If you always wanted to easily speak of the cuff this little book is for you.Thousands of DESCUBRIS' workshop participants have successfully implemented the techniques in this book. You too can learn to give a great impromptu speech without preparation.Those moments when you get called upon to say something and you are tongue tied are embarrassing. Some stand there stuttering, have sweaty hands and have a pulse rate of 200. This can be avoided. This little book gives you cl...

The A to Zen of Speech Writing gives you a system for writing great speeches at a professional level. Get a boost with Kathrin Lake's easy teachings using her TEPI method. You first decide on the primary speech purpose by dividing it into one of the four broad categories of Training, Entertaining, Persuasion or Inspiration and then follow the guidelines and apply the essential elements. Each element has a short, powerful and inspiring description with the perfect amount of information, and...

Prefaced by brief historical and biographical introductions, the examples in this book show how words can be used to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse even the most seemingly hard-bitten of listeners. From rallying cries such as Garibaldi's 'To arms, then, all of you!' and Chou En-lai's 'We must hold aloft the great red banner' to sombre statements such as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 'This time the struggle is for our freedom', each extract gives us an insight into the hardships of w...

"America's best book on making presentations strikes again." –Don E. Shultz, Northwestern UniversityThe smart, witty, nationally bestselling guide to public speaking."If you get nervous, just picture everyone in the audience naked." We've all heard this piece of advice on public speaking before. But what about "Keep the ball alive!" or "Be a bit of Springsteen"? There's more to being a great speaker than removing your audience's clothes, and Ron Hoff's I CAN SEE YOU NAKED goe...

This workbook covers a 10-step process to plan, practice, and rehearse a presentation on any business topic. You'll review techniques to identify your audience, purpose, and main message. You'll strategize about ways to include all necessary information and eliminate unnecessary details. You'll practice how you'll carry yourself as you speak and also practice asking and answering questions. All the book's techniques can help you build confidence and deliver an engaging, effective presentat...

Welcome to this episode of the Real Fast Results podcast! If you are an author, if you are a publisher, if you are a small-press independent author and/or publisher, you are definitely in the right place. Today’s special guest is Sandra Beckwith. She is an award winning former publicist who now teaches authors how to market their books, and she does it quite well.Sandra’s Build Book Buzz website has been honored by three different organizations for its excellence. When you go check...

Oratory emerged as the first major form of verbal art in early America because, as John Quincy Adams observed in 1805, “eloquence was POWER.” In this book, Sandra Gustafson examines the multiple traditions of sacred, diplomatic, and political speech that flourished in British America and the early republic from colonization through 1800. She demonstrates that, in the American crucible of cultures, contact and conflict among Europeans, native Americans, and Africans gave particular signific...

Based on several years of teaching and careful observation in preaching classes, this book by Michael Brothers explores the benefits of "distance" in preaching -- and listening to -- sermons.Having noticed that sermon listeners generally want to be given room for their own interpretations and experiences, Brothers argues that critical and aesthetic distance as a hermeneutical tool is vital to hearing the gospel today and should be intentionally employed in sermon constructi...

Basics of Public SpeakingReferred to as oratory or oration, public speaking is the delivery or performance of a structured or themed speech or presentation in which the objective is to inform, entertain, influence, or motivate a live group of audience. The speech is usually delivered by a single person, a main speaker, but guest speakers may participate in the presentation as necessary. Grab The Easy Study Guide now!