Easy Step by Step Guide to Giving Confident Presentations (ePub)

Making a presentation strikes fear into many hearts. It ranks alongside going to the dentist or being put into a cage with a hungry lion or two. Wherever it sits on the fear scale for you this guide is designed to get you through it, if not to the point of actually enjoying it. It is for anyone who needs to give presentations, or who wishes to undertake public speaking in their personal or professional life. It will show you:


How to research, prepare and structure a presentation

How to use scripts, visual aids and prompts

How to handle questions - even the awkward ones

How to use your voice and body language

Author: Brian Lomas

Brian is a Business Consultant and trainer based on the south coast of England. He is visiting lecturer at the Southampton University School of Management. Brian has presented to audiences in excess of a thousand, faced the friendly and the not so friendly, been asked the questions he wanted and the questions he didn't....


Review
This is one of those books that become an essential addition to any professional library. It is easy to use being concise enough to read from cover to cover, yet sufficiently detailed enough to simply dip in to. As its subject matter covers one of the most difficult activities to undertake it handles the approach well and gives sufficient guidance to provide confidence and assurance. I particularly like the boxes containing key statements and the easy to read and digest summaries - ideal for the busy person.

Alan Beckett Step One


Review
This book is clear, reader friendly and full of helpful hints for both novices and the more experienced presenter.

However long you have been presenting, there are always ways to improve your technique and impact.

I refer to my copy often and have found the summary sections and the highlighted hints invaluable as a checklist during preparation for my next presentation.

Helene Glasspool, University of Southampton