Speak easy: Dazzle your audience with stunning speeches (52 Brilliant Ideas)

by Barry Gibbons (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $14.14

  I travel around the world talking to people. I get to tell them how they should run their companies and their brands and I get paid handsomely, thank you. I'm addressing some of the biggest hitters in world business. This book will show you exactly how I do it. I can't guarantee that I can turn you into the next big thing on the speaking circuit (and I don't really want the competition), but if you follow my advice in Speak easy you'll learn how to get your message across and how to make people sit up and listen. So whether you're presenting to 2,000 delegates or making a speech at your daughter's wedding, my book will inspire you to enchant your audience. Barry Gibbons offers 52 practical, inspiring and brilliant ideas that will ensure readers get their message across irrespective of the audience every time. Barry reveals: How to just say no. Some gigs are simply not worth doing and can be positively detrimental to your prospects; The importance of getting to know your audience quickly ( Is there anyone here from outta town? ) every one is different. Good speakers celebrate that fact, not fear it; Tricks for dealing with hecklers; The secrets of easy and perfect preparation; Methods of dealing with potential disasters. With the 52 brilliant ideas series readers can enhance their existing skills with negligible investment of time or money and will substantially improve their performance over the course of a year. Each of the 52 chapters tackles a single aspect of the subject in an entertaining and lively way. At the end of each chapter is a how did it go? feature which allows readers to reflect on the lesson in a classical experiential learning pattern. The tone of each book is personal and informal; readers will feel as thought they are having a one-to-one with their favourite coach.