As Sanow and Lescault delve further into the heart of what makes a presentation great, they provide insight, inspiration, and a toolkit of expert advice. Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust If you think the only ones who need to concentrate on presentation skills are professional speakers, its time to reevaluate your perspective. Whether or not you are trying to speak in front of an audience, close a sale, or ace a job interview, you need to forge connections that last. This starts with presenting yourself as intelligent, successful, and likable. Written by two expert public speakers, this guidebook delivers proven tips, tools, and strategies to get your message across in a lively manner; fifteen ways to keep your audience awake and energized; guides to using humor, stories, and anecdotes to make your talk more interesting; twelve ways to instantly improve your slideshow presentations; many more proven techniques to increase audience engagement. Whether you are speaking at a conference, staff meeting, or interview, you need a roadmap to come across as a winner. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you will be ready to master any presenta-tion situation. Learn how to Present with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz!

Called the Bible of Public speaking, Knockout Presentations is a “seminar in a book” that reduces fear and gives speakers the steps to craft and deliver a talk that will make them a knockout on the platform! It’s the next best thing to having Diane DiResta there to teach in person. DiResta provides all the fundamentals without the fluff. Speakers learn what confidence looks like, sounds like, and how to speak the language of confidence, reduce preparation time, craft a compelling talk, size up an audience, overcome fear, and master questions and answers. The Dos and Don’ts at the end of each chapter help speakers review and remember the principles even after putting them into practice. Speaking is the new competitive advantage and Knockout Presentations gives speakers tools and techniques, templates, and resources to improve their skills.

The Way of the Warrior in Business shows you how to become a guerrilla marketing expert: you'll learn how to apply the military strategies and tactics of Sun-Tzu, Mao Tse-Tung, the U.S. Army, and others to attack your competitors, invade attractive markets, and defend market share to maximize your sales and profits. The book provides assessment tools, checklists, action plans, and marketing tactics that you can use to: Win price wars, product wars, promotion wars, and channels of distribution wars; Repel attacks from big-name brands and actually defeat them; Win the battle for your customer's mind by positioning your brand appropriately; Effectively market your products and services - and yourself; Plan well - decide on the right things to do and do them right; Become more creative and out-think your competitors; Negotiate well and persuade people to do what you want them to do. Whether you're the marketing manager of a Fortune 500 company or an entrepreneur or small business owner, The Way of the Warrior in Business will show you how to make winning a habit.

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When do you address correspondents by their first names in an e-mail? How is business conducted in a particular foreign country? Now, all these workplace questions--and many more--are answered in one convenient volume. The Office Professional's Guide takes you through office basics (frequently misspelled words; proper telephone, fax, and email etiquette; common filing systems), important business and financial concepts (P&L, ROI, price-to-earnings ratio), international business (a glossary of terms in five different languages; a guide to travel arrangements), giving presentations (with PowerPoint), setting up meetings, and much more.

Drawing on her own successful experience and presenting advice from top female executives, Linda D. Swink guides women through each step of preparing for a speech and how to deliver it by using visual aids, voice control, and humor, among other techniques. Information is provided for both novice and expert speakers, so every woman will learn something new. This valuable guide will empower any woman who wants her words to be taken seriously and reach new levels of success.