The National Speakers Association (NSA) accepts Mike Parkinson.

"Because the content is so readily understandable, this book should be required reading for every member of [your] team. It provides the framework to help writers rise up out of the quagmire of pages of text and instead hit the customer right between the eyes with powerful, compelling graphics."—Jack Banks, Raytheon

"[The] books are terrific—clear text, great graphic examples, and helpful exercises."—Jayme A. Sokolow, President, The Development Source, Inc.

"Billion Dollar Business Graphics illustrates the path of the future, combining the visual with the verbal... It is this combination that paves the way to success in communicating your ideas."—Stacia Kelly, Sun Microsystems

"I've read thousands of dollars worth of books on how to develop graphics...this is far and away the best resource I've ever seen—full of step-by-step instructions and how-to tips that will immediately improve the quality of your work—whether this is your first graphics project or your thousandth."—Beth Wingate, Proposal Center Director

"Mike Parkinson's new books, Billion Dollar Graphics, provides busy business professionals with a practical and useful hands-on desktop guide to 'thinking graphically.' Among the considerable value-added elements of this work is the P.A.Q.S. Questionnaire, which can help anyone translate concepts and ideas into compelling, audience-centered graphic images that contribute to telling a fact-based story. Loaded with full-color designs and illustrations that bring the theoretical foundations of excellent presentation techniques to life, Billion Dollar Graphics is the resource to help convey your business messages to your customers in ways to which they will respond enthusiastically.."—Robert S. Frey, Author of Successful Proposal Strategies for Small Businesses