Ben Long
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September 25, 2025
How to give great presentations and design better slides
Presentation Method—plan, open, weave, engage , relate, frame, unify, and leave—a valuable framework for delivering high-impact presentations; Providing practical tips for reducing nerves and improving delivery techniques that enhance attention, engagement, ...
October 6 & 7, 2025
From developer to software architect
Learn how to think strategically, manage stakeholder expectations, and make critical architectural decisions Software developers often long to upgrade their careers by becoming software architects. But many don't realize that although ...
October 7, 2025
Manage Your Minutes
Time management strategies that increase productivity and decrease stress Learn effective time management strategies to achieve short- and long-term goals. Gain tips for effective time management that also help you build ...
October 15, 2025
Managing your manager
You’ll leave knowing how to build a relationship with your manager that can be relied upon when crises happen, in a way that preserves your own sense of self respect, and ...
October 17, 2025
Engineering Value and Mastering Software Trade-Offs
Are you tired of repeatedly having the same arguments with the “business” side of your organization? Do you want to be able to effectively communicate trade-offs between speed to market and ...
October 22 & 23, 2025
CompTIA SecurityX (CAS-005) Crash Course
With global organizations and industries facing a surge in cybersecurity threats, it is crucial to make the best move into a career that lasts for the long term. Statistics show that ...
November 7, 2025
AI Memory Management in Agentic Systems
Empowering AI agents with robust memory Course outcomes Develop a robust mental model of AI memory management by understanding and differentiating between short-term, long-term, episodic, semantic, and procedural memory components Write ...
Bio
Ben Long is a freelance writer, photographer, and videographer based in San Francisco. A long-time computer journalist, he has written hundreds of features, reviews, and how-to's for magazines such as Macworld, MacWeek, Macworld UK, MacUser, Computer Graphics World, Maximum PC, and eMediaWeekly. He is currently a Senior Editor for CreativePro.com, where he writes a regular digital photography column. His most recent books include Apple's Pro Training guide for Aperture, Real World Aperture, Getting Started with Camera Raw, and Complete Digital Photography, 3rd edition.
As a photographer and videographer, his clients have included Blue Note Records, 20th Century Fox, the Pickle Circus, Global Business Network, Head Start, the Oklahoma Arts Institute, and the National Endowment for the Arts. You can learn more about him and his work at www.completedigitalphotography.com.