Knockout Presentations (revised 2009 edition) [Paperback]

Diane DiResta (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1998

Life is a presentation. The ability to present one's ideas quickly and efficiently is a significant resource in today's business world.

Editorial Reviews

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Need to deliver your message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz? This book delivers what it promises. You'll be a near expert by the end of the first chapter! One of the best books we've seen on the subject.Need to deliver your message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz? This book delivers what it promises. You'll be a near expert by the end of the first chapter! One of the best books we've seen on the subject.--If you speak, you need this book. If you don't speak, you need it even more. Buy this book today! Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the New York Times best-selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul. --Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the New York Times best-selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul

"Need to deliver your message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz? This book delivers what it promises. You'll be a near expert by the end of the first chapter! One of the best books we've seen on the subject." --Adult Ed Today

If you speak, you need this book. If you don't speak, you need it even more. Buy this book today! --Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the New York Times best-selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul

From the Publisher

Knockout Presentations is the indispensable guide to delivering your message with clarity and confidence. With hundreds of tips to improve your communication style in your personal and professional life, this book contains the valuable information that readers can use every day on the road to success. Great for interviews, presentations, first encounters with influential people, and every day poise, the essential communication guide teaches how to maximize your presence and effectively deliver your own message -- whatever that may be. Diane's easy style and down-to-earth advice assures even the most reluctant public speaker. The useful exercises, case studies and do's and don'ts make learning easy and fun. In the end, Knockout Presentations will give you the confidence and power to impress even the most critical audiences.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Chandler House Press; revised edition 2009 edition (October 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886284253
• ISBN-13: 978-1886284258
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #307,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scared of Presentations? This is the one book you need, August 28, 2004

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QuinnCreative "-Q" (Glendale, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Knockout Presentations (revised 2009 edition) (Paperback)

When I saw the hyped-up title, "Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch and Pizzaz," I winced. But I needed to find a book to teach from that really covered a lot of ground, and DiResta carries through on the promise. If you hate hype, you'll love the book. It delivers what the title promises.
If you want to buy just one book to give you real help from preparing the presentation, through conquering fear, breathing techniques, using your hands, creating useful and easy-to-manage props and checking the room before you present, this is the one book that will give you all that help and more.
To make it even more useful, it's jammed with tips and hints to help you succeed. It is never preachy or pedantic.
After each major section, there are checklists to go over to make sure you focus on the most important parts of the previous material.
Still more good news: The table of contents and the index are clear and to the point--you can find what you need and concentrate on just what you need help with.
Like a website, there are icons for exercises and case studies. Like the best of print books, there are fill-in boxes for those who prefer a workbook to just reading, and margins big enough to take notes in.
I use this book to teach, but it's an ideal book for self-study, too.
Need to lose your fear of public speaking? Need to give better presentations? Buy, read, re-read, follow this book and you will be on your way to success. --Q

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So You Want To Give A GREAT Presentation? Buy This!, April 5, 2003

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This review is from: Knockout Presentations (revised 2009 edition) (Paperback)

If you've spent way too much time and effort putting together a presentation, felt uncomfortable presenting, and came away disappointed, buy this book now. It'll make you and you presentations better almost immediately.

It gives great advice, from projecting your voice to developing a truly persuasive presentation to making the most of your visual aids. It gives actionable tips and techniques to help with each of these items, so you can improve immediately.

Best of all, the book is a great reference tool. It's very easy to go back and find the section on Developing a Persuasive Presentation or Knowing Your Audience (or whatever), in just a minute. From there, you can follow the simple steps and make a big difference in the presentation.

Just got done developing 2 presentations to our CEO, and this book saved me a TON of planning time, and helped me to really get the point across. He was sold!

So, don't hesitate. If you spend way to much time and anxiety worrying about your presentations , this is worth every penny!

55 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars this book had no power, punch or pizazazz, April 10, 2005

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D.C. Lang "D.C. Lang" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Knockout Presentations (revised 2009 edition) (Paperback)

Must have had friends writing previous reviews, because unless you are under the age of 16, this book is quite simplistic. If you've spent anytime on the job with some situational awareness, you will have received the utter basics this book imparts. I wanted to return the book immediately for it should have been listed in the children's book section. It never gets any better-- with any rich information or insight--just obvious trite pabulum laced throughout. This book is insipid and mind-numbingly simplistic. DO NOT BUY if you want to learn how to make a knockout presentation!