Present Like a Pro
The Modern Guide to Getting Your Point Across in Meetings, Speeches, and the Media
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: xvi, 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
This book presents ten techniques for getting your point across in all venues - including new media.
Contents:
Plan it like you're Patton : Determine your battle plan - map out exactly what you want to do and how you will do it -- Present it like it's a play : Harness the structural power of mini-acts, scenes, and climaxes -- Magnify you message with credibility, approachability, and listenability -- Maintain an arsenal of 10 techniques to deflect skepticism, hostility, and inattention -- Perfect and polish powerful opens and closes -- Be master of your domain : Make visual aids, handouts, and room layouts work for you -- Give your ideas a strong voice : Lower your pitch, raise your resonance, and amplify your vocal power -- Control stage fright and understand that what you can't control can work for you : Being nervous is good if you channel that energy the way many famous performers do -- Harness the energy of humor, but learn how to use it appropriately and gracefully -- Master the new media : Presenting effectively on skype, podcasts, video, and broadcast -- Ten templates for the types of presentations you'll commonly encounter -- The ten techniques in action : Classic demonstrations and explanations of the "Present Like a Pro" techniques in various presentation scenarios.
ISBN:
9781440853289 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
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BUSINESS Success Communicate Hau | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.