Today storyboards are used for planning ad campaigns, commercials, proposals, and other projects intended to convince or compel to action.
It is also a sort of self-promotion intended to convince other countries that Mexico's interests are their own.
David intended to convince the Gnaums to take a more practical approach to the business of dreams.
This advocacy was purportedly intended to convince Muslims at the Festival that they should convert to Christianity.
Mr. Cohen's recent jaunt to Beijing was intended to convince the Chinese government that it must decisively curtail its ties to Tehran, or face real economic costs.
Many at the camps were suspicious that the permit denial was a "trick" intended to convince activists to leave so that the pipeline construction could continue unchallenged.
One Western diplomat said a government military briefing Thursday in Islamabad was intended to convince foreign countries of the feasibility of the government offensive.
But the campaign, intended to convince doubters that the American attacks on Afghanistan are justified and its Middle East policy is evenhanded, has so far proved ineffectual.
It was intended to convince the public at large -- particularly women, independents and even Democrats -- that their rightful place was in the Republican Party.
But the declaration appeared intended to convince the West that Iran was prepared to move closer to bomb-grade quality, while stopping short of crossing that threshold.
The effort includes several initiatives intended to convince the public that the company is willing to address the problems associated with its products.
