SBOT Computer & Technology Section

From the ABA TechShow in Chicago.

Inevitably, we age. We ‘de-learn’ immortality and acquiesce to the scrimping and savings derived from Fear – Fear that we’ll slow down, that someone will pass us, be better, faster, stronger…Fear that we won’t be ‘Relevant,’ as Simon Cowell says.

But every so often there is a technology track, session, speech or movement that draws us back to our youth, our immortality, our lack of fear and allows us to get excited about something. Today that something is Storyboarding, either within or without Powerpoint.

Paul Unger and Nils Jenson have properly advised us. The old rules don’t apply: Some of the new from the “Storyboarding for Powerpoint” session are as follows:

‘Storyboarding is a series of images and headings glued together by your strong storytelling skills.’

‘Interest + Attention = Persuasion’

-   Less Text
+  More Single Line Slides
*   If using text lines, highlight ‘KEY WORDS,’ then remove the rest

Practice Tip: If you’re using a Powerpoint to persuade a Judge, create a Handout for him/her.
—goto File/ Print/ Handout

As Confucious said–

“I HEAR and I FORGET. I SEE and I REMEMBER”