Presenting With Style: Advanced Strategies for Superior Presentations [Paperback]

Ellen Dowling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 2000

Is your presentation style a little on the dull side? When you speak in public, do your audiences exhibit severe symptoms of MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over)? Do you believe that "Death by PowerPoint" presentations are your only choice? If so, then this book is for you. First, well ask you to assess your own personal presentation style. Are you an Entertainer? (Do you like to get laughs and applause?) Are you a Professor? (Are you happiest when theyre taking notes and looking enthralled?) Are you a Preacher? (Do you want your audience to be converted?) Or are you an Orator? (Do you yearn for a standing ovation?) In this book youll learn how to build your own preferred style, add some elements from the other styles, and then put together a presentation that will knock the socks off any audience. This book also includes specific techniques for specific kinds of presentations: Sales Presentations, Briefings, Conference Presentations, Keynote Speeches, After-Dinner Talks, Public Hearings, and Instructional Sessions. This books premise: You dont HAVE to be boring!

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Reading Ellen Dowling and Michael Dowling's new book, "Presenting With Style," is a rare pleasure for a college professor. Here is a text that is short, inexpensive, and, best of all, interesting. Actually, it is more than interesting; it is downright entertaining. It has been a long time since I've read a textbook that holds within its pages the joy of learning as much as "Presenting With Style." I intend to use "Presenting With Style" in my classes and I will recommend it to other professors who are long weary of the didactic and the tedious. To quote the authors on the premise of this book: "You don't HAVE to be boring." Amen.

Dr. Barthy Byrd, Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, University of Texas at El Paso.

About the Author

Ellen C. Dowling, PhD, President of Dowling & Associates, Inc. and author of The Standup Trainer, is an expert in helping professionals develop presentation skills to enlighten and entertain their audiences. Michael J. Dowling, PhD, Professor of Innovation and Technology Management, University of Regensburg, is an internationally recognized executive education consultant.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (April 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595094864
• ISBN-13: 978-0595094868
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 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: #2,593,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful AND interesting, November 20, 2000

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Peter Di Giulio (San Francisco, CA. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Presenting With Style: Advanced Strategies for Superior Presentations (Paperback)

Ellen and Michael Dowling have written a superior book. It gets to the point and is an entertaining read as well as instructional. This is not a small feat for a book about presentations, something I consider usually very dry.

The book is written for the professional presenter who wants to improve his abilities. However, I also find it helpful for the occasional presenter. The book gives you some dynamic techniques that should help whether you are presenting at a convention and need to address hundreds of people, at a high powered business meeting and you really need to impress those present, or if you (like me) are presenting to a small group of colleagues over a friendly rotating monthly lunch.

You might find that people actually listen, hear, and are interested in what you have to say after following several of Ellen's and Michael's suggestions.