Everything you need to make your next talk a resounding success is right here-even if you dread the thought of approaching a podium! In Presentation S.O.S., renowned communications expert Mark Wiskup gives you a quick, concise, and (yes!) fun way to confidently sell your ideas to any audience. Packed with unique tips and featuring nine easy, painless steps that will transform you into a great presenter, this book shows you how to: Develop a "Power Sound Bite" to grab your listeners' attention and focus your message. Get the most out of PowerPoint-and dodge its pitfalls. Avoid seemingly harmless words and expressions that can turn the audience against you. Finish big with a knock-'em-dead "Power Close." Win the Q&A battle-learn how to handle even the toughest questions and most difficult members of your audience. Book jacket.
CEOs and managers across North American, Europe and Asia confide in Mark Wiskup every week about their daunting leadership dilemmas involving employees, vendors and investors. Mark acts as a coach, mentor and advisor - all at the same time - teaching bosses, supervisors and managers how to have more success and more fun, every day by communicating their unique ideas with intensity, joy, and impact.
His clients say he's a task master, intensely helping them to understand how communication disconnects in their organizations always wind up hurting the P&L...and their professional equity. He challenges all audiences; from intimate workshop groups to large conferences of CEOs, with practical and lively sessions that result in energetic group discussions, instant take home value and lots of humor.
Mark is a story teller by nature, starting his post-college years as an award winning television journalist and anchor in Minnesota, Colorado, Florida and Arkansas. He also founded and ran a visual media production company for 15-years with operations in Florida and Colorado.
He has degrees from both UCLA and Northwestern University. Finally, he is proud to say he once served as a driver for Ian Anderson and the band Jethro Tull during several Florida tour dates.
