Whether you have to speak to a crowd of thousands or a small-group of 10, you want your audience to take notice and pay attention to your message.
Speak up with Confidence is a step-by-step guide that will walk you through preparing and delivering any kind of message--from sharing your testimony or a devotional to leading a meeting or workshop.
Based on her years of experience, Carol Kent has given us a book of rich insight and practical advice about public speaking. If you plan to teach a group of five or 50,000, read this book. These principles really work. -- Luci Swindoll, author and speaker
Carol's teaching is clearly focused on assisting fellow believers to be better communicators of the work of God in their lives. Speak up with Confidence will give you great encouragement and many practical helps in developing and sharpening your speaking ability. -- Dennis and Barbara Rainey, national directors of Campus Crusade for Christ's family ministry
Speak up with Confidence is a must read for people who are committed to Christ and want to communicate their faith with greater impact. -- Kathe Wunnenberg, executive director, Christian Business Women's Association
What a joy to read a how-to book that really addresses the how-to. Carol Kent has systematically covered the details that have made her an outstanding speaker. I am delighted to recommend this book to the throngs of people who yearn to speak up with confidence. -- Jeannette Clift George, actress, author, and national speaker
You will not find a more excellent communicator than Carol Kent. In Speak up with Confidence, she unselfishly shares her effective secrets with us. This is must reading whether you are a beginner or have been speaking for years. -- Ney Bailey, speaker, author, Campus Crusade for Christ
From the Back Cover
YOU CAN SPEAK TO GROUPS OF PEOPLE. Whether you speak to a crowd of thousands or a classroom of ten, you want your audience to take notice and pay attention to your message. Speak up with Confidence is a step-by-step guide that will walk you through preparing and delivering any kind of message-from sharing your testimony or a devotional to leading a meeting or workshop. If you want to be a leader in your church or simply want to be more comfortable talking in front of others, Speak up with Confidence will give you the organizational skills and tips you need to make your talk a success.
Carol Kent is a popular international public speaker best known for being dynamic, humorous, encouraging, and biblical. Founder of Speak Up With Confidence (a communications training seminar), Speak Up Speaker Services (a speakers bureau), and Speak Up for Hope (a prison ministry), Carol is an expert on public speaking, on writing, and on encouraging people to hold on to hope when life's circumstances turn out differently from their dreams.
Carol has spoken internationally in South Africa, Germany, Bulgaria, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Mexico, and Canada. She regularly appears on a wide variety of nationally syndicated radio and television broadcasts.
She entered the public eye with the story of her only son's imprisonment for murder, a journey she shared in the powerful book, When I Lay My Isaac Down. This painful experience has led Carol and her husband, Gene, down a long road of sacrifice and redemption.
Carol holds a master's degree in communication arts and a bachelor's degree in speech education. Her bestselling books include: A New Kind of Normal (starred review in Publishers Weekly), When I Lay My Isaac Down (winner of Christian Retailers Choice Award), Becoming a Woman of Influence, Mothers Have Angel Wings, Secret Longings of the Heart, Tame Your Fears, Speak Up With Confidence, and Detours, Tow Trucks, and Angels in Disguise (all NavPress). She has also co-written with Karen Lee-Thorp the Designed for Influence Bible Studies (six books in the series, NavPress). Carol was the co-author and general editor of the Kisses of Sunshine Series of five books (Zondervan). Her articles have been published in a wide variety of magazines and in on-line resources.
Her new book, Between a Rock and a Grace Place, will be released by Zondervan in October. This book is the ongoing story of her journey with her son and it includes riveting letters he wrote from behind the razor wire of a maximum security prison. It also addresses the felt needs of people who hurt, and instills a surprisingly new way of thinking, leaving readers irresistibly drawn to see God's astonishing "grace places" in the middle of their roadblocks.
To book Carol for speaking engagements, or for information on her itinerary, or go to www.CarolKent.org. Join Carol on Facebook, follow her on Twitter@carolkentspeaks, or read her blog on the above website.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCarol Kent brings public speaking to an accessible skill., February 6, 1999
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This review is from: Speak Up with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide for Speakers and Leaders (Paperback)
I read Carol's book before I met her at a retreat where she spoke. I can affirm that she is an exemplary speaker. She practices what she preaches. The book provided practical wisdom plus numorous asides on the art of communicating while still upholding the integrity of both the message and the message-giver. I've adapted many of her suggestions to my own speaking outreach.
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Speak up with Confidence is just what my instructor ordered for our Christian Rhetoric class. After reading this book you will be glad to speak in front of any audience because you will know how and what to speak on. Speaking is more than just getting up to the podium and talking. You have to know your audience, know how to capture them, keep them and give them something to chew on later. I enjoyed reading this book and strongly suggest it to speakers from all walks of life. A person doesn't have to be from Harvard or Yale to speak in front of others. This book is for the intelligent as well as the silly. Somewhere in this book you will be able to relate to Carol Kent. This is also a good book for Pastors and their ministers.
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I attended a Christian Writers Conference and was asked if I had a speaking ministry---to which I laughed. I didn't have a clue how to start a Speaking Ministry, nor was I sure that I really wanted that calling. As God confirmed that again and again, I bought Carole's book and studied it cover to cover. Carol's book is a wonderful example to anyone desiring to "Speak Up with Confidence". I especially loved the pages which can be copied, to help outline developing a speach!
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