Book

Laskowski, Lenny.

Painless presentations : the proven, stress-free way to successful public speaking / Lenny Laskowski.

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012.

v, 197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"No Sweat Presentations offers a simple road map to the world of professional presentations. Lenny Lakowski's 35 years of expertise from delivering over 2,700 programs world-wide to clients in over 178 countries is provided in this simple-to-read book. His No Sweat guide is for speakers who are beginning their journey into the world of professional speaking. Lenny teaches the "Dozen Deadly Dangers" to avoid and shows that the speech is a means to giving great, helpful material to the audience and the speaker is the vehicle to achieve that goal. His key No Sweat topics include: Gathering Information and Materials The Structure of a Presentation Use of Visual Aids and Vocal variety Nonverbal Messages How to Handle Questions"-- Provided by publisher.

Public speaking.

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Includes index.

Contents note continued: The Most Important Visual Aid -- ch. 5 Learning Styles -- Visual or Spatial -- Auditory or Aural -- Verbal or Linguistic -- Physical or Kinesthetic -- Logical or Mathematical -- Social or Interpersonal -- Solitary or Intrapersonal -- Mixed Learning Styles -- Presentation Environment -- Myers-Briggs -- ch. 6 Nonverbal Messages -- Gestures---Let Your Body Speak -- Performance Orientation versus Conversational Mode -- Types of Gestures -- Locations of Gestures -- How to Gesture Effectively -- Body Movement -- ch. 7 How to Handle Questions -- Question-and-Answer Period -- The Five-Step Process for Answering Regular (Nondifficult) Questions -- Dealing with Difficult or Hostile Questions -- ch. 8 The Effective Speech -- More on Preparation and Presentation -- Your Call to Action.

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