Beyond Bullet Points
by Cliff Atkinson · first published 2005
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I'd recommend Beyond Bullet Points by B. Atkinson; it's a book about PowerPoint but teaches you how to synthesize presentations, including videos and in-person presentations. As far as career upgrades, this book was decisive for me in…
on “Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?” ↗Two good resources: PresentationZen blog (http://www.presentationzen.com/ ) and Beyond Bullet Points book (http://www.beyondbullets.com/ ).
on “Research points the finger at PowerPoint” ↗(A) Presentation Zen both the book (that came out recently) and the blog: http://www.presentationzen.com/ and Beyond Bullet Points, http://beyondbulletpoints.com/ the book and online seminars. Yes, both of them are primarily focused on "static" presentations, however the focus on the telling a good story through your demonstration…
on “Ask YC: Books/Links on giving better demonstrations.” ↗…at DoD dedicated to creating PowerPoint decks. Lots of really high-paid contractors have the main job of creating PowerPoints for senior command. The whole place runs off of PowerPoint. After I read Beyond Bullet Points, my opinion of presentations totally changed. Back of the Napkin helped some, but BBP really ingrained in me the right way to do a deck. Now when I teach or present, I have a brief deck full of pictures…
on “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint” ↗I've become a big fan of Beyond Bullet-points. I had a large client where I was doing a lot of Agile training. As part of that, I created a series of workshops around putting together a backlog when starting a project. There was no text -- it was…
on “The Three Slide Rule” ↗