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  Welcome to the April 2005 Issue!
Join me May 12 for a no-cost web seminar and see the Beyond Bullet Points approach in action! Also this month, the new Sociable Media Add-In for PowerPoint can make your story structuring even easier, the new discussion area is buzzing, a round of reader makeovers are well underway, and a new article describes how to set up a story in the first five slides.
 
 
  Join me at a LiveMeeting webinar Beyond Bullet Points at 9am PT on May 12!  
 

Interested in seeing for yourself how you can transform your PowerPoint approach Beyond Bullet Points? I'm pleased to announce that Microsoft Office LiveMeeting has invited me to present a web seminar at 9am Pacific on May 12 via a web browser near you. There is no charge for the event - to register, or to find out more, visit the registration page>

 
  Structure your story faster with the new Add-In for PowerPoint - Try it for 30 days  
 

Want to structure your story faster? Try the new Sociable Media PowerPoint Add-In! NetCentrics, a leading software application developer, did a great job of adapting the BBP methodology into a new "story editor" interface within PowerPoint. We just announced the general commercial release of the Add-In software -- to give it a spin, try it at no cost for 30 days here>

 
  Who's reading Beyond Bullet Points? The bookbuzz is growing!  
 
What's the buzz about Beyond Bullet Points? Read the reviews at Amazon - Kim just posted a review describing how it changed her business. See the recent interview in Management Consulting News; check out this article at Booz Allen Hamilton's strategy+business Magazine; see reviews here, or at the blogs of Dennis Kennedy, Franz Dill & Dave Pollard.
 
  Let the PowerPoint makeovers begin!  
 
When you move your existing presentations Beyond Bullet Points, you'll be amazed at the visual and verbal power you can unleash. The other day in my blog I invited readers to send in their presentations for a BBP makeover. Eight people volunteered, and I set up a new resource area for each of them. Take a look at Kim's process still underway - quite a dramatic difference!
 
  New book discussion board indicates growing interest in BBP from educators  
 
A new discussion board has been generating some interesting conversations about the BBP book. One of the surprises is the enthusiastic interest from educators - I've passed that on to Microsoft and they may consider an educational version of BBP. In other discussions we've been tackling issues of story structure - visit the board to see what other readers are discussing>
 
  The First Five Slides: Read a new article published in American Express SkyTravel  
 
If you use bullet points in your PowerPoint presentations, it’s probably because writing bullets helps you to build slides quickly and reminds you to cover all the points you want to make. But although bullet points may help you to do many things, one thing they cannot do is help you to tell a story. To unlock the story buried in every presentation you create, read more>
 
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