Develop your presentation skills
Overview: This book takes a step-by-step approach to developing a great presentation, from unpacking the original brief, to understanding what an audience wants, to constructing compelling content that will keep their attention. With anecdotes and expert input, Develop Your Presentation Skills covers the essentials of making a good presentation, including: advice on how to build confidence; how to handle the audience; body language; tops on maximizing the effectiveness of room layout; visual ai…
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- Full title :Develop your presentation skills / Theo Theobald.
Summary
Overview: This book takes a step-by-step approach to developing a great presentation, from unpacking the original brief, to understanding what an audience wants, to constructing compelling content that will keep their attention. With anecdotes and expert input, Develop Your Presentation Skills covers the essentials of making a good presentation, including: advice on how to build confidence; how to handle the audience; body language; tops on maximizing the effectiveness of room layout; visual aids; disaster recovery methods. Including key learning points and case studies, this book is for anyone who wants to exude confidence while nailing their presentation.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Kogan Page
- Place of Publication:London, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
Notes
At head of title: The Sunday Times.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 158 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780749462789, 0749462787, 9780749462796, 0749462795
- oclc:ocn664668968
- LC Classification:HF5718.22
- Dewey Decimal:658.4/52
Table of Contents
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What's Your Motivation?: -- Personal goal setting -- Presenter's alter ego -- Who are you? -- Main elements of character -- Summary -- Where Do Your Begin?: -- Different types of presentation -- Desperately seeking speaking -- Summary -- What On Earth Are You Going To Say?: -- Start with the audience -- Develop templates -- Topicality -- Active research and statistical information -- Individuality -- Using quotations -- Summary -- It's Time To Write-Now!: -- Big script -- Write it, learn it -- Notes and nudges -- Writing with PowerPoint -- Five steps to good writing -- Summary -- Power Of Storytelling: -- Benefits of storytelling -- True or false? -- Collecting stories -- How to tell a story -- Summary -- Using Humor: -- Appropriateness -- Are you funny? -- Planned versus off the cuff -- What to expect when you deliver a funny line --- Joes versus anecdotes -- What to do when humor fails -- Art of exaggeration -- Topicality -- Summary -- What's The Point of PowerPoint?: -- PowerPoint basics -- Developing a PowerPoint presentation -- Summary -- Other Visual Aids: -- Autocue or tele-prompt -- Flipchart -- Electronic whiteboard -- Summary…
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