The ability to make an effective presentation, whether it be to peers, bosses, customers, the general public, or the media, plays a major role in your career advancement. This book will give you what you need to speak effectively, with confidence, and in virtually any situation. This step-by-step program can turn even the shakiest speaker into a cool, confident presenter. It gives practical, easy-to-follow guidelines, coupled with the blueprints that will allow anyone apply the techniques immediately. It gives the key to controlling fears, details on how to outline and organize an effective presentation, ways to improve style and delivery, and perfect strategies to captivate any audience. This book will enable anyone be able to walk to that podium with confidence and make a presentation that will impress and inform with the ability to handle even the most difficult questions that may come up during your presentation.
G. Michael Campbell, PMP, has more than 30 years of experience as a project manager. He has a Bachelor's degree from Ohio University and a Master's degree from John Carroll University. He earned the professional designation as a Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. Mike has worked on a variety of projects, including global digital oilfield, information technology, human resource, and construction projects affecting thousands of people. He is President of MCA International in Houston, Texas (www.mcaintl.com). MCA specializes in helping clients successfully meet their business needs by applying practical project management methodologies.The company's application of Practical Project Management has been used successfully in Project Execution, New Product Development, Product Commercialization, Technology and Software Adoption, Managing Growth, Organizational Alignment. MCA also utilizes an Operational Health Check to uncover areas for improvement. He is the author of Communication Skills for Project Managers published by AMACOM, Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management published by Penguin which is in its 5th edition and Bullet Proof Presentations published by Career Press and reprinted by Executive Summaries. As a recognized expert on project management and change management, Mike has had speaking engagements on four continents and been an adjunct professor at the University of Houston in Texas and York University, Toronto, Canada.
