Public Speaking Success In 20 Minutes A Day

This new addition to LearningExpress's best-selling 20 Minutes a Day series is geared toward college students with course requirements to fulfill, recent graduates faced with the daunting task of interviewing for jobs, business people who need to improve their presentation skills, and anyone called upon to speak in any of a vast array of public forums. The book takes the fright out of writing and giving speeches through easy-to-digest lessons that only take minutes per day.

Twenty-step program teaches how to understand others and make yourself understood in school or on the job. It prepares students for any basic skills exam, including high school proficiency and national standards test. Includes role-playing scenarios so each new skill can be practiced. Also includes pre-test and post-test to determine progress.

Speaking in public does not have to be a frightening event. If you are asked to give a talk, address a conference, make a sales presentation or talk to the media, Confident Public Speaking will help you to put your message across. Many people think that self-expression - the ability to marshall one's thoughts logically and convincingly, and the confidence to speak well in front of others - is a gift. But they are mistaken, and few people are born with such a skill and that it has to be learnt. Discover the PowerTalk System, a specially-designed, interactive programme which you can start to apply immediately in you professional and personal life. The system includes exercises, graphs, checklists and practical information. It will show you to: - Formulate and structure ideas - Sustain the interest of your audience - Use words that people love to hear - Master the secrets of body language - Generate enthusiasm - Increase your impact with visual aids - Overcome stage frightening Christian H. Godefroy has trained senior company personnel around the world on self-confidence, relaxation and oral expression. He is the author of several books. Stéphanie Barrat works as a trainer for the Heinz Goldmann Foundation for Executive Communication in Geneva and as a communication consultant for companies all over Europe.

Public Speaking Laws of Success outlines the laws of public speaking in an engaging and compelling manner and is a reminder of key points that are easy to remember, are actionable, and are applicable. In a business and career context, public speaking can help people’s perception of the individual, their career prospects, and open the door to various opportunities. Public Speaking Laws of Success is for every person who is speaking in public, putting an event together, working with speakers, or doing any form of presentation. A mastery of the public speaking laws of success will get the person in the top 10% of all people who get before a crowd—guaranteed. Public Speaking Laws of Success is intended to be the highest value of time investment. With an investment of a couple of hours in reading this book, readers will be headed towards the path of being in the top 10% of all public speakers ever heard. Public Speaking Laws of Success is based on the public speaking laws of success. By following the laws within, readers will, indeed, succeed—this is without a doubt. It covers 50 public speaking laws of success in four sections: mechanics, digital environment, key principles and the applications. For those who follow the public speaking laws of success, they will have the deep satisfaction of being able to positively impact multiple people at one time and to contribute positively to an event or occasion.

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Forget the 10,000 hour rule— what if it’s possible to learn the basics of any new skill in 20 hours or less? Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills—time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours to develop a new skill. In this nonstop world when will you ever find that much time and energy? To make matters worse, the early hours of prac­ticing something new are always the most frustrating. That’s why it’s difficult to learn how to speak a new language, play an instrument, hit a golf ball, or shoot great photos. It’s so much easier to watch TV or surf the web . . . In The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition— how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct com­plex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By complet­ing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you’ll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well. Kaufman personally field-tested the meth­ods in this book. You’ll have a front row seat as he develops a personal yoga practice, writes his own web-based computer programs, teaches himself to touch type on a nonstandard key­board, explores the oldest and most complex board game in history, picks up the ukulele, and learns how to windsurf. Here are a few of the sim­ple techniques he teaches: Define your target performance level: Fig­ure out what your desired level of skill looks like, what you’re trying to achieve, and what you’ll be able to do when you’re done. The more specific, the better. Deconstruct the skill: Most of the things we think of as skills are actually bundles of smaller subskills. If you break down the subcompo­nents, it’s easier to figure out which ones are most important and practice those first. Eliminate barriers to practice: Removing common distractions and unnecessary effort makes it much easier to sit down and focus on deliberate practice. Create fast feedback loops: Getting accu­rate, real-time information about how well you’re performing during practice makes it much easier to improve. Whether you want to paint a portrait, launch a start-up, fly an airplane, or juggle flaming chain­saws, The First 20 Hours will help you pick up the basics of any skill in record time . . . and have more fun along the way.

These new additions to LearningExpress's successful 20 Minutes a Day Series dive deeply into the soft skills workers need to know in order to succeed and thrive in any workplace.