowerPoint is one of visual storytelling. An excellent presentation is an excellent story. So, the structure of the story is first. Then a storyboard is needed. A storyboard is a series of sketches, or notes, about what you will talk about. These are not bullet points that the audience are meant to read, but visual reminders about what you are planning to say. Last, and least important, you add the words or text. The images rule! You can download admirable Word templates from the book’s website, and get started storyboarding right away.<\/p>\n

The emerging storyboard<\/small><\/p>\n

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With images in place<\/small><\/p>\n

Following the approach of this book, I have spent dozens of hours storyboarding my own recent presentations, and hundreds of dollars on custom photographs and image research. It has paid off. I’ve used this approach on all kinds of audiences all over the world, and it works. Right now, anyone using these techniques has a strategic advantage in being heard — after listening to the second or third speaker reading words on the screen, audiences who see a well-orchestrated visual accompaniment to a well-plotted narrative start waking up and paying attention.<\/p>\n

Do not advance one slide further without reading this book.<\/p>\n

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