Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Business Communication - Meetings & Presentations

• Overcome stage fright so that you feel confident sharing your message.
• Write a signature talk that delivers a message your audience wants to hear.
• Deliver Red Hot Presentations and become sought after in your area of expertise.
• Set the scene with stories and create an emotional connection with your audience.
• Use visuals effectively so your audience...

Once upon a time the practice of storytelling was about collecting interesting stories about the past, and converting them into soundbite pitches. Now it is more about foretelling the ways the future is approaching the present, prompting a re-storying of the past. Storytelling has progressed and is about a diversity of voices, not just one teller of one past; it is how a group or organization of people negotiates the telling of history and the telling of what future is arriving in the present.

With the changes in storytelling practices and theory there is a growing need to look at...

There are speeches, and then there are great speeches. As public speakers it's the great speeches that we want to give; however, how is one to go about creating such a speech?

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It turns out that creating a great speech really is not all that hard to do if you know how. The first thing that you have to do is to realize that a great speech is one that your audience will...

Every time we are asked to give a speech, we feel a sense of nervous energy flow through our body. We think "I hope that this turns out well." We would give anything to be able to control the future and make this our best speech ever. Well, I've got some good news for you: you are in control and you can make that happen.

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After the speech has been written, the practice has been done, all that is left is for you to actually present your speech to the audience. It goes without saying that this can be one of life's biggest challenges

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It turns out that it really should not be. Assuming that you've been able to collect your thoughts, write them down, and have...

All too often public speakers think that all that they have to work with are the words that will tumble out of their mouth during their next presentation. Whereas these words are important, a speech offers you many other ways to connect with your audience by demonstrating what you are talking about.

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The arrival of the PowerPoint and Keynote software programs...

A revised and updated edition of the clearest, most useful guide to parliamentary procedure

This essential and authoritative resource, based on the principles originally laid out in the classic Robert's Rules of Order, explains the often-confusing rules of parliamentary procedure in clear, simple language and shows how to apply them practically and effectively. Among its helpful features are sample scripts to help figure out what to say while conducting meetings, hands-on examples to show how the rules are applied, and timesaving tips to help make meetings more...