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When you stand in front of an audience, the last things you want are bored listeners, tech issues, or ugly PowerPoint slides. Selling ideas is a critical skill, but presentations can be daunting. So how do you deliver an effective presentation that’s both informative and memorable (and funny!) that will influence and change people? Consultant and public speaker Dan Fraser answers your burning questions and shares a plan on how to go beyond the slides, images, and videos to create the very best presentations that influence people with your message.

Do you need a resource that you can pull out of your pocket to liven up meetings, trainings, professional development, and teaching? The 50 easily applied techniques in this timely manual spur creativity, stimulate energy, keep groups focused, and increase participation.

Would you like to be an ace communicator who can connect with just about anyone, from potential business associates to friends and strangers alike? How about being a brilliant negotiator, conflict resolver, and a person who can get anyone to say a “yes” all the time? This is a handbook for everyone who is looking to win the communication game in all walks of life.

When cultivating profitable business relationships, there are people of value you haven't met yet, people you know but may have overlooked, and others that just aren't a fit for your network. Because your time is too valuable to waste, you need to know how to evaluate each connection. What are the signs that someone is a good fit for your business network? How do you uncover and cultivate the right relationships?

Your style is perfect for you. Public speaking coach to the C-suite Bill Hoogterp reveals proven tips, techniques, and exercises to amplify your effectiveness as a speaker and communicator. He explains how the brain processes information, what people respond to, and how to hold the audience in the palm of your hand. Great public speaking can be learned. Hoogterp's unique method turns fear into fun and tells you how to be your natural, authentic, unique self - and deliver your perfect presentation for any audience each and every time.

What makes a company great? Management trends come and go. Economic conditions fluctuate, and market demands shift. Corporations restructure and new owners take over. The one constant, the one enduring truth, is that people define the character of a company. They always have and always will. Motivated, passionate people make the difference between ho-hum mediocrity and extraordinary performance. That's the message from Peter W. Schutz, former CEO of Porsche AG and author of this new book.

Whether you speak online or in person, can you imagine yourself as a more confident public speaker? What difference could appearing more confident make to your career, to your business, or to your life? See it. Be it. Achieve it. If you can imagine how to appear confident when you speak (see it), then take on that appearance (be it), you can start to feel more confident (achieve it).

Join Richard on his quest to overcome a crushing fear of public speaking and discover the secrets of successful communication.

In a world of evolving competition, economic challenges, and technological advancements, the success of North American manufacturing hinges on one critical element: leadership. In Tradition Meets Transformation, authors Laurie Harbour and Scott Walton emphasize the pivotal role of leadership in driving transformation and generational improvement within the industry.

Communicating to audiences remotely is an essential skill because the future of work is largely happening online. You’ve got to become a pro at virtual presenting so you can connect with others at a distance. This practical guide lays out a step-by-step process for planning, crafting, and delivering virtual presentations that will hold your audiences’ attention and move them to embrace your ideas. You’ll learn proven techniques that are used by the experts at Duarte, Inc., who have crafted some of the world’s best presentations for beloved brands, thought leaders, and causes.

Finally, a comprehensive resource to help you master speaking techniques and more. Learn from the world’s legendary professional speakers as they teach you how to tell your story, deliver a public speech, combat stage fright, control non-verbals, and persuade an audience. Even with the most difficult speaking subjects, learn how to use humor, quotes, and statistics to highlight a point.

She was a small-time waitress, dreaming of making it big. But will one chance meeting with him change her fate? Gemma Daniels is a down on her luck waitress who wants a better life for herself. A fateful meeting with the illustrious and rich Travis Sinclair in her diner may be her ticket out of her boring and mundane life. Entranced by Travis’ features, charm and wit, Gemma is ecstatic when she receives a business card from the handsome business tycoon. She dwells on taking action, but quickly decides it is in her best interests to go to dinner with him. Will their romantic affair lead to...

Have you ever immediately forgotten the name of someone you just met? Would you like to remember the names of five, fifteen, twenty, or fifty people you met at a business or social event? Would you like to have the freedom to go back to someone you met at an event to make a business or social connection without having the embarrassment of asking their name again? Bob Miller will teach you how. With over two decades as a professional magician, he has met many people while performing his magic shows. He would regularly name everyone in the audience. It's not a trick! It's a memory skill that ...

You are about to speak... You're terrified! Heart racing, hands wringing, stomach churning. You're not just speaking, but speaking in public. You can't get out of it now. You've got to leave the safety of your chair, trek to the front, turn around and face your audience. What to do, where to go, where is the emergency exit? STOP. Breathe. You are in safe hands. You know your stuff, you have a powerful message to share. With Ges as your guide you will rediscover your natural confidence. You will let go of your anxiety and engage your audience powerfully.

Do you feel confident that you have done the right analysis in evaluating your products and projects? Authors Frank A. Tillman and Deandra T. Cassone have developed a step-by-step guide to lead you through a process to ensure that you are confident that the products you are launching and projects that you are funding best support the goals and objectives of your organization. The approach described in the book has been used in numerous consulting engagements with Fortune 500 companies, the military and government agencies and has provided those organizations with a sound, decision-science ...

Managing a call center presents numerous challenges for leaders, including meeting stringent KPIs, maintaining employee motivation, and handling high call volumes. Achieving performance metrics such as average handle time, first call resolution, and customer satisfaction requires meticulous planning and constant monitoring. Simultaneously, leaders must keep their teams motivated in a high-pressure environment, often characterized by repetitive tasks and demanding customers.

One of today's most in-demand leadership consultants, Harrison Monarth, has coached executives and CEOs in various industries, from technology, medicine and law, to hospitality, and consumer products. They have come from companies as large and wide-ranging as Hewlett-Packard, P&G, General Motors, Deloitte Consulting, PepsiCo, and Standard and Poor's. Monarth has now updated his classic groundbreaking guide to give you the edge on the competition in today's dog-eat-dog business landscape.

50 Things to Know before Public Speaking by Tanja Milenkovski offers a approach to speaking, speaking in any way, in all ways. No matter who you are, what you do, sometimes you don't want to speak or you simply do not know how or what to say. Here you'll find help. Most books about public speaking tell you just about giving a simple speech, but here you can find help with all kinds of speaking, no matter if it's with one person or 100 people. Although there's nothing wrong with having a little doubt or not knowing how to do something, we are all people and no one knows everything. When you need help you can always ask for it, and here you'll find it.

Smart Teams will help your team to go beyond personal productivity to enhance team productivity. Building on the concepts presented in Smart Work, which focuses on personal productivity, this audiobook shows you how to turn unproductive team behaviors that create friction into "superproductive" behaviors that promote flow. Productivity is, at its core, a leadership issue - and this audiobook provides practical guidelines that help you build a culture where productivity thrives.

Essential listening for anyone who has been asked to make a presentation, including advice on speech, using visuals, audience engagement and how to deal with presenting online. Speaking in front of other people can be daunting if you've never had a lot of practice. Even if you know your stuff, it can be hard to get everything together in time, look confident, speak clearly, and get your message across well. And that's before you consider things like presenting online or hosting a Zoom conference.