Although the book updates BBP for PowerPoint 2007, even if you have PowerPoint 2003 you'll still find the book a signficant resource to guide you through the BBP process. I'm pleased to announce that the latest edition of Beyond Bullet Points has just arrived! The new book is a thorough revision of the first edition, including 7 new presentation examples, expanded explanation of key concepts and many new tips and techniques you can apply to your BBP presentations. Weighing in at 350 pages, the book includes a new CD with a bonus chapter, an updated BBP Story Template and Storyboard

I recently gave a pilot workshop at a large corporation that is considering adopting BBP training on a wide scale. I asked the group where they are with their current PowerPoint approach, and where they would like to be, and they came up with this list: Today, our current approach to PowerPoint is: - Overloading our audiences with too much information - Throwing in everything but the kitchen sink - Just doing a data dump - Usually not communicating a good story - Being too

Does it really matter what you put at the top of your PowerPoint slides? Absolutely, according to researcher Michael Alley, who tested two designs for teaching slides on two groups of students -- one design with the conventional category heading at the top, and another with a complete sentence headline at the top. The result?

In case you missed my Feb. 20 webinar titled "The First Five Slides", you can now view the archived recording hosted at the Microsoft Office System Webcasts site. You can access the link through my web seminar archive page here

And while these "summer of 2007" instructions still work, today, there's an even easier way... Enter the autumn of 2007. Back in August, these four online videos showed us how to embed YouTube videos into PowerPoint presentations. That was August. Microsoft MVP Shyam Pillai offers a PowerPoint Add-In called YouTube Video

Oh, the Christmas season is upon us yet again. Time for the free Christmas PowerPoint template link roundup: First, Get Your Christmas Lyrics. You can find lyrics to your favorite Christmas carols online. Paste the lyrics into PowerPoint, and you're set to lead the chorus.

If you use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, you can save your .pptx Now, open a PowerPoint presentation in PowerPoint 2007. Many people like to convert Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt ppt or .pptx) pptx) presentations to Adobe (.pdf)

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For example, I used Camtasia 3 to create this YouTube Video about PowerPoint in August 2007.) Here are instructions for getting your free, fully-functional copy of Camtasia 3: Step 1: Download & install the Studio 3 software: http://download.techsmith.com/camtasiastudio/enu/312/camtasiaf.exe For example, I used Camtasia 3 to create this YouTube Video about PowerPoint in August 2007.) Right now, Techsmith is giving away their popular screencasting software, Camtasia 3. This is not a 30-day trial.

Cam Beck asked me this question the other day in response to my post about your worst public speaking fear coming true : "So how do you know the difference between preparing and over-preparing?" First of all, here's what it looks like to be unprepared . Also, here's a post I wrote about how I prepare for a presentation . I've