Powerful Presentation Skills

Guidelines on how to organise your presentation, speak clearly, choosing your language, using audiovisual aids, and controlling nervousness and non- verbal behaviour.

FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.

The demands of the "Information Age" make it increasingly necessary and likely that we will need to make presentations as part of our normal activities. Making an effective presentation requires the ability to communicate and relate to other people. These are very basic skills, yet they are not usually taught to us as part of our traditional classroom education or professional training. The purpose of this book is to provide some of the key practical communication and relational skills necessary to make effective presentations. the focus is on people who make presentations for professional reasons. In particular, it focuses on presentations for teaching and training purposes, i.e., those related to organizational learning. In addition to professional trainers and teachers, it includes managers, consultants and others who need to share knowledge and information. The book covers three general areas involved in making effective presentations in a learning context including (1) basic principles for forming an effective communication strategy, (2) designing and planning effective presentations and presentation materials and (3) managing issues related to motivation and interactions with a group or audience.

Does the mere thought of speaking before a group give you sweats, chills, shakes and heart-pounding terror? You're not alone! But as a businessperson, whether you're in management or you own your own business, you know the ability to make confident, effective presentations is vital to your success. This handy desktop guide will serve as a crucial aid in your preparations. It's packed with techniques you'll need to communicate confidence and professionalism, command audience attention in any subject and overcome stage fright.

Learn and practice invaluable presentation techniques with this fully rewritten go-to guide McGraw-Hill’s successful Briefcase Books Series is filled with strategies and advice to help you become a more capable, efficient, and effective manager and a valuable member of any organization. Featuring eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide you step-by-step through everyday workplace situations, these books are a go-to resource to help you brush up on your practical skills, and to learn new ones. Presentation Skills for Managers, 2nd edition, is a fully rewritten edition of this essential skill-builder, specifically crafted for today's busy manager looking to create compelling, persuasive presentations, utilizing both modern technology and time-tested methods to engage any audience. Using her unique background in both the business and acting worlds, author Kerri Garbis will provide you with brand new insights on: Effective performance Storytelling for audience engagement Acting techniques that help you create content Audience analysis criteria Overcoming common presentation obstacles

This reader-friendly series is must read for all levels of managers All managers, whether brand-new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little brushing-up now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books Series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. The ability to give a great presentation can be a tremendous career booster, while the opposite can keep a manager on a dead-end path. Presentation Skills for Managers is a practical, advice-filled book on how to create and make compelling and persuasive presentations. Besides reviewing material on preparing and delivering effective presentations, it includes new special coverage of the development and use of Powerpoint slides, something not found in most books on presentations.