The Power Presenter

Techniques, Style, and Strategy from America's Top Speaking Coach

by Jerry Weissman

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009

Category: Career & Self-Development

Everything you need to know about making presentations – from where to stand to how to persuade your audience

In this summary you will learn

Why the visual and vocal components of a presentation are crucial
How to prepare your presentation
How to establish empathy with the audience and avoid feeling nervous
How to work with graphics

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Why you should read The Power Presenter

Many people would rather try to flush a snarling bobcat down the toilet than give a speech. Indeed, individuals often rate public speaking as a primary fear. Delivering a speech summons the same jacked-up “fight or flight” response that animals depend upon to survive predator attacks. Your breathing rate shoots through the roof. You cannot think clearly. You are suddenly in severe physical crisis. Unfortunately, when you give a speech, you cannot fight your way out of trouble or run away from it. Instead, you must somehow stand there calmly, and speak in a coherent, compelling fashion. Premier speaking coach Jerry Weissman shows how to quell those stressful feelings. In this clearly written book – which features an attractive design that makes his examples particularly easy to follow – he provides a comprehensive set of public speaking techniques to help you win over any audience. getAbstract is glad to speak up for this book and its fascinating case histories about famous speakers, including an insightful analysis of the fateful 1960 U.S. presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. History might have been different if Nixon had read Weissman’s book before he went on TV. If you hope to rise in sales or business, not to mention politics, you must be able to give a great presentation – this book will show you how.

About the Author

Jerry Weissman has coached hundreds of IPO presentations. Fortune magazine named his book Presenting to Win as one of eight “must-read” titles.

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March 20, 20121332260705000 Jeramiah Townsend

Many people have told me I am a powerful speaker. Whether I am or not, I agree with the points in this book. I have used them regularly to great effect.
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very good
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January 19, 20121327007571000 Norm Burns

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January 6, 20121325854703000 Patricia Dent

Great tips and best practices! I found this summary to be refreshing and a boost reminder of what is important doing any presentation. I especially like the statement, “just be you", even though it's been said a million times, the reminder is "powerful". Great job!
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1. December 30, 20111325200536000 Erica Rauzin
  
  Thanks for your comment. Since we serve readers at every level of expertise, we do offer abstracts of various ranges of technical knowledge, from entry level to very advanced, and our samples reflect that variety. On this subject, for example, you might enjoy Confessions of a Public Speaker, among others. E.Rauzin, Managing Editor, getAbstract
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September 30, 20111317362696000 Hans He

There are quite a lot of wonderful tips and best practice. Some we've already known but seldom make it our habits. Some we haven't noticed yet such as the "ownership" or "no-execuse" attitude!
September 11, 20111315766736000 Alf Steinar Sætre

good summary, but a bit short on examples and graphics.
October 22, 20101287741902000 Phillip Khan-Panni

The author damned himself by misquoting Albert Mehrabian's stats and claiming that your words contribute only 7% of the communication. Nothing original in this book. There are hundreds of more deserving reads.
October 13, 20101286933584000 laura ter horst

This summary was extremely helpful. I especially like the outline of what you should do to prepare and the pointers about how to deliver your message to the audience. Thank you!
September 27, 20101285597986000 Silvia Doomra

Thanks for wonderful write-up. I attended two-day training to learn all these concepts. It was a good recap.
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