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events, meetup, power presenters, powerpoint, presentation, workshop in Presentations, events 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:
BBG heads up to Connecticut for the FCCA
Friday, October 26, 2012 at 3:50AM Due to Hurricane Sandy, our event has been rescheduled for February 21, 2013. Stay tuned for more details...!
BigBlueGumball is proud to announce that we are headed up to Stamford, Connecticut to present to the Fairfield County Communications Association (FCCA) on the evening of November 15th.
The FCCA is the premier regional networking organization for public relations, marketing, and communications professionals who live and/or work in Fairfield County and the surrounding area.
FCCA is on an exciting and ambitious mission to develop a "Creative Corridor" that will leverage the innovative and creative talents of the local professional community. And our intention is to make a creative contribution to this effort -- while adding some interactivity and fun to the process.
How, you ask...?
By helping FCCA members to...
"Unleash the Power of Visual Communication"!
To get your creative juices flowing and rev up for the event, please enjoy the video below...
BigBlueGumball at FCCA from Steve Cherches on Vimeo.
BigBlueGumball at FCCA - Promo from Steve Cherches on Vimeo.
Red Light Go!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 1:41AM 
If confronted with these two restroom signs (on the right), which one would you choose? If you drove up to a green stop sign, would you stop or go? If the "No Smoking" sign was on the bottom of an upside-down ashtray... hmmm... where to even start....?
These are just a few of the extremely important questions posed at BigBlueGumball's recent VizThink NYC workshop entitled "Red Light Go: Mixed Signals in Visual Communication."
We live in a world in which we regularly encouter mixed signals that lead to miscommunication, misunderstanding, and uninformed decisions. Visuals can (and should) help clarify our communication, but poor visual choices can amplify the confusion, and lead to disasterous results.
"Red Light Go" was an opportunity to examine the impact of mixed messages in visual communication, as well as an exploration of how we can avoid them by becoming more effective visual communicators. The end result looked something like the image below (courtesy of Amanda Lyons of Visuals for Change)...
For more about the event, please see the VizThink.com blog (courtesy of Dean Meyers), and check out the event photos on Meetup.com.
To stay in the loop on future VizThink NYC events, please click here and join the VizThink NYC Meetup Group.
Ready.... GO....!!!