Product Details

• Actors: Speaker: J. Douglas Jefferys
• Directors: Tony Iannuzzi
• Writers: J. Douglas Jefferys
• Producers: PublicSpeakingSkills.com
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Studio: CustomFlix
• DVD Release Date: October 30, 2006
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000K2VILI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,024 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
A pre-requisite for any serious career

Forget everything you've heard about eye-contact, body language, and voice - it's likely either old-school, or just plain wrong. Now, in these very entertaining, knowledge-packed 90 minutes, you will see and hear for yourself what has been imprisoning the excellent presenter inside you. You will learn how to finally break free of the common chains that have ensnarled speakers and presenters for generations.

In this captivating video, filmed before a live audience of 200 and enhanced with studio-overlaid visuals of the relevant slides, you will be privy to the most important presentation delivery skills that PublicSpeakingSkills.com has heretofore only shared with their private corporate clients. It's all here: How to make contact with every individual in the audience; how to use gestures for maximum impact; even a new approach to organizing your content so that audiences can retain what you say. Learn how presenters from Fortune 100 companies significantly increase and improve their clarity, impact, and - not incidentally - their closing ratios.

The content here is much more than mere talk. Seeing is believing - you will see how its done today and present with it tomorrow. You will gain whole new insights into the arts of gesturing, inflection and eye-contact that you simply can't get from any book alone. Best of all, Mr. Jefferys clearly demonstrates how mastering just one technique will give you the winning edge in the three most important aspects of successful presentations.

By practicing what you'll see in this video, you will establish immediate rapport with your audience while at the same time eliminating the major cause of fear and nervousness most people experience in public speaking. As a bonus, this essential skill will work to create a bond with your audience - that feeling of trust - that's simply not possible with the way you present today.

You will capture from this video literally "everything you need to know" to change forever the way you present, and find that the next time you speak, people will actually listen!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't recommend enough, March 21, 2007

By	Trainer (Cherry Hill, NJ) - See all my reviews

I am a technical trainer by trade. After some very disparaging and pointed criticism of my presentation style, I videotaped myself to see if these harsh comments had any merit. The criticisms were dead on! I could barely watch myself. My focus seemed scattered, I kept rambling on and on, and the so called "rapport" that I thought I had with the audience was all in my mind. To top if off, I appeared very nervous, which led to the obvious discomfort of the audience. There were a lot of pained expressions in the audience.

I was pretty distraught. Worse than that, I had another important training presentation in less than a week. I did some hasty internet searches to find some kind of comprehensive public speaking training and lucked upon this DVD. The DVD cover purported to show you "everything you need to know" about how to deliver presentations and keep the audience with you "every step of the way."

I got the 90 minute DVD overnighted to me and watched it as soon as I got it. I was prepared for a lot of the typical public speaking conventions - make eye contact with the audience, etc.

I was prepared to be quite bored by the DVD but was willing to sit through it because I was desperate. Also, I am an insanely compulsive note taker and fully expected to jot down all the useful bits of information I could get as I watched the DVD.

I was wrong on both accounts. I was absolutely riveted by the speaker, Doug Jeffreys. I could see at once that the unconventional but totally sensible techniques he showed were immediately useable. More impressive that that, I didn't have to take any notes. The presentation was so effective that I actually learned by just watching and listening to him. As a trainer, I absolutely aspire to this!

I took public speaking classes in college and I've read a few books over the years on public speaking. I have NEVER come across the simple but effective approach he uses. He also explained quite clearly why this approach works.

That sealed the deal for me and I immediately applied my techniques to a training presentation I had days later.

I was taken aback by the reaction I got from my audience. I noticed that many people were looking at me intensely - and their gaze was not letting up! After the presentation was over, a few of them came up to me and actually thanked me for my effective training.

Since then, I have had quite a few more training sessions and each one has been overwhelmingly positive. I get comments like "I thought I was going to be bored to tears but you had me interested the entire time" or "this was the best presentation I've seen". The funny thing is I haven't changed the content of my training. The only change is the presentation skills I acquired from the one-time viewing of the DVD.

I give the DVD 5 stars out of 5 because it does what it purports to do - show you "everything you need to know" about how to deliver presentations. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone who will have to speak in front of an audience.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A proven Winner, July 24, 2007

By	Patrick J. Schibi "bankerman" (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this dvd for my 16yr old son. He ran for Governor of the Texas-Oklahoma Key Club in April and finished 2nd. Many people approached me saying he was by far the best qualified candidate but the one elected was on the debate team and a good speaker where as my son looked down,stammered and did not come across well. My son then wanted to run for the Key Club International Vice President position that has over 237,000 members in 4,600 schools in all 50 states and 9 foreign countries. I thought it was impossible but agreed if he would use this dvd and learn how to be an effective speaker. He competed in Orlando FL on July 12-15th and won the election. I could not believe my eyes as I saw him speak to a crowd of 1,600 attendees. This dvd transformed him in less than 8 weeks. We recommend this for everyone.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome techniques I've not seen elsewhere., February 5, 2007

By	Timothy J. Malloy "Finplan" (west chester, pa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As someone who has been giving financial planning seminars for 20 years, I have purchased a number of books, videos and attended numerous seminars on presenting to groups. This video is the first I truly feel gave me my money's worth. Mr. Jefferys approach to public speaking especially regarding eye contact and pacing one's delivery in away that makes it easier on you and the audience are nothing shy of awesome. Unlike some training videos that have put me to sleep.

Mr. Jefferys delivers this knowledge in such an entertaining way that it keeps you thoroughly engaged right to the very end. I was able to put some of these techniques learned in a seminar delivered 1 week after watching the video for the second time. Not only did I get a better response from my audience than from any seminar I had delivered over the prior 7 years but many people came to me afterwards to compliment me on the quality of my delivery skills. I recommend this video to anyone who must speak to groups and connect in a way that earns trust