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The Seven Minute Star: Become a great speaker in 15 simple steps [Paperback]

Florian Mueck (Author)
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March 30, 2010
Experience-driven, practical, to the point - The Seven Minute Star is your entertaining guide to becoming a great speaker! Whatever profession you may have these 15 steps will propel you up the stairs where you'll find your seven minutes of glory - on stage.

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Educational and entertaining - The Seven Minute Star is both, in a striking and memorable way. It blows some fresh air into 3,000 years of rhetoric. Read it, relish it, use it! --Michael Kalkowski, Creative Director at GameDuell

I was really fascinated reading the book because there are so many things that I can relate to as a music producer as well as the time I spent in the military. --Leon Larkin, Music Producer

About the Author

Florian Mueck from Germany is co-founder and president of thefestival.eu — an initiative to create a European team spirit. Before coming up with the idea to create this movement, this entrepreneur, based in Barcelona, Spain, and Berlin, Germany, worked as a consultant and business development manager for almost a decade for KPMG, the global advisory firm. Since Florian joined a chapter of Toastmasters International in Barcelona in 2005, public speaking, already his passion, has become his profession. The Associate Professor of EADA Business School Barcelona and author of “The Seven Minute Star – become a great speaker in 15 simple steps” offer inspiring communication seminars, presentation coaching and keynote speeches.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 114 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace (March 30, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1450599753
  • ISBN-13: 978-1450599757
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #981,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Florian Mueck hails from Germany. He is the co-founder and president of thefestival.eu -- an initiative to create a European team spirit. Before coming up with the idea to create this movement, this entrepreneur, based in Barcelona, Spain and Berlin, Germany, worked as a consultant and business development manager for almost a decade for KPMG, the global advisory firm.

Since Florian joined a chapter of Toastmasters International in Barcelona in 2005, public speaking, already his passion, has become his profession.

An Associate Professor of EADA Business School Barcelona and author of The Seven Minute Star - Become a Great Speaker in 15 Simple Steps, Florian offers inspiring communication seminars, presentation coaching and keynote speeches.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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For those in a rush: Buy this book! It offers value you will not find in other public speaking manuals.

For those looking for a longer review: Enter in any bookstore and you will get lost among shelves upon shelves of self-help books on the art of public speaking. Some are better than others but most of them have similar content and structure. They will all provide you with tons of tips (in many cases recycled and copied and pasted from others) on how to prepare and deliver a speech, on the presentation of content or even on how to overcome anxiety. All good advice but difficult to learn for the average person and even more to put in practice when you are, as this book puts it, "a cat giving a speech to an audience of 500 Rottweilers".'

This book is different! It takes the reader through 15 simple steps (plus a call for autenthicity) to master public speaking, to become (or at least feel like) a star when you are in the spotlight and ready to deliver a speech. What sets this book apart from the rest is that you do not need to go through long lists of objectives and tools to learn and, if you are perseverant, eventually acquire (or not!). It is more about self-discovering, about bringing out the qualities that you already have and, by systematizing and using them in five different areas, become a great speaker. The book focuses on how to deliver a speech (any speech) in a way that would make it memorable, that will achieve the "Wow! effect".

The book is fun to read. It uses a conversational style, full of anecdotes and similes, making its reading highly entertaining and engaging. It is difficult to put down and, in fact, I read it in a single go. But I am sure I will go back to it once and again to consult, especially considering that each of the 15 steps could be read independently, which is highly appreciated. Each step goes straight to the point while, at the same time, giving you plenty of advice.

I feel this book is appropriate for any level as we all have room to improve in any of the 15 steps. Whether you are an experienced speaker who just wants to polish some elements of your speaking toolkit or a beginner looking for an introduction, I am sure that this book will be very helpful.
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Entertaining July 7, 2011
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Hi everybody.

I heard about Florian on an interview for the catalonian tv. The way he spoke made me want to buy this book, as I've always been interested in public speaking. The book is very easy to read (nothing to do with old greek '''''''') and most important to put in practice what you've read. I truly recommend it.
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Perfect October 14, 2010
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easy to understand, practical, useful... whatever attributes I use one is sure I had a good time with this book ... read it
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