Better Than Bullet Points


Book Description

This book focuses exclusively on the application of PowerPoint to the creation of online training programs. Better than Bullet Points, Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint fills that gap. By providing in-depth guidance, specific instructions, and helpful exercises, the book will enable training practitioners to create impactful learning interactions in PowerPoint. The author steps readers through the powerful features of this popular desktop application, covering everything from text to art, animation to interactivity. Provided that the reader owns a copy of PowerPoint, this book will immediately put free real-world tools into the hands of those who need it. The information is practical rather than theoretical and immediately applicable. Most importantly, this book will help make e-learning accessible to those who have previously been excluded from taking advantage of the opportunities e-learning can provide. Jane Bozarth is the e-learning coordinator for the North Carolina Office of State Personnel's Human Resource Development Group and has been a training practitioner since 1989. She is a columnist for Training Magazine and has written for numerous publications including Creative Training Techniques Newsletter and the Journal of Educational Technology and Society.




Bullet Points


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As the story unfurls over the course of his many reflections the narrator, a middle-aged psychiatrist-to-the-stars, reveals his own troubled childhood, and as the bullet points of his life are laid out, the facts he has hidden from the reader are shockingly revealed.




Beyond Bullet Points


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Beyond Bullet Points, Fourth Edition “Throw away those room-emptying, left-brain slides–and use Atkinson’s book to turn your PowerPoint presentation into an epic.” –Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind Think beyond bullet points–and amplify the impact of your message! Now in its fourth edition, this popular classic illuminates an innovative, step-by-step methodology designed to unlock the amazing visual story waiting to be released from your message. Communications expert Cliff Atkinson shows how to apply classic storytelling tenets and practical, research-based guidelines as you work with Microsoft PowerPoint–for memorable, meaningful, and persuasive visual stories. Change your approach–and transform your results! Find your story thread Create an emotional connection to increase your impact. Cut through the clutter Distill your message and get right to the point. Bring your story to life Storyboard your ideas, find your natural voice, and deliver a compelling presentation!




Beyond Bullet Points


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A guide to using Microsoft PowerPoint describes how to use stories to create effective business presentations.




Wastelands: The New Apocalypse


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The new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, featuring never-before-published stories and curated reprints by some of the genre's most popular and critically-acclaimed authors. In WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams is once again our guide through the wastelands using his genre and editorial expertise to curate his finest collection of post-apocalyptic short fiction yet. Whether the end comes via nuclear war, pandemic, climate change, or cosmological disaster, these stories explore the extraordinary trials and tribulations of those who survive. Featuring never-before-published tales by: Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Richard Kadrey, Scott Sigler, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Meg Elison, Greg van Eekhout, Wendy N. Wagner, Jeremiah Tolbert, and Violet Allen--plus, recent reprints by: Carmen Maria Machado, Carrie Vaughn, Ken Liu, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kami Garcia, Charlie Jane Anders, Catherynne M. Valente, Jack Skillingstead, Sofia Samatar, Maureen F. McHugh, Nisi Shawl, Adam-Troy Castro, Dale Bailey, Susan Jane Bigelow, Corinne Duyvis, Shaenon K. Garrity, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Darcie Little Badger, Timothy Mudie, and Emma Osborne. Continuing in the tradition of WASTELANDS: STORIES OF THE APOCALYPSE, these 34 stories ask: What would life be like after the end of the world as we know it?




Beyond Bullet Points, 3rd Edition


Book Description

Unlock the amazing story buried in your presentation—and forget boring, bullet-point-riddled slides forever! Guided by communications expert Cliff Atkinson, you’ll walk you through an innovative, three-step methodology for increasing the impact of your presentation. Discover how to combine classic storytelling techniques with the power of visual media to create a rich, engaging experience with your audience. Fully updated for PowerPoint 2010, and featuring compelling presentation examples from classroom to boardroom, this book will help transform your presentations—and your business impact!




Bullet Points


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The incredible story of an alternate Marvel Universe, turned on its side after one bullet changes the entire course of history. It's World War II and America needs a super-soldier. Only one man possesses the formula to create the perfect fighting machine from volunteer Steve Rogers. But when a bullet kills Dr. Erskine along with his bodyguard, M.P. Ben Parker, Steve's destiny, and that of the Marvel Universe, is changed forever. Featuring alternate versions of the Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four and more.




Behind the Bullet Points


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This is not your regular "how to' presentation book. And if you have read some of them or taken a speech class, Dr. Descy will challenge many of the ideas and concepts you have learned. If you have never read or taken a class, you are in luck. This is your one stop shop. Written by someone who would do whatever he could to avoid talking in front of a group to someone who enjoys presenting. It took Don 18 years to figure all of this out but it will take you just the time it takes to read this book. There are only two things you really have to remember to be a stress-free power presenter! They are both discussed between these covers!Dr. Descy not only tells you how to prepare your presentation and visuals but also what to do before, during and after your presentation, speech or keynote be they in-person on virtual. Just follow the simple steps and principles outlined here - some of which you were never told about - and you will produce a great presentation that the audience will love and you will actually enjoy presenting it with a minimum of stress. By the time you are done reading this book you will really want to try your hand!You will learn how to create and present great in-person and virtual presentations and you will do this with a minimum of stress and discomfort. This expanded edition also includes 11 printable worksheets.




The ABCs of Guns


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The ABCs of Guns is a new and fun way to teach your kids the ABCs while also helping them take their first steps in recognizing aspects of the Second Amendment world. This first of its kind alphabet book combines the ABCs with stunning and clear original photos making it the perfect gift for baby showers, birthdays, or the holidays! Perfect for kids ages 0-5, The ABCs of Guns is a great way to teach your child that X stands for more than just for Xylophone or X-Ray.




Bullet Points


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Collects Bullet Points #1-5. World War II. America needs a super soldier. Only one man possesses the formula to create the perfect fighting machine from volunteer Steve Rogers. But when a deadly bullet kills Dr. Erskine along with his bodyguard, M.P. Ben Parker, Steve's destiny - and that of the Marvel Universe - is changed forever.