Present with Impact and Confidence [electronic resource] : Teach Yourself

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vickers, Amanda.

Contributor:

Bavister, Steve.

Series:

TY Business Skills

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business communication.

Business presentations.

Oral communication.

Public speaking.

Local Subjects:

Business communication.

Business presentations.

Oral communication.

Public speaking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder Education, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Everything in life is a presentation and Present with Impact and Confidence: Teach Yourself shows you how to overcome nerves and anxiety and how to bring the 'wow' factor to your presentations and public speaking.

Contents:

Cover; Book title; Contents; Meet the authors; Only got a minute?; Only got five minutes?; 1 Everything is a presentation; A crucial business skill; An essential life skill; What you'll learn in this book; Ten faults audiences hate most; Ten key points to remember; 2 Becoming a competent presenter; Confidence to competence; What gets in the way?; Starting out with confidence; The four stages of learning; When you're fairly new to presenting; A never-ending journey; Ten key points to remember; 3 The importance of preparation; What else do you need to prepare?; Getting started; How long?

The dangers of over-preparingTen key points to remember; 4 What's your outcome?; Clarity of outcome is vital to success; A collection of outcomes; Presenting is about change; Ten key points to remember; 5 Understanding your audience; Audience-centred presentations; Understanding your audience; The Social Styles model; Presenting successfully to the four different styles; See things from your audience's point of view; Keep researching to the last minute; Understanding your audience is crucial; Ten key points to remember; 6 Shaping your presentation

Why is it important to make your presentation easy to follow?When there's an established structure; When you're starting from scratch; Focus on your messages and central theme; Gathering information; What to keep? What to dump?; Organizing information; Taking an intuitive approach; Using a spider diagram; Creating a structure; Tell 'em times three; Understanding audience attention span; Making the most of the Primacy and Recency Effects; Taking advantage of the Primacy Effect; Taking advantage of the Recency Effect; The firework display model; Standard structures; Ten key points to remember

7 Starting and ending with a bangHow not to open; Ten great ways to open with a bang; Concluding your presentation with a bang; Ten key points to remember; 8 Adding 'flavour' to generate interest; What is flavour?; Using illustrations, case studies and examples; Stories and anecdotes; Make 'em laugh, make 'em smile; Quotes; Definitions; Communicating customer/client testimonials; Stacking the mix; Ten key points to remember; 9 Using scripts and notes; Scripts vs. notes; Why read a script - and why not?; Why use notes - and why not?; We have a dream - no notes at all!; DIY scriptwriting

Getting professional helpProducing hard copy; Using notes; Creating effective notes; It depends; Ten key points to remember; 10 Using visual aids effectively; Why use visual aids?; Types of visual aids; PowerPoint; Preparing your slides; The art of good visual aids; Ten key points to remember; 11 Rehearsing and timing; Rehearsal is vital to success; Why people don't rehearse; Factors that affect rehearsal time; Possible ways of rehearsing; A workable schedule for rehearsing; Timing your presentation; Rehearsing for team presentations; The value of feedback

Rehearsing leads to confident delivery

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-34604-0

9786613818553

1-4441-2558-3

OCLC:

703137780