Jeff’s book, The Complete Guide to Public Speaking covers issues seldom addressed in any depth in other books about making presentations. These items can be discussion points or made into questions:
- How to avoid excessive perspiration while speaking.
- What to do if you “blank out” mid-presentation.
- How to manage and use “kudo” letters.
- The use of humor in the high content presentation.
- How to continually keep your content fresh.
- An insider look at the traits of professional speakers.
- Developing a dynamite speaker “one-sheet.”
- Supporting your Meeting Planner in wondrous ways.
- Two dozen ways to make your presentation fail.
- How to prepare your introducer; introductions are so often botched.
- How to induce listeners to fall into a “story trance.”
- Which speakers get invited back and why!
Complete Guide to Public Speaking
(John Wiley & Sons, trade paper, 324 pages)
The ability to powerfully and persuasively impact audiences is an important part of your career and your life. This book offers a bold, comprehensive compendium of what it takes to succeed as a public speaker. Six major topic areas include identifying and developing a dynamite speaking topic, enlivening your presentations with humor, movement, and stories, positioning and marketing your speech, winning and negotiating speaker contracts, building groundwork activities leading up to the performance, and inspiring audiences. Translated into Russian.
ISBN 0-471-23607-1
(John Wiley & Sons, trade paper, 324 pages)
The ability to powerfully and persuasively impact audiences is an important part of your career and your life. This book offers a bold, comprehensive compendium of what it takes to succeed as a public speaker. Six major topic areas include identifying and developing a dynamite speaking topic, enlivening your presentations with humor, movement, and stories, positioning and marketing your speech, winning and negotiating speaker contracts, building groundwork activities leading up to the performance, and inspiring audiences. Translated into Russian.
ISBN 0-471-23607-1
