Public Speaking From The Heart [Paperback]

Jim Turrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 1999

This method offers a remarkably practical process for composing and delivering your message. By focusing on felt needs, authenticity, purpose, and inter-active elements, Public Speaking From The Heart saves you time in composition, frees you from your notes, and gives you the kind of results every speaker wants.

The only book of its kind that teaches you to compose and deliver your speech as you read the book. Read this book tonight, deliver your speech tomorrow.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

What professionals saying about this book - Mark Victor Hansen Co-author of Chicken Soup for The Soul:

"Almost instantly, you will learn to share from your heart...directly to the heart of your audience." Dr. Richard Robertson Professor of Psychoneurobiology, University of California at Irvine:

"One of the most useful classes in communication I have ever taken..." Lee Boothby Attorney and Author of Mind Power

"Every attorney should read this book." Joe Merkel National Sales Director

"I use these methods in all of my training programs." Rev. Peggy Price Senior Pastor

"This is the most effective way to speak I have ever used."

About the Author

Jim Turrell understands the difficulty of putting together presentations that will capture the listeners attention at the level of their greatest interest, their hearts. As a leader, businessman, former public school teacher, professional musician, and minister, he has experienced the challenge of having to construct new and original messages each and every week.

Faced with having to teach new ministers the art of public speaking, he began research into Public Speaking From The Heart. Mr. Turrell found most available material on public speaking overly mechanical, relying on formulas that stunt originality, keeping the student from developing their own style. Books on public speaking tend to put too much emphasis on analysis and control of your audience, in the process of trying to encourage you to be yourself.

Turrell credits his teaching experience for keen insight into taking complicated skills and making them simple and achievable. He professes, You dont have to be a mechanic to know how to drive a car. Turrell spent over four years developing Speaking From The Heart, purposefully, keeping it intelligent but practical.

Over the last several years, hundreds of professionals have taken his class on Speaking From The Heart, and/or purchased his self published book, with remarkable results.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Seven Locks Press (January 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966798600
• ISBN-13: 978-0966798609
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,016,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Public Speaking from the Heart " Saved the Day, February 6, 2002

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Joanne Tucker (Costa Mesa, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public Speaking From The Heart (Paperback)

My fear of speaking in public was astronomical, to say the least, from earlier dyslexic experiences that left me in grave doubt about my ability to speak up without embarrassment.
One day, my greatest fear rose up and hit me square in the face...I was to speak at a corporate meeting with many successful executives from a Fortune 500 company. "Oh God," I remember saying several days before the event, "send help! Now!"
I picked up this little book entitled "Public Speaking from the Heat" and found my answer. Reading it voraciously, I then practiced some of the exercises, one in particular. Standing and orally practicing "felt needs" over and over, my confidence began to blossom. I wanted the listeners at the meeting to hear my point of view until they could say, "I know what she's talking about!"
At the meeting, when it came time to give my speech, I said to myself, "I will no longer react to my mental breakdowns and instead focus right now on achieving my goal." I stood up and delivered a speech that even surprised me! Afterwards, people came up and said that I had changed their minds about the subject of our discussion because of my heart-felt sincerity.
I can truly say that "Public Speaking from the Heart" saved the day, and now I'm more confident, relaxed and willing to speak in public.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful & effective, January 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Public Speaking From The Heart (Paperback)

"This book was a delight to breeze through. The exercises are revealing. It is evident that the author's experience reveals the capability to speak authoritatively about public speaking and specifically in regards to speaking from the heart. While reading this book, I experienced a personal shift in perception of how I have viewed my ability, as well as courage, to practice the art of speaking from the heart both publicly and in my personal conversations. What a gift this book was for me, to find something so simple to read, easy to comprehend, and immediately applicable to more than just public speaking!"

5.0 out of 5 stars Public Speaking from the Heart, March 8, 2002

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J. Tucker (Costa Mesa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Public Speaking From The Heart (Paperback)

Hi, I already wrote a review on Public Speaking from the Heart and "Heart" was spelled "Heat." Could you please change it for me. I'm embarrassed that I misspelled the title of the book. Joanne Tucker of Costa Mesa.