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• Title:Develop your presentation skills : how to inspire and inform with clarity and confidence / Theo Theobald.
  
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• Author/Creator:Theobald, Theo, 1957- author.
  
• Published/Created:London ; New York : Kogan Page, 2019.
  ©2019
  

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  • Location:DAVID LAM LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: HF5718.22 .T455 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Business presentations.
  Business communication.
  
• Edition:Fourth edition.
  
• Description:xi, 169 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Series:Creating success.
  
• Summary:Gain essential skills for career development, improve your confidence and nail your presentations with this pocket guide to preparing and delivering them well.
  
• ISBN:9780749486358 paperback
  074948635X paperback
  9780749498900 hardcover
  0749498900 hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 01. What's your motivation?
  Personal goal setting
  presenter's alter ego
  Who are you?
  Main elements of character
  02. Where do you begin?
  Different types of presentation
  Desperately seeking speaking
  03. What on earth are you going to say?
  Start with the audience
  Develop templates
  Topicality
  Active research and statistical information
  Individuality
  Using quotations
  04. It's time to write now!
  big script
  Write it, learn it
  Notes and nudges
  Writing with PowerPoint
  five steps to good writing
  05. power of storytelling
  benefits of storytelling
  Collecting stories
  How to tell a story
  06. Using humour
  Appropriateness
  Are you funny?
  Planned versus off the cuff
  What to expect when you deliver a funny line
  Jokes versus anecdotes
  What to do when humour fails
  art of exaggeration
  Topicality
  07. Visual aids and other tools
  High-tech tools: PowerPoint, video conferencing
  Low-tech tools: flipchart, props and costume
  08. Rehearsal
  Rehearsal technique
  Memory tips
  09. Finding your voice
  Power
  Pitch
  Passion
  Pace
  Umms and errs
  10. Openings
  False starts
  negative start
  Top tips for brilliant beginnings
  11. Endings
  Make the ending definite
  Make it upbeat
  Make it tight
  Make it passionate
  Applause
  12. Handling your nerves
  Rationalize
  Control
  Understand
  Build confidence
  Antidote to nerves
  checklist
  Body language
  13. Handling your audience
  Fear of the audience
  Build your skills
  Audience interaction
  14. Question and answer sessions
  downsides
  Tips for success
  15. Getting ready
  some practical aspects
  Dress code
  Equipment
  16. As the moment approaches
  final countdown
  I wasn't expecting that!
  17. Stripped bare
  Overcoming the fear of exposure
  Preparing to succeed
  Advanced memory tips
  Creating standard material
  18. Advanced interactivity
  trouble with feedback
  Is it dangerous?
  Is it helpful?
  range of interactive techniques
  Warming them up to interactivity
  19. Progress report
  You are the best judge
  Video and review
  Good friends versus jealous peers
  Audience reaction
  Future bookings
  Formal feedback
  20. Confidence under pressure
  Building confidence
  Adding value
  Structure
  Persuasion
  Presenting under pressure
  Editing
  21. What next?
  Beyond best practice
  Projection
  Tools of the trade
  Character
  Frequency
  Familiarity.