Cliff offers a range of consulting and speaking services, including private workshops for organizations. He is currently developing Beyond Bullet Points Online, a website with new tools to help you learn and apply the BBP approach. To keep posted on announcements and future public seminars, please subscribe to our newsletter here.


2007 Schedule

Jan. 6 Trial consulting, Lanier Law Firm, Houston, Texas.

Jan. 16 Institute of Management Consultants, Los Angeles.

Jan. 20 Trial consulting, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, New York City.

Jan. 21 Trial consulting, Lanier Law Firm, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Feb. 12 Trial consulting, Lavely and Singer, Los Angeles.

Feb. 20 "The First Five Slides", free web seminar sponsored by Microsoft Office. Register here.

Feb. 21-28 Trial consulting, Lanier Law Firm, Atlantic City, NJ.

Mar. 1-9 Trial consulting, Enron Shareholders Class Action Lawsuit, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins; Houston, Tex.

Mar. 30 "A PowerPoint is Worth a Million Words: How to Frame Your Case with the Big Screen," Texas State Bar, Dallas, Tex.

Apr. 6 Condé Nast Publications, New York City.

Apr. 13 "Visually Projecting Your Winning Arguments", American Bar Association Conference, San Antonio, Tex.

Apr. 18 Keynote address, North American Steel Construction Conference; New Orleans.

May through July: on sabbatical with limited availability while writing new version of Beyond Bullet Points book, to be published by Microsoft Press in Fall 2007.

May 23 Beyond Bullet Points workshop; Intel Sales & Marketing Group; Portland, Oregon.

Jun. 7 "Visual Rhetoric in the Courtroom", American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC) Annual Conference, Long Beach, Calif.

Jul. 25 Trial Consulting, Stauffer Law; Tulsa, Okla.

Jul. 26 Trial Consulting, Simon, Eddins & Greenstone; Dallas, Tex.

Jul. 31-Aug. 5 Law firm retreat, Antigua, Guatemala.

Aug. 6 Private workshop, Inner Circle of Advocates; Boston, Mass.

Aug. 17 Trial Consulting, Waters & Krause; Los Angeles, Calif.

Aug. 18 BBP Presentation at Toastmasters International Conference; Phoenix, Ariz.

Aug. 24 Private workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Aug. 29 Trial Consulting; Denver, Colo.

Aug. 30 Consulting, Patent Reform Legislation; Nix, Patterson & Roach; Dallas, Texas.

Aug. 31 Trial Consulting, Law Offices of Joel Fineberg, Dallas, Tex.

Sept. 11 Trial Consulting, Patino Law, Coral Gables, Fla.

Oct. 11 Trial Consulting, Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson, Dallas, Tex.

Oct. 16-17 Trial Consulting, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; The Hague, Netherlands.

Oct. 24 BBP Workshop, Scottsdale Insurance, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Oct. 26 Free Webinar, "Using MindManager Software to Move Your Presentations Beyond Bullet Points", view archived recording here.

Oct. 29 "PowerPoint at Trial", American Association of Justice, New York, NY.

Nov. 29 BBP Workshop and Consulting, Harman International, Los Angeles.

Dec. 6 Trial Consulting, Payne Mitchell Law Group, Dallas, Tex.

Dec. 10 Trial Consulting, Hogan and Glover, Birmingham, Ala.

Jan 28, 2008 Facilitator, VizThink Conference, San Francisco, Calif.



2006 Schedule

Jan. 06 Trial Consulting; O'Quinn, Laminack and Pirtle law firm; Houston, Texas.

Jan. 12 "Transform your Training Presentations Beyond Bullet Points," Bristol Myers-Squibb Learning and Development Group, Plainsboro, New Jersey.

Jan. 14 "Presenting Beyond Bullet Points for Doctors" training session, Cytyc NovaSure training event, Tampa, Fla.

Feb. 08 "Beyond Bullet Points for University Administrators," California State University Chancellor's Office; Fullterton, Calif.

Feb. 10 Kickoff Beyond Bullet Points workshop for organizational implementation of the Beyond Bullet Points methodology; Noel-Levitz; Denver, Colo.

Feb. 14 "Applying Beyond Bullet Points in the Courtroom" workshop; Weitz & Luxenberg law firm, New York, NY.

Feb. 16 Trial consulting, Lanier Law Firm, Houston, Texas.

Feb. 19 "Using Graphics to Persuade," Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), 2006 Winter Convention; Honolulu, Hawaii.

Feb. 27 Trial consulting, Lanier Law Firm and Weitz & Luxenberg, Atlantic City, NJ.

Mar. 08 "Beyond Bullet Points for Trainers," Training 2006 conference, Orlando, Fla. For more details and registration, click here

Mar. 09 "Moving Your PowerPoint Beyond Bullet Points" workshop, Social Security Administration; Baltimore, Md.

Mar. 10 "The PowerPoint Storyboard: Using Words and Pictures to Persuade a Jury," Trial Advocacy: More Lessons from the Stars seminar, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (TLA-DC); District of Columbia.

Mar. 23 "How to Reduce PowerPoint Overload," free Microsoft Office LiveMeeting web seminar, learn more or register here.

Mar. 25 " Beyond Bullet Points for Doctors" encore training session, Cytyc MammoSite training meeting; Tampa, Fla.

Mar. 26 "Moving Your Message Beyond Bullet Points", keynote address, Spring CommA/AdNet Conference 2006 for Community Foundations; Austin, Tex.

Mar. 28 Trial consulting, Lanier Law Firm and Weitz & Luxenberg, Atlantic City, NJ.

Mar. 30 Trial consulting, Baron & Budd law firm; Dallas, Tex.

Apr. 19 "Moving Your PowerPoint Beyond Bullet Points" workshop, Microsoft Learning; Redmond, Wash.

Apr. 28 "Using PowerPoint to Speak to a Jury," 10th Annual Choosing and Courting a Jury Course, State Bar of Texas; Houston, Texas.

May 02 Executive presentation development session, Clark Consulting, Chicago, Ill.

May 10 "Transform Your PowerPoint Presentations Beyond Bullet Points", International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), web seminar with Microsoft Work Essentials. Register here

May 15 Trial consulting, Quinn Emanuel LLP, Los Angeles.

May 19 Trial consulting, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson LLP, Chicago.

May 23 Company-wide workshops for launch of Beyond Bullet Points methodology; Noel-Levitz; Iowa City, Iowa.

May 25 Transforming Data-Driven Presentations Beyond Bullet Points, consultation sessions with Living Research, Los Angeles, Calif.

May 27 Trial Consulting, Rex Parris Law Firm, Lancaster, Calif.

May 30 Presentation development consultation, Public Health Department, Santa Clara County, Calif.

Jun. 01 "The PowerPoint Storyboard: Using Words and Pictures to Persuade a Jury", Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA) annual convention; Memphis, Tenn.

Jun. 09 Trial consulting, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson LLP.

Jun. 14 Trial Consulting, Morgan & Weisbrod, Dallas, Texas.

Jun. 15 "Visual Rhetoric in the Courtroom", American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC) Annual Conference, Austin, Tex.

Jun. 16 Trial Consulting, Fleming & Associates, Houston, Tex.

Jun. 19 "Transforming Sales Presentations Beyond Bullet Points," Facebook sales team, Palo Alto, Calif.

Jun. 20 "Transforming PowerPoint Beyond Bullet Points," company-wide presentation, Rogers Public Relations, Los Angeles, Calif.

Jun. 23 "Transforming Data-Driven Presentations Beyond Bullet Points," OTX Consumer Research and Consulting, Los Angeles, Calif.

Jun. 24 "The PowerPoint Storyboard: Using Words and Pictures to Make Your Case," Seyfarth Shaw Law Firm, Chicago, Ill.

Jun. 26-29 Trial Consulting, Fleming & Associates, Dallas, Tex.

Jun. 30 Trial Consulting, Law Offices of Diane Corwin; Pasadena, Calif.

Jul. 18 "Visual Rhetoric in Trial: Framing Your Case with a Powerful Blend of Word and Image," Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), 2006 Annual Convention; Seattle, Wash.

Jul. 18 "Moving PowerPoint Beyond Bullet Points," Microsoft Visiting Speaker Program, Redmond, Wash.

Jul. 19 "Moving PowerPoint Beyond Bullet Points," special presentation to the Microsoft PowerPoint Development Team, Redmond, Wash.

Jul. 20 Trial Consulting, Slater Vecchio, Vancouver, B.C.

Jul. 25 Trial Consulting, Mixon, Valk & Jolly, LLP; Costa Mesa, Calif.

Jul. 26 Beyond Bullet Points Workshop, business planning team, Toyota Motor Sales USA; Los Angeles, Calif.

Aug. 2 Testing Design for Managing Presentations and Communication, Microsoft Learning, Redmond, Wash.

Aug. 3-5 "The PowerPoint Storyboard: Using Words and Pictures to Persuade a Jury," Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Salishan Resort, Oregon.

Aug. 10 "Visuals at Trial," CTLA, Houston, Texas.

Aug. 12 " Beyond Bullet Points for Doctors" ThinPrep training session, Sundance, Utah.

Aug. 16 Trial Consulting, Pulverman & Pulverman; Santa Barbara, Calif.

Aug. 17 Trial Consulting, Brackett & Ellis; Santa Barbara, Calif.

Aug. 21 "Beyond Bullet Points for Educators," Seaver College, Pepperdine University, Malibu, Calif.

Aug. 28 Board of Directors Presentation Consulting, Toyota Motor Sales, Torrance , Calif.

Sep. 14 "Transform Your PowerPoint Beyond Bullet Points," Sony, San Diego, Calif.

Sep. 15 Trial Consulting; Brackett & Ellis; Los Angeles, Calif.

Sep. 22 Trial Consulting; Nix, Patterson & Roach; Dallas, Texas.

Sep. 26 Trial Consulting; Nix, Patterson & Roach; Dallas, Texas.

Oct. 4 "Beyond Bullet Points for Biotechnology Teams," Amgen, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Oct. 10 Trial Consulting; Morgan & Weisbrod, Dallas, Texas.

Oct. 11 Trial Consulting; Nix, Patterson & Roach; Dallas, Texas.

Oct. 18 Trial Consulting; Paul & Coppock, Orlando, Fla.

Oct. 25 "Moving Your Communications Beyond Bullet Points," UCLA External Affairs, Los Angeles, Calif.

Nov. 8 Trial Consulting; Hubert Law Firm; Chicago, Ill.

Nov. 28 Beyond Bullet Points Workshop, Business Objects, San Jose, Calif.

Nov. 29 Beyond Bullet Points Workshop, Intel, Santa Clara, Calif.

Nov. 30 Beyond Bullet Points Workshop, Amgen Tax Group, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Dec. 1 Trial Consulting; Nix, Patterson & Roach; Dallas, Texas.

Dec. 6 Beyond Bullet Points Workshop, Biogen IDEC, Cambridge, Mass.