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BBG Declares War on Crappy PowerPoint...!
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 10:00PM 
Just to be clear... we're not declaring war on PowerPoint itself. PowerPoint is simply a tool. And like any tool, it can be used well... or it can be damaging.
With that clarified, we have declared war on crappy PowerPoint..! We're determined to rid the world of horrible PowerPoint one presentation at a time.
To mark the occasion, we kicked off the revolution last night with the launch of the Power Presenters Meetup Group, and our first public workshop on creatiing more effective PowerPoint presentations...!
Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support the revolution and carry out the first mission. For pictures of the event and all of the fantastic, smart, insightful, and attractive attendees, click here.
A big thank you to our favorite coworking space New Work City for hosting and co-sponsoring the event.
Please join the Power Presenters Meetup Group for infomation on all future events - which will focus on all aspects of effective presentation and communication.
Viva La Revolution....!!!
BBG Proudly Presents at ICF Connecticut
Monday, January 7, 2013 at 7:02PM
BigBlueGumball presented at the monthly chapter meeting of the International Coach Federation (ICF) in Connecticut on January 25th on the Power of Visual Thinking to explore how visual thinking and visual communication can be leveraged as a coaching tool. Sincere thanks to ICF-CT for hosting such a terrific event...and for welcoming us New Yorkers up to Norwalk!
Here's what they had to say...
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For our January Workshop, we were fortunate to have Todd Cherches and Steve Cherches, founders of BigBlueGumball, LLC. These guys were on fire! And they used that fire to inspire and empower everyone in attendance! They modeled the three learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic) in every aspect of their dynamic presentation, "The Power of Visual Thinking: An Innovative Approach to More Effective Presenting & Coaching." Of course, the visuals were the main course - a visual feast; and the speakers impressed us with great slides and a fast-paced, humorous presentation. Their information was state-of-the-art and very inspiring. |
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| Steve and Todd’s main message was "Educate, Engage, Excite," and that is what they did. Some of the comments among our members included phrases like "this was the best workshop in many years;" "In one hour I learned several things I was doing wrong and a dozen ways to correct them;" "I don’t think I ever realized how visuals really keep things clear and simple, but now I really see that a picture is worth 1000 words." | |
BBG gets visual at the UJA
Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 2:34PM 
This December, BigBlueGumball was happy to deliver our first workshop for the UJA Federation of New York.
As professionals, we all need to influence in some way. And, since Visual Storytelling is such a powerful means of communication and influecning, it only made sense to deliver a workshop on Influencing Through Visual Storytelling.
So what does that look like? See the presentation here:
Todd's Talk on 10 Top Training Tips at SHRM's HR/NY Chapter Event
Friday, February 11, 2011 at 6:16PM *Click here to watch video of this presentation. 
This past week, Todd was one of the three keynote speakers at a tremendous learning event held by HR/NY, the New York chapter of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management).
Sponsored by the organization's fast-growing Career Planning & Profesional Development SIG, and attended by an enthuiastic group of approximately 75 attendees, Todd's interactive and engaging talk was entitled, "10 Top Training Tips for HR Professionals: A Wild, 30-Minute Roller Coaster Ride!"...and that it was!
In response to participant questions about where and how to find relevant and impactful (and free) visual images to create more effective powerpoint presentations, Steve was on hand to jump into the discussion and contribute his expertise in this area.
Also in attendance to lend their support and encouragement were a few of BigBlueGumball's best friends, fans, partners, and clients, including our great friend, the Queen of Networking, Andrea Nierenberg (http://www.nierenberggroup.com/); Camille Gargiso, the head of HR for NASFT; and Karin Sibrava-Cherches, BigBlueGumball's #1 fan and supporter.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, the 10 Top Tips, each of which were brought to life in the course of this fun, visual, and interactive presentation, were these:
1.Do not read your slides word-for-word.
2. Decide what to leave out.
3. Open strong.
4. Be creative, innovative, interactive, and fun!
5. Focus equally on content, design & delivery.
6. It’s all about your participants.
7. Remember the 3 E’s: Educate, Entertain & Excite. TM
8. Satisfy all 3 Learning Styles.
9. Use Visuals & Storytelling.
10. Practice, practice, practice.
11. Exceed expectations!