Speaking as a Professional: Enhance Your Therapy or Coaching Practice through Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars [Hardcover]

Dan Grandstaff (Author), Daniel Grandstaff (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0393704335 | ISBN-13: 978-0393704334

Speaking as a Professional is a source of both guidance and encouragement to therapists and coaches at every level of experience in public speaking.

Beginning speakers will learn how to get started and how to become more confident speakers. Experienced speakers will discover how to make the most of their speaking engagements and to become sought-after presenters. You will find this to be an indispensable toolkit and guide to expanding your practice.

Editorial Reviews

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This manual is the best we've seen for turning talk into money. (Psychotherapy Finances )

About the Author

Dan Grandstaff is a therapist and business coach who has given more than 800 presentations. He created the Natural Speaking method and lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (February 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393704335
• ISBN-13: 978-0393704334
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #940,427 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 An important guide for a wide range of professions, April 6, 2005

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This review is from: Speaking as a Professional: Enhance Your Therapy or Coaching Practice through Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars (Hardcover)

Speaking As A Professional: Enhance Your Therapy Or Coaching Practice Through Presentations, Workshops, And Seminars isn't just another public speaker's guide: it addresses those involved on a professional level and tells how to enhance a therapy or coaching practice by giving presentations, workshops and seminars. Chapters specific to this purpose offer author/therapist/business coach Dan Grandstaff's practical tips on how to expand a coaching or therapy practice through public speaking. From locating groups which use speakers to presenting onesself as an expert, this will make an important guide for a wide range of professions who would turn expertise into a side-business.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speaking as a Professional, November 30, 2004

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Judy Griffin (North Carolina - USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speaking as a Professional: Enhance Your Therapy or Coaching Practice through Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars (Hardcover)

Speaking as a Professional is a very helpful how-to book filled with practical advice, relevant worksheets, and well-explained examples that offer even the most seasoned speakers valuable ideas for enhancing their therapy or coaching practices. As a business writing coach, I appreciate the guide's clear, organized, and easy-to-read format, as well as the solid content itself. While all the chapters are helpful, I especially like the one on "Delivering an Effective Presentation," where Dan Grandstaff's tips will definitely help me take my presentations to the next level.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars review of "Speaking as a Professional", November 17, 2004

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Ann B. Loomis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speaking as a Professional: Enhance Your Therapy or Coaching Practice through Presentations, Workshops, and Seminars (Hardcover)

This book is thorough, practical, and inspirational. Although all the chapters were helpful, I found Chapter Seven to be particularly so. The tips for managing anxiety helped me to sail through a recent presentation at a professional writers' conference. In fact, I enjoyed giving the presentation so much that I signed up for an upcoming workshop on "Getting on the Lecture Circuit." Thanks to Dan's book, I now have more confidence on the floor and on my feet.