A guide to presenting before a group of people which aims to provide both professional visibility and success. The text looks at how to make preparing for presentations less tedious, less expensive and more satisfying and how to target the presentation to different audiences.
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Named by Presentations Magazine to its 'Top of the Class' List:: "We recommend [this book] to anyone who has been asked to present and hasn't stepped up to a podium since college. The book is well-written, easy to read and full of solid basics on presenting. It's a great book for any presenter's bookshelf."
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Named by Presentations Magazine to its 'Top of the Class' List:: "We recommend [this book] to anyone who has been asked to present and hasn't stepped up to a podium since college. The book is well-written, easy to read and full of solid basics on presenting. It's a great book for any presenter's bookshelf."
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Bio for Tom Leech, author, consultant, keynote speaker
Tom Leech wears several hats. He heads his own communication consulting firm, based in San Diego, California. He is author of several books about business, nature and travel:
- How to Prepare, Stage & Deliver Winning Presentations, 3rd Edition 2004 (AMACOM), named by Presentations Magazine as one of six "Top of the Class" books for the year;
- Say it like Shakespeare: The Bard's Timeless Tips for Successful Communication (McGraw-Hill), available on Kindle as an e-book;
- Outdoors San Diego: Hiking, Biking & Camping, with Jack Farnan (Premier), based on his many columns as Outdoors Editor for San Diego Magazine's Online Edition;
- On the Road in '68: A year of turmoil, a journey of friendship (Presentations Press), based on his 6-months around-the-world adventure trip during this tumultuous year.
For nearly three decades, he has helped organizations nationwide enhance communications success and capabilities via executive and team coaching, training seminars, and conference programs and keynotes. He is a long-time free-lance writer and columnist with over 200 articles in national and local publications, among them in-flight magazines of Frontier, Air Tran and American Airlines, Executive Update, The Toastmaster, Presentations, Opportunity World, Sales & Marketing Excellence, Manage, Master Salesman, Business Journals, San Diego Magazine and Mission Valley News.
He's a native of the Hoosier State -- Indiana, and a graduate of Purdue University. His spare time activities include hiking, travel, ball-room dancing, reading good books and walking the dogs (occasionally).
Information about his various pursuits can be found at at www.winning-presentations.com, presentationspress.com and outdoorssandiego.com.
Tom Leech wears several hats. He heads his own communication consulting firm, based in San Diego, California. He is author of several books about business, nature and travel:
- How to Prepare, Stage & Deliver Winning Presentations, 3rd Edition 2004 (AMACOM), named by Presentations Magazine as one of six "Top of the Class" books for the year;
- Say it like Shakespeare: The Bard's Timeless Tips for Successful Communication (McGraw-Hill), available on Kindle as an e-book;
- Outdoors San Diego: Hiking, Biking & Camping, with Jack Farnan (Premier), based on his many columns as Outdoors Editor for San Diego Magazine's Online Edition;
- On the Road in '68: A year of turmoil, a journey of friendship (Presentations Press), based on his 6-months around-the-world adventure trip during this tumultuous year.
For nearly three decades, he has helped organizations nationwide enhance communications success and capabilities via executive and team coaching, training seminars, and conference programs and keynotes. He is a long-time free-lance writer and columnist with over 200 articles in national and local publications, among them in-flight magazines of Frontier, Air Tran and American Airlines, Executive Update, The Toastmaster, Presentations, Opportunity World, Sales & Marketing Excellence, Manage, Master Salesman, Business Journals, San Diego Magazine and Mission Valley News.
He's a native of the Hoosier State -- Indiana, and a graduate of Purdue University. His spare time activities include hiking, travel, ball-room dancing, reading good books and walking the dogs (occasionally).
Information about his various pursuits can be found at at www.winning-presentations.com, presentationspress.com and outdoorssandiego.com.
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Best and most complete book on business presentations,
This review is from: How to Prepare, Stage, and Deliver Winning Presentations (Paperback)
Thomas Leech is a nationally known consultant on presentation making. In this book he distills his years of experience into a single volume of useful information. The book is packed with tremendously valuable information to make sure that your presentation is a winner.No stone is left unturned as he goes through a complete system for creating the presentation. Not only are the technical aspects discussed but also gauging your audience and customizing your presentation to meet the needs of the audience. He even covers special problems in presentation such as an international presentation. This is the best book on putting together a successful presentation that I have seen. Whether you are presenting an position internally to change the direction of a business or externally to generate new business this book is extremely useful. For generating additional business and presentations to potential customers I would recommend using it in combination with Tom Sant's book on Proposal writing. A winning presentation and a winning proposal results in winning business.
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A "Must-Read" for Presenters!,
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Thomas Leech's book, How to Prepare, Stage and Deliver Winning Presentations, 3rd Edition, is a 'must read' for any presenter. It applies to all speaking forums - large or small (customers, corporate, Board of Directors, employees and even informal team meetings). The "15 fundamentals" make it easy to learn, practice and refine your skills, resulting in improved, successful presentations.
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This is a great book to introduce a complete novice (me) to the concept of giving presentations. I'm a coach and want to start giving workshops to promote myself and am very nervous about getting in front of a crowd. This book is filled with great information on how to put a presentation together and covers all the bases. I feel much more informed and confident after reading this book. My first workshop is next month!
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facilitative listener, last viewer, meeting productivity, many presenters, team presentations, progressive disclosure, international presentations, winning presentations, critical listener, audience analysis, business presentations, computer graphics programs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Communicative Reading by Otis J. Aggert in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Improving Voice and Articulation by Hilda B. Fisher on page 249, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Silent Messages: Implicit Communication of Emotions and Attitudes by Albert Mehrabian on page 212, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Experiences in Visual Thinking, 2nd edition by Robert McKim on page 132, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fundamentals of Voice and Diction by Lyle V. Mayer on page 241, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Secrets of Successful Speakers: How You Can Motivate, Captivate, and Persuade by Lilly Walters on 6 pages
- What's Your Point? by Bob Boylan in Back Matter
- A Survival Guide for Project Managers by James Taylor in Back Matter
- Writing & Speaking in Technology Professions: A Practical Guide by David F. Beer on page 222
- Business and Technical Communication: An Annotated Guide to Sources, Skills, and Samples (Bibliographies and Indexes in Mass Media and Communications) by Sandra E. Belanger on page 239
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