How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation: A Speaking Survival Guide for the Rest of UsISBN: 978-0-470-59714-9
Hardcover
224 pages
August 2010
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Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
PART ONE First Thing First 1
Chapter 1 Your Introduction 3
Chapter 2 The Tone 7
Chapter 3 Tailoring Your Speech 11
Chapter 4 Kicking Things Off 15
Chapter 5 The Game Plan 21
Chapter 6 Revenge of the Nerves 25
Chapter 7 Supplementary Materials 29
Chapter 8 Practice Makes Perfect 33
Chapter 9 Your Appearance 37
PART TWO The Presentation 43
Chapter 10 Visual Aids 45
Chapter 11 Stage Presence 51
Chapter 12 Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t 59
Chapter 13 Testing . . . 1, 2, 3 . . . 65
Chapter 14 Audience Participation 71
Chapter 15 Timing Is Everything 77
Chapter 16 Don’t Panic 85
Chapter 17 Technical Difficulties 89
Chapter 18 May I Have Your Attention, Please? 95
Chapter 19 Uh . . . Um . . . 101
Chapter 20 Linguistics 107
Chapter 21 Get to the Point 111
Chapter 22 The Q&A 115
Chapter 23 Questions from the Audience 121
PART THREE Tips, Tricks, and Other Sage Advice 127
Chapter 24 Time Crunch 129
Chapter 25 Develop the Art 137
Chapter 26 Time Trap 141
Chapter 27 10 Public Speaking Do’s and Don’ts 147
Chapter 28 Trust Me on This 151
Chapter 29 “My” Final Speaking Tip 155
Chapter 30 A Final Word 159
About the Author 163
Presentation Notes 165
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