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Speak With Confidence : Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire and Persuade (Paperback)
Product Details
- Paperback 239 pages (February 2003)
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
- Language: English
- ISBN: 0071408053
- Other Editions: e-Book
- Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 191,081
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Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
How virtually anyone can be an effective public speaker and give powerful presentations From nationally respected communications guru Dianna Booher, here is a complete program for business professionals who want to take their public speaking skills to a bold new level. Writing for sweaty-palmed beginners and seasoned execs alike, Booher delivers powerful, battle-tested strategies and tips guaranteed to transform even the most fainthearted presenter into a masterful communicator. In addition to a clear, systematic presentation of the basics that every public speaker must learn, she offers invaluable guidelines for experienced speakers who'd like to fine-tune their skills, as well as guidance on how to seamlessly integrate multimedia into a presentation.
From the Back Cover
"Everything you ever wanted to know about speaking to one or thousands...and a whole bunch of stuff you didn't know you need to know! Complete, thorough, concise, informative and inspiring." Zig Ziglar, Author, Dallas, Texas
"I have given more than 2000 talks and seminars throughout the United States and Canada, and in 23 foreign countries. In my opinion Speak with Confidence: Powerful Presentations to Inform, Inspire, and Persuade is the best book ever written on public speaking! It made me immediately aware of so many things that I could do better. I refer to it continually." Brian Tracy, Author, Victory!
Make commanding, engaging, and persuasive presentations every time
There's no way around it: If you want to succeed, you must become an effective speaker. What you can avoid are sweaty palms, stammers, and that sinking feeling that no one is listening. Speak with Confidence offers a proven, comprehensive program for business professionals who want to become dynamic presenters, command attention, and motivate as well as inform.
Communication guru Dianna Booher delivers hundreds of powerful, battle-tested strategies and tips guaranteed to transform even the most fainthearted presenter into a riveting speaker. She introduces the basics that every public speaker must learn, along with advanced techniques for fine-tuning your delivery and maximizing your impact on the audience. You'll learn how to:
-Establish rapport with any audience
-Exemplify executive presence
-Speak with passion, persuasion, proper pacing, and punch
-Organize your ideas and plan your structure quickly for optimum effect
-Match your delivery style to your content, audience, and purpose
-Add interactivity so that you talk "with" a group rather than "at them"
-Use multimedia tools to engage your audience rather than put them to sleep
-Think on your feet to handle tough question-and-answer sessions with finesse
-"Translate" technical information for nontechnical groups
-Apply your speaking skills to video conferencing and conference calls
Every presentation you make is an opportunity to establish an executive presence and move up in your organization. Speak with Confidence gives you the tools and techniques you need to make the most of that opportunity.
Customer Reviews
Lose that nauseous feeling!, January 24, 2003
Reviewer: Sandy Daniels (Sulphur Springs, Texas)
From an educator's point of view, Speak with Confidence, by Dianna Booher, would be a first-rate addition to your school's library or your personal collection of reference books. The text is an excellent guideline for planning a presentation to your colleagues or your students. Booher organizes the steps to delivering a dynamic speech into a "pick up, put down format." The 16 chapters are full of valuable tips to help the novice prepare his first speech or the experienced communicator polish her presentation.
Occasionally, I work with students taking their first high school speech course. Preparing for that first speech can be a real challenge for a student. The information Ms. Booher presents can be scanned quickly for specific content. Useful tips are filled with suggestions and interesting personal references. I found the specific examples to be very beneficial. Speak with Confidence gives the reader encouragement to get started, a sequential list of steps to follow to develop a powerful presentation, suggestions to help the speaker practice his delivery, and hints for overcoming a wide variety of obstacles.
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