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Dr. Jim Anderson explores what public speakers have to do in order to deliver great speeches. Dr. Anderson uses real-world examples of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to capturing your audience's imagination. In order to create and deliver a great speech, you first need to start by planning how you are going to accomplish this. Planning includes identifying the purpose of your speech, understanding who your audience will be, and deciding what type of speech you are going to give.

We judge people in business the same way we judge those in our personal lives. We listen to what they say, watch how they behave, and take note of the results of their actions. Success is ultimately built on a foundation of character, communication, and trust. To accomplish our goals, people must believe in us. The Power of Reputation offers business people an action plan for creating the kind of reputation that generates trust, inspires confidence, and paves the way for lasting success.

Listening is just as important as speaking. Good listening draws people to you. Poor listening causes them to drift away. This program offers a powerful set of tools to help you build your listening skills up to maximum effectiveness. Jumpstart your way to better listening today!

Sooner or later, every business, association or organization will want to hold a meeting, seminar or trade show outside their regular offices. How do you find your way amongst the dizzying array of hotels, meeting halls, meal guarantees, accommodations arrangements, party packages, bar plans and billing procedures? Author Judy Williams, a veteran hotel and meeting planner, will guide you through the perils and pitfalls of organizing your event.

In this practical guide to successful grantseeking, Alan Silver draws on 30 years of experience to help listeners formulate strategies for winning grants for individuals, nonprofits, and agencies. Concisely written and easy to follow, How to Win Grants demonstrates a three-stage grant development model distilled into 101 actionable strategies, arranged in order of execution and supplemented by helpful checklists

Stop wasting your precious time. Business executives nationwide agree that meetings are the most unproductive activity in business today. Now, whether you're a leader or a participant, one of America's master communication specialists shows how you can get the most out of any meeting in half the time.

The performance review is an important part of your job as a manager or coach. But it is only a part. In order to develop team members effectively, you have to be proactive on a daily basis. This means having conversations - and not just about the weather or the game last night. Create ongoing conversations throughout the year. Conversations for Creating Star Performers is a vital tool for keeping team members motivated, engaged, and moving ahead every day - not just the days before an annual review.

Meet Iris, a sales manager so overwhelmed by meetings she feels like a hamster on a wheel. Just in time, Iris finds a coach - a meeting efficiency and etiquette expert with a simple plan that helps her to meet less, make better use of meeting technology, and get more done.

If talking in front of people makes you cringe, Lilyan Wilder's 7 Steps to Fearless Speaking will teach you how to cope with panic, avoidance, and the trauma of public speaking.

Good presentations can provide opportunities for growth in power, control, recognition, and prestige. The guidelines presented by Dr. Tony Alessandra in this program can help you immensely if you listen, study, and practice them consistently.

Perfect Confidence is the ideal companion for anyone who wants to boost their self-esteem. Covering everything from communicating clearly to handling conflict, it explains exactly why confidence matters and equips you with the skills you need to become more assertive. Whether you need to get ahead in the workplace or learn how to balance the demands of friends and family, Perfect Confidence has all you need to meet challenges head on.

Do you want to know the 40 real questions that job interviewers have in their minds? I know what you are thinking. How can anyone read another person's mind? Well, the secret hides in the reality that there are only four kinds of interviewers. Imagine that you will make it easy for job interviewers to like you. Do you know that, if you can speak respectfully to just four personality types, you hold in your hand the key to have a powerful persuasive edge over most people?

A practical guide to public speaking for those just starting out as well as seasoned pros. A useful audiobook covering everything from speech preparation and delivery, protocol for speakers, speaking concerns for authors, how to prepare and excel if you're asked to speak on TV, and lots more. In this audiobook, you will learn: How to research, prepare for, and give the most popular types of speeches, from the keynote address to a 90 minute workshop, all-day seminar, participating in a panel, the toast, roast, and more.

In her previous books, executive coach and professional development expert Shawn Kent Hayashi identified the various types of conversations that are vital for growth and success. Now, in Conversations That Get Results and Inspire Collaboration, she answers many of the questions she is most frequently asked during coaching and training sessions.

You meet someone new and in a matter of seconds they make up their mind about you. They're responding to your presence: what people see when they look at you, what they hear when you speak, and how they feel when they're around you. If you're not thrilled with the responses you're getting - if you don't attract clients the way you'd like to...if you didn't get the promotion you wanted...if you don't make the money you ought to be making - it may very well be because you're missing that powerful presence.

Learn to love public speaking - and be great at it too! Many dislike it, and some dread public speaking. You take the podium and your hands clam up, your voice weakens and cracks, and your mind goes blank. Conquer your fear of public speaking today! With powerful presentation skills, you’ll become a respected public speaker who engages and entertains audiences, time after time.

Mange vigtige budskaber forsvinder i Bermudatrekanten mellem overfyldte punktopstillede slides, oplægsholdere med bogstaver i ansigtet og publikum. Det koster ufattelige ressourcer hver dag i alle virksomheder. Tænd giver konkrete råd til bedre præsentationer. Du har sikkert også været til et oplæg, hvor oplægsholderen læser højt fra sin PowerPoint-slide! Og som så mange andre har du sikkert også forsøgt at dele din opmærksomhed mellem oplægsholder og slide.

Sie denken, Flipcharts wären der ultimative Präsentationskiller? Die großen Papierblöcke ein Garant für Langeweile und mangelnde Inspiration? Aus der Mode gekommen, längst nicht mehr auf der Höhe der Zeit? Falsch gedacht! In höchsten Management- und Veranstaltungsebenen entdeckt man den alten Bekannten schon seit Längerem wieder als neuen Superstar. Denn er kann etwas, das niemand sonst schafft: Die perfekte Mischung erzeugen aus Entertainment, Wissensvermittlung und Zuschaueraktivierung - und nebenher lässt er den Vortragenden als Präsentationstalent glänzen.

Barack Obama, Martin Luther King oder Steve Jobs sind allesamt einflussreiche Persönlichkeiten, die vor allem durch ihr rhetorisches Geschick von sich reden machten. Es ist ein Fakt: Wer erfolgreich und charismatisch kommunizieren kann, der hält den Schlüssel zu Erfolg und Macht in seinen Händen. In Meisterkurs Rhetorik zeigt der Kommunikationscoach Benedikt Held, wie jeder zum Rhetorikprofi werden kann. Basierend auf seinem Kommunikationsseminar, seinem Workshop und seiner Kommunikationsplattform Redefabrik.net.

In this fun and provocative book, Michael Fanuele, one of the world’s most successful marketing strategists, shares The Six Skills of Inspiration. With insights from music, politics, business, neuroscience, and a recipe for radishes, Stop Making Sense shares the creative blueprint that can unleash the inspiring leader in all of us.