Cliff: Somehow when I was researching communications ideas in June 2005, I ended up at a web site that included your hour-long webcast presentation from May. Your ideas struck a chord with me, and I asked the BC government's IT library to purchase a copy of your book. They've done so, and it was just delivered to me yesterday, although I've done a lot of thinking about Beyond Bullets (the concept) just from your webcast and templates. I wanted to write to you to let you know how much that webcast and your storyboard template helped me with a presentation I had to make to our operations division executive in July. The foils I developed looked very different from what I would normally produce - I cut down on the number of bullets and used more pictures, that I then talked to. But what "shocked" me was, when I was delivering the presentation, I was actually able to remember the points I wanted to get across (duh!!) -- in the past I've used lots of short bullet phrases on the foils as a memory crutch because I would forget the full set of points I wanted to get across. Storyboarding, and the focus on _emotion_ as well as _reason_, somehow allowed me to focus what REALLY had to be said. And the work I did throughout the storyboarding process seemed to get my memory to actually work, during the presentation (my previous constant underlying fear, that I would forget major items). So thank you, thank you, thank you! They supported my request, by the way. One thing I had trouble with (perhaps because I didn't have the book yet) was remembering what to think about when developing the story in the storyboard template. So as part of my presentation development I took your downloaded template and added comments to it to help focus the process. I've attached that here, in case you're interested. It may be incorrect or poorly described in some cases, but it's how I was able to interpret your meaning at that time from the webcast. I've posted the modified template (Script-SUBJECT), my presentation's script (Script-ODMT), and the presentation foils (EDRMS-ODMT). I'm sure people will notice if they just look at the foils, the whole story is not presented -- but that's what talking is for. I didn't include the background notes as some must remain confidential at this time. So, your ideas have really helped me already, and I'll build this thinking process into future efforts. Just wanted you to know I appreciate it. In reading the first chapter yesterday, I realize that my headings could use some work... Cheers!
Attached Files:
 EDRMS-ODMT2005-07-20.pdf (1.11 MB, 679 views)
Script-ODMT2005-07-20.pdf (95.92 KB, 440 views)
Script-SUBJECT_yyyy-mm-dd.pdf (102.83 KB, 394 views)
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Jeremey Janzen, I.S.P.
Ministry of Forests
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