Download or read book Do Not Go Naked Into Your Next Presentation written by Ron Hoff and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's Ron Huff's answer to every speaker's worst fears. In the style of his first bookI CAN SEE YOU NAKEDHuff breezes through nuggets of presentation, wit, and wisdom. He devotes a full section to dealing with nervousness from fear, and he also tells how to learn presentation techniques by watching celebrities.
Download or read book Presentation Zen written by Garr Reynolds and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.
Download or read book Getting Naked written by Patrick M. Lencioni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another extraordinary business fable from the New York Times bestselling author Patrick Lencioni Written in the same dynamic style as his previous bestsellers including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Lencioni illustrates the principles of inspiring client loyalty through a fascinating business fable. He explains the theory of vulnerability in depth and presents concrete steps for putting it to work in any organization. The story follows a small consulting firm, Lighthouse Partners, which often beats out big-name competitors for top clients. One such competitor buys out Lighthouse and learns important lessons about what it means to provide value to its clients. Offers a key resource for gaining competitive advantage in tough times Shows why the quality of vulnerability is so important in business Includes ideas for inspiring customer and client loyalty Written by the highly successful consultant and business writer Patrick Lencioni This new book in the popular Lencioni series shows what it takes to gain a real and lasting competitive edge.
Download or read book 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People written by Susan Weinschenk and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day around the world millions of presentations are given, with millions of decisions hanging in the balance as a result. Do you know the science behind giving a powerful and persuasive presentation? This book reveals what you need to know about how people listen, how people decide, and how people react so that you can learn to create more engaging presentations. No matter what your current skill level, whether beginner or polished, this book will guide you to the next level, teaching you how to improve your delivery, stance, eye contact, voice, materials, media, message, and call to action. Learn to increase the effectiveness of your own presentations by finding the answers to questions like these: What grabs and holds attention during a presentation? How do you choose the best media to use? What makes the content of a presentation stick? How do people react to your voice, posture, and gestures? How do people respond to the flow of your message? How do you motivate people to take action? These are just a few of the questions that the book answers in its deep-dive exploration of what you need to know about people to create a compelling presentation.
Download or read book I Can See You Naked written by Ron Hoff and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “America’s best book on making presentations strikes again.” –Don E. Shultz, Northwestern University The smart, witty, nationally bestselling guide to public speaking. “If you get nervous, just picture everyone in the audience naked.” We've all heard this piece of advice on public speaking before. But what about “Keep the ball alive!” or “Be a bit of Springsteen”? There’s more to being a great speaker than removing your audience’s clothes, and Ron Hoff’s I CAN SEE YOU NAKED goes beyond the basics to cleverly and insightfully demonstrate what an effective and engrossing presentation should look like. Hoff packs his book with funny and functional advice on how to overcome stage-fright and deliver the best possible speech for every occasion. I CAN SEE YOU NAKED will have you confidently facing a waiting audience—and, naked or not, they’ll be hanging on your every word.
Download or read book Presentation Basics written by Robert J. Rosania and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step trainers guide for navigating presentation planning, delivery, and follow-up. Presentation Basics eases readers through the presentation development process. Providing 20 essential tips for success, it addresses everything from preparation, using aids, and creating the right environment; to improving delivery and recovering control when things go wrong.
Download or read book Communicating with Intelligence written by M. Patrick Hendrix and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing and briefing are fundamental to the intelligence profession. The ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and coherently is basic to all intelligence disciplines, even the most technical. Communicating with Intelligence, Third Edition is a handbook on writing and briefing intelligence based on the decades of practical experience of James S. Major. The book is designed primarily for faculty and students pursuing studies in intelligence, national security, and homeland security, who need to learn the art of preparing written products and intelligence briefings. But it also has considerable value for working professionals who simply wish to sharpen their communication skills. The third edition of Communicating with Intelligence provides the expediency, efficiency, and effectiveness instructors and members of the Intelligence Community require for a communication handbook.
Download or read book Communicating With Intelligence written by James S. Major and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since September 11, 2001, colleges and universities nationwide have expanded their curricula to include intelligence and national security studies, many offering degrees in the subjects. Curiously, no book exists for classroom use in teaching the important skills needed by these professionals to ensure their products/papers/reports are properly written or briefed. Communicating with Intelligence fills that gap and is aimed primarily at faculty and students pursuing studies in intelligence, national security, homeland security, or homeland defense; but it also has considerable value for working intelligence professionals who simply wish to hone their "rusty" writing or briefing skills. Designed to provide essential information regarding the preparation of written products or intelligence briefings, the book is divided into two parts. Part One, "Writing with Intelligence," contains material on reading intelligence publications and on the basics of writing in the intelligence profession. Part Two, "Briefing with Intelligence," deals with the fundamental principles of an intelligence briefing and includes information on gaining—or regaining—self-confidence behind the podium. Every chapter ends with exercises, many of which can be completed in the classroom to facilitate group activity or by an individual pursuing the study independently. Five appendixes provide additional information for quick reference and an annotated bibliography points toward further sources that can be used.
Download or read book I m on Fire Watch Me Burn written by James Lloyd and published by 9 Screens International. This book was released on 2003 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No more watch-glancing or yawning by audience members! Business presentations, speeches, sermons - even educational instruction will never be the same.
Download or read book The Naked Presenter written by Garr Reynolds and published by New Riders Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides strategic advice on making business presentations, discussing how to focus on the essential aspects of the message and deliver its major points in a simple and direct way, with information about creating an effective presentation design.
Download or read book Naked Statistics Stripping the Dread from the Data written by Charles Wheelan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller "Brilliant, funny…the best math teacher you never had." —San Francisco Chronicle Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called "sexy." From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you’ll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics, the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more. For those who slept through Stats 101, this book is a lifesaver. Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis. He clarifies key concepts such as inference, correlation, and regression analysis, reveals how biased or careless parties can manipulate or misrepresent data, and shows us how brilliant and creative researchers are exploiting the valuable data from natural experiments to tackle thorny questions. And in Wheelan’s trademark style, there’s not a dull page in sight. You’ll encounter clever Schlitz Beer marketers leveraging basic probability, an International Sausage Festival illuminating the tenets of the central limit theorem, and a head-scratching choice from the famous game show Let’s Make a Deal—and you’ll come away with insights each time. With the wit, accessibility, and sheer fun that turned Naked Economics into a bestseller, Wheelan defies the odds yet again by bringing another essential, formerly unglamorous discipline to life.
Download or read book Presentations in Action written by Jerry Weissman and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renowned presentation coach Jerry Weissman has spent 20 years helping top executives succeed in the most important business presentations of their lives, and he’s learned the best way to get his message across is to show his techniques in action. Weissman does just that in Presentations in Action: 80 Memorable Presentation Lessons from the Masters. He teaches how to make spectacularly successful presentations by showing exactly how great presenters have done it. Weissman dives into his library of outstanding presentations, sharing examples from current events, politics, science, art, music, literature, cinema, media, sports, and even the military. His compelling examples don’t just demonstrate what’s universal about effective human communication: they also reveal powerful ways to solve the specific challenges presenters encounter most often. This book’s five sections focus on each element of the outstanding contemporary presentation: Content: Mastering the art of telling your story; Graphics: Designing PowerPoint slides that work brilliantly; Delivery skills: How to make actions speak louder than words; Q&A: How to handle tough questions; Integration: How to put it all together. From clarifying “What’s in it for you?” to crafting better elevator pitches, improving flow to using anecdotes, Presentation in Action is packed with solutions–and packed with inspiration, too!
Download or read book Slide ology written by Nancy Duarte and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of best practices for creating slide presentations. It changes your approach, process and expectations for developing visual aides. It makes the difference between a good presentation and a great one.
Download or read book Present Naked written by Brad Waldron and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communicating with an audience is essential for professionals in almost every field. And while some presenters light up the floor and leave the audience wanting more, others fall flat and leave attendees wondering why they are even there. In Present Naked, author and award-winning speaker Brad Waldron offers an essential resource that will help you develop your presentation skills and present with substance, style, and sizzle. Providing proven coaching and development techniques, this book brings together the very best tools, theories, and practices to assist you as you increase your personal confidence and ability-whether you're speaking to one person or an arena of ten thousand. Working with the style, content, and structure inherent to all presentations, this book draws on world-class exhibition skills and even adapted theater methods to empower you to prioritize your key messages and draw out your own personal style. By putting these proven techniques into practice, you'll be able to advance your nonverbal communication, increase your impact, and make attention-grabbing presentations that are audience-centered, memorable, and highly effective.
Download or read book Presentation Patterns written by Neal Ford and published by Addison-Wesley. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presentation Patterns is the first book on presentations that categorizes and organizes the building blocks (or patterns) that you’ll need to communicate effectively using presentation tools like Keynote and PowerPoint. Patterns are like the lower-level steps found inside recipes; they are the techniques you must master to be considered a master chef or master presenter. You can use the patterns in this book to construct your own recipes for different contexts, such as business meetings, technical demonstrations, scientific expositions, and keynotes, just to name a few. Although there are no such things as antirecipes, this book shows you lots of antipatterns—things you should avoid doing in presentations. Modern presentation tools often encourage ineffective presentation techniques, but this book shows you how to avoid them. Each pattern is introduced with a memorable name, a definition, and a brief explanation of motivation. Readers learn where the pattern applies, the consequences of applying it, and how to apply it. The authors also identify critical antipatterns: clichés, fallacies, and design mistakes that cause presentations to disappoint. These problems are easy to avoid—once you know how. Presentation Patterns will help you Plan what you’ll say, who you’ll say it to, how long you’ll talk, and where you’ll present Perfectly calibrate your presentation to your audience Use the storyteller’s “narrative arc” to full advantage Strengthen your credibility—and avoid mistakes that hurt it Hone your message before you ever touch presentation software Incorporate visuals that support your message instead of hindering it Create highly effective “infodecks” that work when you’re not able to deliver a talk in person Construct slides that really communicate and avoid “Ant Fonts,” “Floodmarks,” “Alienating Artifacts,” and other errors Master 13 powerful techniques for delivering your presentation with power, authority, and clarity Whether you use this book as a handy reference or read it from start to finish, it will be a revelation: an entirely new language for systematically planning, creating, and delivering more powerful presentations. You’ll quickly find it indispensable—no matter what you’re presenting, who your audiences are, or what message you’re driving home.
Download or read book The Naked Salesperson written by Renee Walkup and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget that nightmare about standing in front of a conference room, giving a pitch in the nude. With The Naked Salesperson, you'll learn how to become so confident giving sales presentations that you'll never fear a pitch again. Inside, Renée Walkup, founder of SalesPEAK, Inc., and Sandra McKee show you how to focus on the sales essentials and sell au naturel by taking the N-A-K-E-D approach: Navigate the sale by creating a plan. Approach the pitch and the audience with enthusiasm. Keep your buyer with you throughout your presentation. Engage listeners in a well-managed, message-matching Q&A session. Drive the presentation home and get the buy. Through detailed instructions and illustrative case studies of successful naked salespeople, you'll learn how to become assertive and confident with the N-A-K-E-D approach to selling. Forget freezing up or rambling on; with The Naked Salesperson you'll strip down, exude confidence, and get the buy.
Download or read book Presentation Secrets written by Alexei Kapterev and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plan, create, and deliver amazing presentations! Alexei Kapterev's online presentation on presentations has seen more than one million views, all with no advertising or promotion. Building on this hit, he now brings us Presentation Secrets outlining his successful tactics for planning, producing, and presenting memorable and unique presentations. The author shares his insight, wisdom, and advice with impressive clarity and detail, covering the three main components required to a presentation: storyline design, slide design, and delivery. Presentation Secrets lets you get to work immediately, fully prepared, armed with confidence, and ready to inspire. Teaches everything that goes into a successful and memorable presentation Helps create a storyline, from planning the beginning, middle, and end, to establishing key points, to making a presentation scalable Discusses how to design a slide template that meets your goals, ensure consistency, and find focal points Dissects the delivery of a presentation, including how to create "a character", integrate mistakes, listening to yourself, talking to the audience, and avoiding monotony Includes non-presentation metaphor to drive home your understanding of storytelling, improvisation, and delivery Also featuring real-world examples of presentations from the worlds of business, science, and politics, such as Steve Jobs, Hans Rosling, and Al Gore, this unique book delivers tried and tested secrets and inside tips for making a sensational presentation!
