Cliff Atkinson is an acclaimed writer, popular keynote speaker, and an independent consultant to leading attorneys and Fortune 500 companies. He designed the presentations that helped persuade a jury to award a $253 million verdict to the plaintiff in the nation's first Vioxx trial in 2005, which Fortune magazine called "frighteningly powerful." The editors of Amazon.com selected Cliff’s book Beyond Bullet Points (Microsoft Press, 2007) as a "Best Book of 2007." The book expands on a communications approach he has taught at many of the country's top law firms, government agencies, business schools and corporations, including Sony, Toyota, Nestlé, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Northwest Airlines, Nationwide, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel and the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal.
Cliff received his B.A. in English and journalism from Baylor University in Texas and M.B.A. from Richmond, The American International University in London. After serving as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, he held marketing and consulting positions for start-up companies in San Francisco during the dot-com boom. Cliff currently serves as president of BBP Media, LLC, in Los Angeles.
