Speaking is an Audience-Centered Sport
Marjorie Brody
(Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
2001 Career Skills Press
ISBN: 1931148058 Amazon's price is: $24.95
How to Create and Deliver Presentations That Make People Sit Up, Take Notice, and Beg for More!
Few of us think of speaking to an audience with the same focus as Olympic athletes face their training. Speaking is an Audience-Centered Sport can change that for you, especially if you are thinking of a career that will include public speaking.
If you are already grappling with such public presentations, then Speaking is an Audience-Centered Sport will be another useful tool in your efforts for effective, memorable communication.
From Why You Need This Book to The Preparation Process; From Organizing Your Presentation to What You Need To Know About Making & Using Visual Aids; from The Three Main Parts of Your Presentation to Practice & Delivery Styles; from Stage Fright & How To Control It to Delivery Dynamics; from Questions & Answers to Special Types of Presentations; from Special Occasion Presentations to Meet The Pros, Marjorie Brody's information, guidelines & tips are clear, concise, well-laid out.
There are even some photographs of what to wear & what not to wear; what to do with your eyes; what gestures to use & those to avoid, how to stand & where, & what your posture will say to your audience. There are also samples of visual tools.
Of all that I have learnt from reading Speaking is an Audience-Centered Sport perhaps it has been that speaking to an audience is all about those people in front of me, rather than about me, & if I've properly prepared myself, with a lot of help from Marjorie Brody's tried & true teachings, it'll be an energizing experience for us all.
Speaking is an Audience-Centered Sport is also for us sedentary, solitary authors wondering how to prepare to talk, face-to-face with a prospective agent &/or publisher, & for our book readings & signings. I devoured it before my first one, & have since returned to it, again & again, to boost my confidence, focus my meandering mind, & remember the tips, instructions & warm-up exercises.
Marjorie Brody, MA., CSP., CMC., is an internationally recognized expert & motivational speaker on career enhancement & corporate etiquette, her skill is in connecting people to their potential. She has appeared on CNBC, Fox-TV, Oxygen Network, & has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, People, Glamour, BusinessWeek, Fortune & many other national publications. She is the author of more than 20 books.
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