Public Speaking In An Instant

60 Ways to Stand Up and Be Heard

"Public Speak­ing In An Instant is an excel­lent speaker's guide. From the fun­da­men­tals of giving a great toast to the fine points of tele­con­fer­ence eti­quette. Karen Leland and Keith Bailey's sen­si­ble advice covers all the bases. Speak­ers at every level will appre­ci­ate this book and keep it hand. Read it and speak better."

Ken Blan­chard
Coau­thor of The One Minute Manager

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Whether it's lead­ing a brain­storm­ing meet­ing for a staff of five or giving a keynote speech to an audi­ence of 5000, public speak­ing with con­fi­dence and com­pe­tency is an essen­tial skill for suc­cess. Unfor­tu­nately, many people feel uncom­fort­able and even afraid when it comes to stand­ing up and deliv­er­ing a pre­sen­ta­tion. The pop­u­lar come­dian Jerry Sein­feld once joked that since American's fear of public speak­ing was on par with their fear of death, at a funeral most people would rather be in the casket, than giving the eulogy.

Public Speak­ing In An Instant shows you how to make all your pre­sen­ta­tions pro­fes­sional, pol­ished and pain­less. The book pro­vides time proven tech­niques on writ­ing an engag­ing pre­sen­ta­tion, devel­op­ing an inter­ac­tive style, read­ing and respond­ing to an audi­ence and making the most of visual aids. Topics include:

• Use body lan­guage to get your mes­sage across
• High energy equals high impact
• The power of silence
• Focus on the mes­sage, not the slides
• Make your audi­ence part of the presentation
• Be funny, not foolish
• Make sense of multimedia
• The key to spon­tane­ity - preparation
• Dis­cover your audience's core com­mu­ni­ca­tion style
• Retool con­tent to fit diverse groups
• Light up your talk with sto­ries and examples
• Deal with doubters and disruptors
• Con­quer stage fright