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1. |  FT Essential Guide to Making Business Presentations By: Philip Khan-Panni Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall Publication Date: 06-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 17-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: FT Essential Guide to Making Business Presentations
The critical knowledge you need to plan, write and deliver your next presentation with maximum impact. Written by a co-founder of the Professional Speaking Association, this book focuses on getting you the results you need from your presentation, whether you are selling a product or service, a proposed change or even your own skills and abilities. It will show you how to persuade your audience by being relevant, clear, engaging and memorable. FINANCIAL TIMES ESSENTIAL GUIDES : THE KNOW-HOW YOU NEED TO GET THE RESULTS YOU WANT
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2. |  By: Emilie Devienne Publisher: Editions d'Organisation Publication Date: 02-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Savoir s'exprimer
Dans la vie professionnelle, les occasions de prendre la parole sont multiples. Cet acte, anodin en apparence, comporte des enjeux importants et s'avère plus difficile qu'il n'y parait. Bonne nouvelle, cela s'apprend. Peur d'être jugé, risque d'être mal compris, incapacité à traduire fidèlement sa pensée, crainte de donner une mauvaise image, angoisse de la rumeur infondée, panique à la perspective d'une présentation devant des clients ou des actionnaires, impression de ne pas savoir entrer en relation avec autrui, etc. Aucun doute, l'expression orale est une compétence à maîtriser. ...
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3. |  By: Nick Fitzherbert Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-AUG-2011 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Presentation Magic
Rule 1 of magic is: "The framework for any communication is determined by the expectations and associations you trigger". Rule 4 is: "The brain filters out most of the information it receives". The greatest magicians in the world and their acts stick religiously to 20 rules which have nothing to do with how magic works, but instead why it works. Presentation Magic! takes the psychological principles used by the world's best magicians and applies them to business communication. The three classic stages essential to effective communication are: Construction, Preparation, and Delivery. In...
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4. |  By: Simon Maier Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Inspire!
Inspire! showcases 100 of the most brilliant speeches ever delivered from the worlds of film and theatre. From the plays of Shakespeare to contemporary cinema hits, people over the years have been inspired and moved by superb actors delivering powerful lines. Yet only a select few can be called truly "essential" to the betterment of the human spirit and condition, and these are the speeches which form this book. Some speeches have stood the test of time. Others are classics and are known by everyone. Why do we quote from them for pleasure and politics? Why have some been used for...
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5. |  Presentation Skills for Quivering Wrecks By: Bob Etherington Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Presentation Skills for Quivering Wrecks
This book, based on a hugely successful course given to thousands of businesspeople, shows how anyone can speak with confidence to an audience of any size. Laced with humour and wit, the author emphasizes that you don't have to be a brilliant orator to be an effective speaker in business. Simply being "good" is plenty, because 95% of all business presenters are so awful!
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6. |  By: Alison Lester Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 20-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: STTS: Present for Success
Presenting and public speaking is a worry for many working executives and professionals. Alison Lester helps the reader to abate these fears by helping them to understand why they react they way they do and how to overcome it. Alison also gives the reader the fundamentals of presenting effectively, from preparation to how to present and conduct oneself, to the presentation techniques and tools available to make one's presentation unique and engaging. Written in an engaging and comprehensive manner and peppered with tips and personal exercises, Present for Success will equip you with just...
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7. |  By: Patrick Forsyth Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 19-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: 100 Great Presentation Ideas
Every manager has to make presentations of various kinds. No matter what the presentation is, however, most of us prefer not to do them at all. Presentations represent the second greatest fear to managers (after going to the dentist!). This book contains 100 great ideas to make your presentations go smoothly and successfully. Researched from leading companies and successful managers around the world, each idea is described in a succinct way. You are then shown how to apply that idea to your own presentation situation. A simple formula which has the potential to reap great rewards.
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8. |  Stories that Move Mountains: Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations By: Martin Sykes; A. Nicklas Malik; Mark D. West Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 17-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 09-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Stories that Move Mountains: Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations
Learn how to use stories and visuals to make top-notch presentations
It's called CAST (Content, Audience, Story, & Tell) and it's been a quiet success, until now. Developed over a twelve year period as a presentation method to help Enterprise Architects, it was adopted by Microsoft Enterprise Architecture teams and filtered from IT managers to Sales, and beyond to major organizations around the world. Now, thanks to this unique book from an expert author team that includes two Microsoft presentation experts, you can learn how to use this amazing process to create and make high-impact...
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9. |  Painless Presentations: The Proven, Stress-Free Way to Successful Public Speaking By: Lenny Laskowski Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 02-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Painless Presentations: The Proven, Stress-Free Way to Successful Public Speaking
A simple road map to the world of professional presentations
What happens when you're asked to give a speech, professionally or personally? If you get nervous, start sweating, and hope it's all just a bad dream then you aren't alone, but you need help. Painless Presentations proves that speaking doesn't have to be painful, or even stressful. A speech is a means to giving great, helpful material to an audience and the speaker is the vehicle to achieve that goal. This simple-to-read book guides those just beginning their journey into the world of speaking. Painless Presentations teaches...
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10. |  By: Laura Stack Publisher: The Productivity Pro Publication Date: 01-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 24-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Shortly after the publication of my book SuperCompetent: The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best, when I was the incoming 2011-2012 President of the National Speakers Association, Lorri Freifeld from Training magazine asked me to write a monthly column on speaking. I was allowed great latitude on the subject matter, as long as it pertained to professional speaking at some level and the articles were meaty and pithy.
Since that time, I've ranged far and wide across the subject, covering everything from how to dress to how to break the ice, deal with hecklers, retain the audience's...
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11. |  By: Laura Stack Publisher: The Productivity Pro Publication Date: 15-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Veteran professional speaker, Laura Stack, outlines the five steps to prepare for any presentation. She will teach you how to control your speaking environment through proper room logistics: seating, set-up, microphone, and audio/visual arrangements. You'll learn to overcome fear and calm yourself down with myriad physical, psychological, and behavioral strategies. You'll be confident, competent, and composed for your next presentation.
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12. |  Apply 3-V Impact: Strengthen Your Visual, Verbal, and Vocal Image By: Laura Stack Publisher: The Productivity Pro Publication Date: 15-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 11-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Apply 3-V Impact: Strengthen Your Visual, Verbal, and Vocal Image
Professionals admire and often envy those who make presentations with ease and confidence. If you present in business situations where you need to motivate, persuade, and hold the attention of a group, this eBook will provide tested strategies you can learn and practice to improve your skills. You'll feel reassured that you don't have to be "a natural." You'll learn specific strategies you can learn and practice to improve your skills. And you'll find out how to shine in your next presentation.
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13. |  Develop Your Presentation Skills, 2nd Edition By: Theo Theobald Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Develop Your Presentation Skills, 2nd Edition Going beyond handling nerves and presenting PowerPoint slides, Develop Your Presentation Skills, 2nd edition, provides you with a practical toolkit for developing a belting presentation and improving your confidence along the way. Step-by-step advice includes practical help with unpicking the original brief, understanding just what the audience wants and constructing compelling content that will keep your audience rapt with attention.
Complete with anecdotes and expert input to help you avoid disaster, this new edition includes two brand new chapters, helping you to deliver a presentation...
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14. |  Mastering Presentations: Be the Undisputed Expert when You Deliver Presentations By: Doug Staneart Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 28-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 15-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mastering Presentations: Be the Undisputed Expert when You Deliver Presentations
A simple four-step process for delivering winning presentations
Mastering Presentations explains how entrepreneurs and small business owners can use guest speaking opportunities to generate rapport with audiences in order to foster business relationships with these audiences. The book provides a simple four-step process for giving presentations that helps eliminate the butterflies and increase self-confidence. It offers tips such as the 10 speaking venues that can generate more clients and credibility, an easy way to improve your memory that will help you present more confidently, a...
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15. |  By: Infinite Ideas Publisher: Infinite Ideas Publication Date: 29-MAR-2012 Insert Date: 25-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Presentations
Do you hate the thought of having to give a presentation? Do you feel tongue-tied and nervous in front of an audience? Have you let yourself down in the past by not putting yourself or your ideas over in an interesting and confident manner? If you answer 'yes' to any of these questions then this is the book for you. Packed with useful tips and practical guidance, and written in an entertaining, easy-to-read style, it will teach you, in just 60 minutes, how to present to audiences of all sizes so that they remember both you and your message. Topics covered include: making an impact;...
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16. |  Présentation Zen DESIGN: Principes simples de design pour des présentations plus efficaces By: Garr Reynolds Publisher: Pearson France Publication Date: 09-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 04-DEC-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Présentation Zen DESIGN: Principes simples de design pour des présentations plus efficaces
Dans son best-seller PrésentationZen, Garr Reynolds fournit à ses lecteurs un cadre de travail pour organiser, mettre au point et mener d'excellentes présentations. Avec ce second ouvrage, il vous emmène au coeur du design et de la mise en pages et vous montre de manière approfondie, à l'aide d'exemples "avant/après", comment construire des diapos visuellement effi caces, enrichies de textes, graphiques, couleurs, images et vidéos.
Vous apprendrez, en suivant les principes de la simplicité zen, à obtenir équilibre et harmonie générale. Non seulement, vos présentations y gagneront en...
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17. |  By: Shel Leanne Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publication Date: 10-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 20-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 |
Updated to include speeches on the death of bin Laden, the Arab Spring, and other historic moments on the podium In speech after speech, Barack Obama fires up enthusiastic supporters with his inspiring vision, rousing rhetoric, and charismatic presence. His outstanding communication skills gave rise to an unprecedentedpolitical movement and launched him to the top of the world political stage. But inspiring and persuading millions isn’t simply a product of innate ability. Barack Obama spent time and effort honing skills that have made him so successful. These techniques are vital not only...
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18. |  Türöffner zum Erfolg: Wie Sie bei Gesprächspartnern und Kunden überzeugend auftreten By: Peter A. Worel Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag Publication Date: 14-OCT-2011 Insert Date: 15-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Türöffner zum Erfolg: Wie Sie bei Gesprächspartnern und Kunden überzeugend auftreten
Peter A. Worel beschreibt in seinem Buch die wichtigsten Codes zum "Öffnen" von Kunden und Gesprächspartnern und wie diese situationsgerecht eingesetzt werden können. Alle wichtigen Anlässe werden dabei näher beleuchtet, z. B. Reden, Präsentationen, Verhandlungen und Meetings.
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19. |  By: Patrick Patrick Forsyth Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 02-NOV-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The PowerPoint Detox We all know the feeling of attending a lack-lustre, dreary and formulaic presentation where dense lumps of text are read verbatim from the screen. It is beyond tedious, and it is unsurprising that the phrase "death by PowerPoint" has entered the language. But it need not be that way. With a little time and effort you can add power to your presentations and do so simply.
The PowerPoint Detox is a straightforward, practical guide that will help you to prepare and use slides that will fit with your message and support it; add power to your presenting style; enhance your presentation with a...
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20. |  Wyznania mówcy. Spraw, by ludzie Cię słuchali By: Scott Berkun Publisher: Helion Publication Date: 06-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 12-SEP-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Wyznania mówcy. Spraw, by ludzie Cię słuchali Autor tego hipnotycznego poradnika doskonale zna się na rzeczy - w trakcie swojej kariery wygłosił setki wykładów i przeżył większość nieprzyjemnych, tragicznych czy krępujących sytuacji, które na ogół przerażają przyszłych i niedoszłych mówców....
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