Download or read book Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking written by Michael T. Motley and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by well-respected researcher and communication anxiety specialist Michael Motley, this brief handbook is a must for any course that includes public speaking. Focusing on speeches as communication tasks rather than performances, this guide offers assistance to any student who suffers from speech anxiety. In addition, the handbook offers advice on speech content and techniques for effective delivery.

Download or read book Speak written by Dale Carnegie & Associates and published by Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The best way to deliver a powerful message is to ‘be a good person skilled in speaking’ . . . And you can change the world with your words.” —Joe Hart, CEO, Dale Carnegie & Associates If the thought of speaking in public makes you anxious, you’re not alone. The good news is that you don’t need to suffer from stress when it’s your time to stand up in front of others. Being comfortable as a speaker requires recognizing that speaking is not about you, it’s about the audience. When we focus on the message the audience needs to hear, how it will be received by the audience, and we deliver it from the heart, the fear of public speaking disappears. “What makes a powerful presentation is the experience the speaker gives to an audience. By being yourself and letting people see who you really are, you leave every audience with a unique gift, and that gift is you.” —Ercell Charles, VP of Customer Transformation, Dale Carnegie & Associates This book focuses on ways to unleash what we already have inside us: the ability to communicate our message through powerful, and even world-changing, presentations. Read this book and learn to conquer your fear of public speaking by: • Focusing on the audience • Delivering ideas convincingly • Presenting a confident image • Energizing an audience • Effectively explaining difficult subjects • Winning skeptics to your viewpoint • Persuading a group to take action

Download or read book Speaking Up Without Freaking Out written by Matt Abrahams and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Scientifically-Supported Techniques to Create More Confident and Compelling Speakers

Download or read book In the Spotlight written by Janet Esposito and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008-06-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In The Spotlight is a dynamic workbook for the anxious presenter or performer! Short, easy-to-understand chapters with succinct summaries and powerful action steps, make this book a must-read!' Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power. Are you tired of suffering from stage fright? Have you had enough of feeling terrified of speaking or performing in front of others, and trying to avoid it at all costs? If so, In The SpotLight is perfect for you! It reveals the principles, methods and strategies that can help you get beyond stage fright and create a whole new possibility for comfortable and confident speaking and performing. It will also help you if you are self-conscious and uncomfortable in any social situation.

Download or read book The Little Book of Big PR written by Jennefer Witter and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re an established company or a cost-conscious start-up, this helpful guide tells you all you need to know to be able to use public relations effectively as a business-building tool. As an entrepreneur, you need every helpful tool you can get your hands on to build your business. And if you know the tricks of the trade, perhaps nothing can gain more attention for your small business and build your company’s credibility than a good, old-fashioned public-relations campaign. Drawing on the expertise gained during her long career in public relations, Jennefer Witter shares simple, smart, and budget-friendly methods for getting your business noticed, including what she calls the seven key elements of public relations: Self-branding Media relations Social Media Networking Speaking engagements Cause-related marketing Selecting a PR agency Complete with real-world case studies and sample content (such as media pitches) to use as-is or to modify to fit your own specific needs, The Little Book of Big PR will provide you with the expert guidance all entrepreneurs need to grow their business to new, attention-getting heights.

Download or read book Panic Attacks Workbook Second Edition written by David Carbonell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master your anxiety and regain your freedom to drive, travel, and do everything else that panic has taken from you, with proven techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) exercises. Panic attacks trick millions of people into fearing disaster and giving up so many of the activities they used to enjoy without fear. This practical workbook full of proven strategies and helpful advice on how to master your anxiety and panic is here to help you reclaim your life. Author and clinical psychologist David Carbonell, PhD, uses his extensive clinical experience to help you understand the true nature of your panic attacks, including the vicious cycle of habitual responses that lead to debilitating attacks, how you can halt this self-destructive process, and the many ways you can start on a step-by-step journey that promotes recovery. Inside you’ll find helpful methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) that will help you regain the life you want to live, including: Diaphragmatic breathing Progressive exposure Desensitization Mindfulness meditation Keeping a panic diary Quieting the voice of anticipatory worry Stepping out of the struggle with panic And much more! Now you can regain all of the freedoms you enjoyed before panic invaded your life with the research-backed charts, worksheets, and programs featured in Panic Attacks Workbook.

Download or read book Face the Fear Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety written by Todd Thomas and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy to read and conversational book provides a system for harnessing the fear of public speaking. Whether you are a professional speaker or simply have to give the occasional presentation, this book will provide you with actionable ideas to make your speaking experience successful.

Download or read book Brainblocks written by Theo Tsaousides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brainblocks are the mental obstacles that keep people from achieving success, defined as setting, pursuing, and achieving a goal. Managing the brain is the solution to preventing mental blocks from interfering with achieving your goals. And neuropsychologist Dr. Theo Tsaousides gives you the tools to improve: Awareness: • the seven brainblocks to success (self-doubt, procrastination, impatience, multitasking, rigidity, perfectionism, negativity) • the characteristic feelings, thoughts, and actions associated with each brainblock • the brain functions involved in goal-oriented action • brain glitches and how they create setbacks • the cost of not removing brainblocks • the best strategies to remove the blocks Engagement: • actively search for brainblocks in your actions, thoughts, and feelings • recognize and label each brainblock as soon as it is identified • practice each strategy consistently until it becomes second nature • track your progress toward a goal Through these strategies you will learn to overcome these cognitive obstacles and harness the power of the brain to achieve success in any endeavor.

Download or read book Fearless Speaking written by Gary Genard and published by Cedar & Maitland Press. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If fear of public speaking is undermining your success, Fearless Speaking can change your life. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Gary Genard shares his proven method for transforming your self-doubt into confidence. His easy-to-use system will help you escape the negative thinking, physical symptoms, and avoidance behavior that are holding you back. This step-by-step, personalized approach features 50 exercises that will dramatically boost your comfort level and skill in as little as 12 days. From business presentations to contributing at meetings to persuasive speaking to wedding toasts, Fearless Speaking will help you put your anxiety into perspective, turn harmful self-talk into positive thinking, and acquire the skills to become a more dynamic speaker. You'll find techniques to dramatically reduce the physical and emotional aspects of stage fright while boosting your focus and presence. Actor and speech coach Dr. Genard shows you how to grow your confidence quickly with The Fearless Speaking System, a performance-based approach that has helped thousands worldwide. You'll learn how to understand your personal fears while discovering ways to create your own success. If you've been avoiding speaking opportunities, if you dread delivering speeches, or if you have a make-or-break presentation coming up, this is the book for you. It's a self-directed course for eliminating speaking fear forever that you can learn quickly, efficiently, and effectively. Dr. Genard's exercises, many of them directly from the world of the theater, help people from all walks of life deal with issues like establishing rapport with an audience, pacing your presentations, moving and activating listeners, and other critical challenges. Don't let fear of public speaking limit your success any longer. Read the book, practice the exercises . . . and start enjoying public speaking!

Download or read book How to Conquer the Fear of Public Speaking written by Max D. Isaacson and published by . This book was released on 1984-09-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book White Knuckle Speaking written by Andy Ruppanner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear of public speaking is the highest rated of top ten fears listed in "The Book of Lists". The fear of public speaking is even listed ahead of the fear of death! This book will help anyone who suffers even a little nervousness when faced with a public speaking situation. But it is designed to specifically assist those of you who are too terrified to overcome your fears to speak in a public situation. Webster defines white knuckle speaking, or speaker's fear as "laliophobia". I call speaker's fear the "Tiger", for it is something to be respected and feared, but with enough patience and training, it can be tamed. This book is both a "KNOW HOW", and a "CAN DO" book that addresses solid public speaking fundamentals. It contains new fear reduction and confidence building techniques for you to use to eliminate your speaker's fear. You may also use it as a reference book, to benefit from its unique and powerful speech preparation structural information, as well as its many fear reduction techniques. You have all heard the old adage that sometime you get the "Tiger", and sometimes the "Tiger" gets you. This book is about, how to get the "Tiger"!

Download or read book Getting Over Stage Fright written by Janet E. Esposito and published by In The Spotlight LLC. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling Author Janet Esposito brings more than a decade of experience helping people learn to speak and perform with calm and confidence. In Getting Over Stage Fright, Janet offers a new, holistic approach to this age-old problem, sharing a wide array of principles and practices to help you create the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being you need to get beyond your speaking or performing fear. This book is especially helpful to those who have moderate to high levels of performance anxiety, though it can also help those who have a milder case of the jitters. It will help you in all types of speaking or performing situations, ranging from the most casual to the most formal. It will also help you reduce and better manage any anticipatory anxiety you have before stepping up to speak or perform.

Download or read book Confessions of a Public Speaker written by Scott Berkun and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hilarious and highly practical book, author and professional speaker Scott Berkun reveals the techniques behind what great communicators do, and shows how anyone can learn to use them well. For managers and teachers -- and anyone else who talks and expects someone to listen -- Confessions of a Public Speaker provides an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. It's a unique, entertaining, and instructional romp through the embarrassments and triumphs Scott has experienced over 15 years of speaking to crowds of all sizes. With lively lessons and surprising confessions, you'll get new insights into the art of persuasion -- as well as teaching, learning, and performance -- directly from a master of the trade. Highlights include: Berkun's hard-won and simple philosophy, culled from years of lectures, teaching courses, and hours of appearances on NPR, MSNBC, and CNBC Practical advice, including how to work a tough room, the science of not boring people, how to survive the attack of the butterflies, and what to do when things go wrong The inside scoop on who earns $30,000 for a one-hour lecture and why The worst -- and funniest -- disaster stories you've ever heard (plus countermoves you can use) Filled with humorous and illuminating stories of thrilling performances and real-life disasters, Confessions of a Public Speaker is inspirational, devastatingly honest, and a blast to read.

Download or read book From Fright to Might written by Ron Reel and published by Thomson Custom Pub. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Fright to Might is a textbook/workbook for public speaking courses that provides students a simple, concise, yet comprehensive opportunity to understand the art of public speaking through hands-on experience. With the added contributions of their instructor, students will gain self-confidence, poise, research skills, outlining ability, and delivery competence. Throughout the text, the themes of confidence and anxiety-reduction are emphasized. At the same time, students also learn the fundamentals of public speaking. From Fright to Might proves that, in public speaking, there is little to fear, and much to gain.

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Download or read book Phobia written by Roy Kitchen and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BE THE GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER YOU ALWAYS WISHED YOU COULD BE! No one is born with the ability to be a great public speaker. Like all things, it is learned. This practical book will help you on your journey to overcoming the number one fear of all people: the fear of public speaking, or stage fright: * The first step: admit that stage fright exists. * The second step: understand why stage fright exists. * The third step: overcome your stage fright using the 5 Keys. Through the development of techniques to subdue, master, and overcome stage fright, PHOBIA will help you become the great public speaker you always wished you could be.

Download or read book The 5 Second Rule written by Mel Robbins and published by Savio Republic . This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout your life, you've had parents, coaches, teachers, friends, and mentors who have pushed you to be better than your excuses and bigger than your fears. What if the secret to having the confidence and courage to enrich your life and work is simply knowing how to push yourself? Using the science habits, riveting stories and surprising facts from some of the most famous moments in history, art and business, Mel Robbins will explain the power of a "push moment." Then, she'll give you one simple tool you can use to become your greatest self. It take just five seconds to use this tool, and every time you do, you'll be in great company. More than 8 million people have watched Mel's TEDx Talk, and executives inside of the world's largest brands are using the tool to increase productivity, collaboration, and engagement. In The 5 Second Rule, you'll discover it takes just five seconds to: Become confident Break the habit of procrastination and self-doubt Beat fear and uncertainty Stop worrying and feel happier Share your ideas with courage The 5 Second Rule is a simple, one-size-fits-all solution for the one problem we all face—we hold ourselves back. The secret isn't knowing what to do—it's knowing how to make yourself do it. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial}