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  • How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time
  • By: Bill McGowan
  • Narrated by: Bill McGowan
  • Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Pitch Perfect

By: Bill McGowan
Narrated by: Bill McGowan
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Media guru and Emmy Award-winning correspondent Bill McGowan - coach to some of the biggest names in business and entertainment, including Eli Manning, Kelly Clarkson, Jack Welch, Thomas Keller, and Kenneth Cole - teaches you how to get your message across and get what you want with pitch-perfect communication. He is also a trusted advisor in the C-suites of tech companies like Facebook, Spotify, AirBnB, Dropbox, and Salesforce.com.

Saying the right thing the right way can make the difference between sealing the deal or losing the account, getting a promotion, or getting a pink slip. It's essential to be pitch perfect - to get the right message across to the right person at the right time. In Pitch Perfect, Bill McGowan shows you how to craft the right message and deliver it using the right language - both verbal and nonverbal.

Pitch Perfect teaches you how to overcome common communication pitfalls using McGowan's simple Principles of Persuasion, which are highly effective and easy to learn, implement, and master. With Pitch Perfect you can harness the power of persuasion and have people not only listening closely to your every word but also remembering you long after you've left the room.

©2014 Bill McGowan (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers

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good starting point

It wasn't great, I felt the stories and examples came across a little contrived and it felt that there was a significant bit of name dropping. which made it a bit of a struggle to listen through, however there are good points nestled in with all the filler and it did get me thinking about preparing for public speaking in a slightly more structured way.

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Useful info but had to force myself to finish this

I did get a lot out of this book, it contains useful tips and tricks to improve public speaking, but I had to force myself to finish it.

About halfway through I started to find the repetitive nature of the narrator's style quite annoying. For someone who prides himself on his engaging style, he could have done much better. The whole book is read like a news bulletin, which gets you hooked to begin with, but then it just gets on your nerves.

Overall there were a few too many basketball references and some of his suggestions on how to respond in certain situations made me cringe!

Even though I had to force myself to finish it, I still got a lot out of it and would recommend it to anyone wanting to improve their public speaking.

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I've learnt alot from this book. highly recommend

I've listened to this audio book 3 times over so far and each time I've taken something away from it.

great foundational book covering all aspects of communication well and without gimmicks or generic info.

I've used the principles myself in business communications and public speaking . highly recommended

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