Presentations That Get Results: 14 Reasons Yours May Not [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Marian K. Woodall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997 | ISBN-10: 0941159973 | ISBN-13: 978-0941159975 | Edition: illustrated edition

Are your presentations and speeches getting the results you need? Confidently say "yes" with cutting edge content, style, visuals. Change comes everywhere, and big changes in presenting are here today. Today, your goal is not to deliver a message, but to get a result. Today, it's not what you want to say that matters, it's what the audience needs to hear. Today, to be sure your presentations succeed, consider three key qualities --a concise takeaway message, plus audience focus and audience involvement.

Includes tools for instant assessment of audience, tips for stimulating openers that grab your audience, strategies for turning your listeners into participants, hints for making visuals help rather than compete. Total: 14 key challenges for todays presenters -- with solutions. Be sure you have it all!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Professional speaker and trainer Marian K. Woodall believes everyone should modernize their communication skills--or risk being left behind in the years ahead. Her fourth book on improving these skills, Presentations That Get Results, highlights 14 specific reasons why so many presentations misfire and offers suggestions for each of these problems and misconceptions (ranging from "we don't need visuals" to "you bet we have visuals ... the fanciest visuals electronics can create") to help readers turn failure into success.

Review

"...How to educate, and persuade, + 14 problems to avoid in this well-conceived and well organized presentation." -- Bookman News, October 3 1997

"Helps with conquering fear; quit thinking about ourselves, start thinking about what the audience needs to hear, and the dynamic changes." -- Oregon Business Magazine, September 1997

"Reminds its readers that the audience is the reason for the presentation. Involving them is important." -- Business Journal, January 29, 1997

"Reminds us that a team presentation deserves effort proportionate to its potential payoff." -- Presentations Magazine, January 1998

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Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Professional Business; illustrated edition edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941159973
• ISBN-13: 978-0941159975
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,926,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Whether you need better focus in presentations, sharper job interviews, quicker responses to questions, or getting desired attention from your spouse or boss, help is here. Reflecting Marian K.Woodall's vast and varied experience, her books will help you be a more successful communicator.

Who seeks help? A regional airlines pilot who wanted to make the big jump to a major airlines. He now flies the friendly skies of United! A teen whose goal since childhood was to represent her favorite breed of horse, as Miss Pinto of America. She did! A female executive who felt she was ignored and put down by male colleagues. With a few strategies for power and equality, she gets the respect and attention she needs!

Known as The Speechdoctor, Marian has over 35 years of experience and advice worth sharing. And she does share it, as author of five popular communications books, as a national professional speaker, and as an executive speech coach, professional athletes, marketing and sales, political candidates, women in all walks of life.

Marian's books can be found--translated and published--in many foreign countries, including Great Britain, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico. Her webpage is www.speechdoctor.com.

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This review is from: Presentations That Get Results: 14 Reasons Yours May Not (Paperback)

I like the layout of this book - each chapter states a problem and a solution. The solution is in a highlighted format or bulleted list, making it easy to follow and simple to apply to your own presentation. The most valuable information for me is the reminder to keep my focus on the audience - the hook, words to avoid and defining my purpose were the first solutions I have incorporated. The author gives many examples and solutions to keep the focus on the audience. I am so thankful for this resource and keep it handy to review before finalizing any presentation.