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Beyond Bullet Points: Using PowerPoint to Tell a Persuasive Story that Gets Results.

By Scott J. Pearson | August 4, 2018 by Scott J. Pearson

Beyond Bullet Points: Using PowerPoint to Tell a Persuasive Story that Gets Results.by Cliff Atkinson(c) 2018. This book, sponsored by Microsoft, uses contemporary theories about communication to advocate that people stop using PowerPoint as a crutch and instead use it as a tool to tell a story. It accomplishes that task very effectively. Most people use PowerPoint to delineate a series of statements to be used in a presentation. I’ve sat through many lectures in…

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The Storyteller’s Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Leaders, Why Some Ideas Catch on and Others Don’t

By Scott J. Pearson | July 8, 2018 by Scott J. Pearson

by Carmine Gallo(c) 2016. Having spent five years in medical school, I tend to see the world through data – through facts and figures and not stories. My reading this book proves that I am still interested in the power of stories. Gallo uncorks the power of a narrative through a bunch of stories (some religious, some business-oriented, some humanitarian, all moving). Each chapter provides a report of one person’s life experiences. Skillfully, Gallo starts…

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TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

By Scott J. Pearson | June 23, 2018 by Scott J. Pearson

The Official TED Guide to Public Speakingby Chris Anderson I grew up paying attention to my school teachers and to Southern Baptist preachers. There was a gap in what I heard. I heard lots of reason-based presentations at school. I learned in detail how the world worked (nature and humanity). I learned to think, to question, and to present myself as a reasonable human being. However, at church, I learned something different. I learned the…