Download or read book HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations written by Nancy Duarte and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrified of speaking in front of a group> Or simply looking to polish your skills? No matter where you are on the spectrum, this guide will give you the confidence and the tools you need to get results. Learn how to wIn over tough crows, organize a coherent narrative, create powerful messages and visuals, connect with and engage your audience, show people why your ideas matter to them, and strike the right tone, in any situation.

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 Persuasive Business Presentations written by Gary L. May and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business life is about persuasion. Effective managers advance their careers by identifying problems, developing solutions, and persuading decision makers to provide the support and resources necessary to make things happen. This book focuses on a specific presentation context: a problem-solution persuasive presentation to decision makers delivered in a conference room environment. Such presentations occur at every level in an organization. Therefore, team leaders, supervisors, managers, and executives can all benefit from learning how to design and deliver powerful presentations that move decision makers to take action. The author blends his extensive business experience with current research on persuasion to provide a practical, applied approach to using the problem-solution pattern. An integrated case study provides examples for each step in the process. The end result is a useful, actionable guide that will help professionals from every field make a difference in their organization.

Download or read book The Art of the Pitch written by Peter Coughter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an engaging and humorous narrative, Peter Coughter presents the tools he designed to help advertising and marketing professionals develop persuasive presentations that deliver business. Readers will learn how to develop skills to create the perfect presentation.

Download or read book The Order of Presentation in Persuasion written by Carl Iver Hovland and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Presentations with Persuasion written by Kate Hatsy Thompson and published by Brady Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Persuasive Presentations written by Nick Souter and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will show anyone how to plan, prepare and deliver a presentation with absolute confidence. It is designed to ensure the interaction is outcome driven and that the audience will give the required response.

Download or read book Own the Room Business Presentations that Persuade Engage and Get Results written by David Booth and published by Mcgraw-hill. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't Just Present. Persuade, Inspire, and Perform! Powerhouse presentations that engage and move your audience Imagine if every presentation received rapt attention and buy-in from the audience. Start getting these results with Own the Room, featuring the renowned Eloqui Method-innovative techniques that leave boring behind. Research shows a memorable presentation is a combination of stirring your audience's emotions while appealing to its intellect. This team of authors has developed techniques that tap into the persuasive, expressive aspects of presentations-employed over the past ten years by Fortune 500 companies such as TD Ameritrade, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Merrill Lynch, Siemens, and Pfizer. This effective method brings you: An award-winning actor who applies performance techniques from the stage to engage and move an audience A television and film director who demonstrates how to craft and deliver your message with authority, credibility, and authenticity A psychologist who specializes in memory and stage fright and reveals how to overcome fear and activate an audience's attention and memory Own the Room is written by a unique set of authors with the expertise perfect for creating vivid narratives. Own the Room shares how to excite your audience's emotions and intellect. And Own the Room will give you a communication toolkit to make any presentation lively, compelling, and memorable.

Download or read book Presentation S O S written by Mark Wiskup and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to make your next talk a resounding success is right here-even if you dread the thought of approaching a podium! In Presentation S.O.S., renowned communications expert Mark Wiskup gives you a quick, concise, and (yes!) fun way to confidently sell your ideas to any audience. Packed with unique tips and featuring nine easy, painless steps that will transform you into a great presenter, this book shows you how to: Develop a "Power Sound Bite" to grab your listeners' attention and focus your message. Get the most out of PowerPoint-and dodge its pitfalls. Avoid seemingly harmless words and expressions that can turn the audience against you. Finish big with a knock-'em-dead "Power Close." Win the Q&A battle-learn how to handle even the toughest questions and most difficult members of your audience. Book jacket.

Download or read book Presentation Advantage written by Kory Kogon and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average attention span of an adult is eight seconds—eight seconds! That is tough news for a presenter. It means you may have a room full of people, but their minds are elsewhere. You're competing with a slew of activities demanding their attention—email, texts, Facebook, YouTube, chats, and apps, in addition to thoughts about their next meeting and projects that are behind schedule. How do you get a message across in a world like that? The inability to powerfully inform and persuade amid an unprecedented number of distractions is one of the greatest hidden and pervasive costs of the twenty-first-century workplace. Learn to connect with your audience, and you'll stop having unproductive meetings and wasted time. In Presentation Advantage, FranklinCovey outlines its "Connect Model," the mental model that allows you to connect with the message, yourself, and the audience during any presentation by: Structuring relevant and purpose-driven messages Understanding how our brains best synthesize and remember key information Using visuals such as PowerPoint to inspire instead of torture your audience Aligning your message, body language, and tone of voice for a powerful delivery Whether to one person or one hundred, effective presenting is today's top business skill, and the experts at FranklinCovey help you master it. With the Presentation Advantage, you can deliver dynamic, compelling, and truly effective presentations every time.

Download or read book The Shortcut to Persuasive Presentations written by Larry Tracy and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No less an authority on communication skills than President Ronald Reagan described Larry Tracy as "an extraordinarily effective speaker." In this book, he provides the "real world" experience-based lessons in presentation skills that earned him such praise. Like his acclaimed workshops for corporate executives and government officials, this book is based on the assumption that people who must improve their presentation skills, but are pressed for time, require a "shortcut," not lengthy books with numerous tips, checklists and page-filling anecdotes. This book provides precisely that: A succinct, timesaving method for busy people to become better, more persuasive speakers. The system outlined in the book is a three step process: In Planning, you'll learn how to "Get to the Point" and intersect your objective with your audience's needs and problems through Larry's proven 3-1-2 System. You will also learn how to always have a "Plan B Presentation" ready for those occasions when your allotted time is reduced at the last minute. In Practicing, you'll learn how to hone your speaking skills, eliminate "uh's" and "Y'knows," and anticipate questions and objections before the presentation with a unique practice method. In Presenting, you'll learn to convert your nervousness to audience-connecting enthusiasm, and to develop and use visuals, including PowerPoint slides, so they complement, not distract from, your message. You'll learn as well how to employ your voice and body language to reinforce content, including the use of rhetorical devices to make your presentations eloquent, memorable and persuasive. In summary, this book will show you how to organize and deliver your knowledge with laser-like intensity targeted to solving the problems of your various "audiences"-- Boards of Directors, shareholders, clients, customers, etc.-- so these audiences conclude that (1) what you are proposing is in their best interests, and (2) you are an outstanding speaker. This book has so much practical and proven advice, presented in a clear and easy-to-learn manner, that you will never need to buy another book on presentation skills.

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 Persuade on Purpose written by Eric Fitzpatrick and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By combining all his research and ideas on what makes an effective presentation, Eric Fitzpatrick has compiled the 'Presentation Scorecard', which itemises all the things that a speaker needs to consider when making a presentation. He has summed up the key points with the acronym 'TRUE': the presentation should make your audience THINK, should be easy to REMEMBER and UNDERSTAND and should ENGAGE the audience. He outlines all the traps and pitfalls of making a presentation and how to avoid them, and details the tricks and techniques that will attract your audience's attention and convince them of your message. In straightforward chapters he addresses preparation, the structure of your presentation, the use of stories and humour, delivering the presentation, how to use slides and – more importantly – how not to. While the ideas in the book are focused on presentations, they are equally effective when giving speeches, pitching ideas, for one-to-one meetings and communicating in general.

Download or read book The Order of Presentation in Persuasion written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Present with Power Punch and Pizzazz written by Arnold Sanow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Sanow and Lescault delve further into the heart of what makes a presentation great, they provide insight, inspiration, and a toolkit of expert advice. Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust If you think the only ones who need to concentrate on presentation skills are professional speakers, its time to reevaluate your perspective. Whether or not you are trying to speak in front of an audience, close a sale, or ace a job interview, you need to forge connections that last. This starts with presenting yourself as intelligent, successful, and likable. Written by two expert public speakers, this guidebook delivers proven tips, tools, and strategies to get your message across in a lively manner; fifteen ways to keep your audience awake and energized; guides to using humor, stories, and anecdotes to make your talk more interesting; twelve ways to instantly improve your slideshow presentations; many more proven techniques to increase audience engagement. Whether you are speaking at a conference, staff meeting, or interview, you need a roadmap to come across as a winner. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you will be ready to master any presenta-tion situation. Learn how to Present with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz!

Download or read book Harvard Business Review Guides Ultimate Boxed Set 16 Books written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 2050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How-to guides to your most pressing work challenges. This 16-volume, specially priced boxed set makes a perfect gift for aspiring leaders looking for trusted advice on such diverse topics as data analytics, negotiating, business writing, and coaching. This set includes: Persuasive Presentations Better Business Writing Finance Basics Data Analytics Building Your Business Case Making Every Meeting Matter Project Management Emotional Intelligence Getting the Right Work Done Negotiating Leading Teams Coaching Employees Performance Management Delivering Effective Feedback Dealing with Conflict Managing Up and Across Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

Download or read book Persuasion Influence written by Bruce Hilliard and published by Woodslane Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way people persuade or influence others is about to change forever. This book moves away from the traditional hit-and-miss methods of persuasion, by applying real science to this fundamental business and life skill. From a business perspective, the very practical process described in this book allows anyone to rapidly create a truly persuasive message, that is very easy to understand, and highly influential. Because this proven methodology can be used to create very real business success, it will become essential reading for leaders, managers, marketeers and salesmen. Additionally, the techniques described in this book can be used for almost any endeavour. For instance, you can apply these easy-to- use techniques to develop a winning presentation for a multi-billion dollar contract, or you can use the same types of approach to communicate more effectively with your spouse. This is the power of the universal principles described in this book.