This is our newsletter which is updated every day of the week. Each day is devoted to a different theme - Mondays is writing presentations, Tuesdays is about body language for presenters, Wednesday is about confidence, Thursday is on presentation performance and Friday is our recommended reading guide.
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How to deliver knockout presentations
Knockout Presentations is a knockout book. The book has been described as essential reading for everyone who ever has to make a business presentation, which is most people in business these days. Not only does it guide you through the process of making a great presentation, the book is also an easy and enjoyable read. Indeed, every single reviewer at Amazon has awarded this book the top five star award - there's praise. Plus the book is no slouch - it is 300 pages long, roughly twice as long as the average paperback. There's a lot of value in those pages.
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This is a really great little book that has all the essential information you need to know about making effective presentations. The pocket sized book is written in an easy to read style in short little sections, with plenty of colourful pictures and diagrams. You can skim through this book and get everything you need to know.
You don't need to spend much time with this book, it's a quick read. But even so, it covers all the basics in an easily digested form. A good read if you need to prepare a presentation quickly or you are worried about an impending talk you have to give.
Speak to Influence is a great book that helps you unleash the power within your own voice. As a presenter, your voice is your main tool - yet many public speakers neglect vocal training.
The book shows how the voice can be used to achieve greater confidence, credibility, professional success, and sales. It covers applying voice-control techniques used by voice-over artists in business communications. From a comprehensive voice evaluation to a step-by-step voice improvement plan, a range of activities provide information on how to improve diction and articulation, speak with greater warmth and enthusiasm, and make a lasting impression. You will also read about the influence of the spoken word that will help presenters acquire and practice the skills necessary to sound more credible, tell great stories, and add a more musical quality to speech by mastering voice pitch and inflection.
This is an excellent book that takes you through every stage of producing a great presentation. It is based on NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) yet manages to convey its ideas with simplicity for people not familiar with the concepts.
There are several exercises in the book, as well as some example presentations to show you what you need to do to write and perform a great talk. Whether you are a newcomer or a seasoned presentation professional, "Presenting Magically" provides you with tips and techniques to transform your presentation skills.
Backed by examples from top presenters and looking at the beliefs and attitudes of master presenters, this book will teach you to connect with your audience; structure your language; handle hecklers; use metaphor; own the stage; structure presentations to fit everyone’s learning style; grab the audience's attention - and keep it.
This books is an excellent guide to making great presentations. Indeed, professional speakers use it as one of their "bibles" on giving great talks. Indeed "talks" is what the book is about. It's thesis is that you need to hold conversations with your audiences rather than "present at" them. The book argues that the world's leading communicators, such as Nelson Mandela, adopt a real conversational style. The book then goes on to show how you can emulate the top presenters and speakers to really connect with your audience. A highly recommended book.
From perspiration to persuasion - a great book on presentation skills
Your palms are sweaty, your fingers tremble. Everybody is watching you, waiting to be blown away. The moment is yours. What are you going to do with it? For the millions of people who must stand up in front of colleagues, employees and total strangers every year, Mark Wiskup offers nine quick and easy steps to make each and every presentation experience one your audience will never forget. Such tips include: one meeting, one agenda, one goal (why less information is often more); you can't overcome a lame start (why you need to hook them from the very first word); become a storyteller (how vivid scenarios can make your presentation); what three words can ruin any presentation.
The perfect presentation book for nervous speakers
Some people are so scared of making presentations that they become a quivering wreck...! Their legs turn to jelly and they simply cannot make their presentation without shaking, worrying about their words, and finding their mouth drying up.
So great is this fear that most businesspeople have a single objective: to get off the platform as soon as possible. This book, based on a hugely successful course given to thousands of businesspeople, shows how you 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 per cent of all business presenters are so awful!
Presenters often feel let down if they don't get applauded each time they speak. Equally audiences, especially in business presentations, don't know whether to applaud or not. However, for some presenters they just know they should applaud.
So how can you turn your presentation into one that makes it obvious you should be applauded? The answer to that is provided by the UK television entertainer Paul Daniels who has produced a course on speaking in public that will inevitably lead to applause.
According to several surveys, public speaking and making presentations is one of the most frightening things people can do. Indeed, in one study people were less scared of dying than they were of giving a talk. In that study death came third on the list of frightening things - public speaking was the number one fear.
This fact spurred professional speakers Andy Lopata and Peter Roper to write this book, And Death Came Third to help people overcome their fear of public speaking. The book is a down to earth and practical collection of ideas and advice to help you make presentations without any fear. Because it is written by two of the UK's leading professional speakers it comes with years of experience of standing on the platform to give speeches and presentations.
Altogether and excellent book and one that will certainly reduce your fear of public speaking, enabling you to gain more business from the meetings you attend.
How to Develop Self-confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking
Dale Carnegie was one of the classic authors of information on public speaking and coping in social situations. His excellent book "How to Develop Self-confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking" has now been re-published and is one of the "must haves" for any presenter's bookshelf.
This book will show you how to overcome the natural fear of public speaking, to become a successful speaker and even learn to enjoy it. His invaluable advice includes ways to: develop poise; gain self-confidence; improve your memory; make your meaning clear; begin and end a talk effectively; interest and charm your audience; improve your diction; and win an argument without making enemies.
Priced at just £5.99 this 256-page paperback will set you on the road to highly successful presenting.
Many people are scared of making presentations. Indeed, speaking in public ranks as more frightening than dying...! There are several books and courses in dealing with confidence for public speaking; indeed, The Presentation Business works in this area.
However, for many people reading a book is not enough. And they don't want to go on a training course because they know they will have to speak in front of a group of people.
For these individuals and for many others self hypnosis is a viable alternative. You don't have to be an expert in self hypnosis to do this, either. That's because hypnotherapists have produced audio products which people can use to direct them through from fear to public speaking confidence.
One of these products is available for the next month at just $8.95. After that, the price goes up. So you need to act now to get this excellent downloadable audio on boosting public speaking and presenting confidence. Many customers of The Presentation Business have already used this downloadable audio to great effect.
It comes with a 90 day money back guarantee so you cannot really lose.
Brilliant Presentations is a brilliant book. It provides you with a complete guide to making great presentations and helps you understand what makes some presenters great and others....well...not so great. The book uses a variety of checklists and useful tips. Anyone who has to make a business presentation will benefit from the solid advice inside this book.
