The Power Presenter
Techniques, Style, and Strategy from America's Top Speaking Coach
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Career & Self-Development
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- 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
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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| Mohamed Elwan | January 21, 2012 |
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| Norm Burns | January 19, 2012 |
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| Patricia Dent | January 6, 2012 |
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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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| Zack Maric | December 22, 2011 |
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Yes too short :( |
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| Doga Soysal | December 21, 2011 |
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it is too short :( |
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| Frad Tran | December 21, 2011 |
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good |
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| Kayode Fasasi | December 15, 2011 |
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This is great. |
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| Mohammad Kabir Khojayeen | November 24, 2011 |
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He's the best!!! |
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| Tony Pagliaroli | November 11, 2011 |
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Nicely done; highlighting the essence!! |
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| Candy Huynh | November 8, 2011 |
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this summary is great, i really it |
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| Jaime Roman | November 1, 2011 |
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Yes there is value in receiving the main ideas about certain topics and the time saving factor is a must in today's executive pace life. It is a great tool , I really like it ! |
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| Gregg Karavanich | October 30, 2011 |
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Very impressive. Effective summary. |
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| Kartika JQ | October 30, 2011 |
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it's great help |
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| Sawsan Al Ebiary | October 25, 2011 |
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Sawsan Hosni - October 25, 2010 |
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| Hans He | September 30, 2011 |
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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! |
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| Alf Steinar Sætre | September 11, 2011 |
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good summary, but a bit short on examples and graphics. |
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| Phillip Khan-Panni | October 22, 2010 |
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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. |
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| Max Muster | October 13, 2010 |
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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! |
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| Silvia Doomra | September 27, 2010 |
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Thanks for wonderful write-up. I attended two-day training to learn all these concepts. It was a good recap. |
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