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Thinking on Your Feet [Audio Cassette]

Marian K. Woodall (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)


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Book Description

April 1987
When you are under pressure, can you communicate with clarity? In business, community affairs, at home...learn to think --and speak--on your feet, to respond appropriately and confidently every time. Using proven strategies, on-target tactics, and practical examples, this book will help you improve your end of any conversation. You'll discover how to answer impressively, even if you don't know the answer; polish your delivery so you can tackle tough questions head on; say, 'It's none of your business in socially acceptable terms; reply, 'I don't know' and still be convincing; develop good conversations even with difficult people. If you have ever been caught off guard in a meeting, stumped by a query in a sales call, suffered an embarrassing silence in a job interview, or thought of the perfect rejoinder--after the conversation, help is here in 'Thinking On Your Feet.' What you need to know is featured in a new Quick Guide. Job interviewing, gender communications, Q & A, and opportunities to say a few words are examined, with precise tactics and lively before-and-after examples.
--This text refers to the Perfect Paperback edition.


Editorial Reviews

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'. . . a book with techniques to put the old brain in gear before downshifting to the verbal response mode. What you learn here could mean the difference between a successful interview and a frustrating series of questions and answers terminating without resolution -- and without a job offer.' 'There are tricks to the conversational trade, Marian indicates. If an individual is aware of talking techniques, verbal dialogues can and will be productive. . . . Key among suggestions is to repeat the question as part of your response. This tactic helps your brain get started on the right track. It also give you an extra nanosecond to adjust the question or re-focus it.' --Salt Lake Tribune

'One of your goals is to present an in-control image, because as an employee in public service, how you respond to questions is often as important as what your say. Your goal, obviously, is to further the communication between you and the questioner. You will likely accomplish this goal if your delivery of the answer is confident.' --Federal Times

'Learn to formulate answers fast to those tough questions you hate. This book helps you analyze inquiries, assess the questioner, buy time for 'thinking.' 'Get tactics for deflecting, hedging, or refocusing questions from media, supervisors, citizens, suspects, or spouse.' --Calibre Press --This text refers to the Perfect Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

How to communicate under pressure is a skill everyone needs to master. Skillful communicators are able to succeed, but many have told us they didn't know exactly how they did it. The strategies here are specific, precise, concise, and practical. The examples are lively, amusing, real life incidents. Whether you feel you think on your feet just fine or want to, this book will make you more confident--and more successful-- in your dealings with others. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Professional Business (April 1987)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0941159248
  • ISBN-13: 978-0941159241
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,965,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Whether you need better focus in presentations, sharper job interviews, quicker responses to questions, or getting desired attention from your spouse or boss, help is here. Reflecting Marian K.Woodall's vast and varied experience, her books will help you be a more successful communicator.

Who seeks help? A regional airlines pilot who wanted to make the big jump to a major airlines. He now flies the friendly skies of United! A teen whose goal since childhood was to represent her favorite breed of horse, as Miss Pinto of America. She did! A female executive who felt she was ignored and put down by male colleagues. With a few strategies for power and equality, she gets the respect and attention she needs!

Known as The Speechdoctor, Marian has over 35 years of experience and advice worth sharing. And she does share it, as author of five popular communications books, as a national professional speaker, and as an executive speech coach, professional athletes, marketing and sales, political candidates, women in all walks of life.

Marian's books can be found--translated and published--in many foreign countries, including Great Britain, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico. Her webpage is www.speechdoctor.com.




 

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, September 4, 1999
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This book contains all tip and tactics you need to keep conversations and presentations from getting out of hand. If someone is heckling you during an important presentation or asks you a question that you do not know the answer to, this book gives you advice on responding tactfully so you do not look irresponsible, weak, etc.

In essence, this book helps convey the art of BSing. Everyone has known someone in their life who can talk their way out of any situation. This book can help you become someone like that. Very highly recommended!

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Very elementary and not much info here, November 17, 2000
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Rodney Kolke "Rodmania" (Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
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I found this book to be very limited in regard to content. I was looking for more advanced techniques, or at least a more detailed study of actual methods for accomplishing what the title advertises. The author could have presented the main points of this book on a few pages and saved us all the time required to read the filler material. Just about any book you pick up about public speaking or personal communication contains the advice found here. "Repeat the question - It gives you a few more seconds to think about your answer" is about as advanced as the info in this book gets.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thinking on Your Feet, November 9, 2007
This powerful little volume, now in its 20th year, is a classic of its genre. From page one Woodall coaches the reader in developing skillful, confident responses to sticky questions. She says, "Thinking on your Feet means saying exactly what you want to say at exactly the right moment . . . ." Her method and examples provide common-sense means for gaining the high ground in any conversational situation. It's guidance one can use without the distraction of theoretical or statistical overkill. Thinking on Your Feet follows its own advice, recognizing that brevity is not only the soul of wit, but of wisdom. I agree with Kare Anderson (www.sayitbettercenter.com) that "This is the best single book for learning to maintain composure when responding to a hot situation or volatile person." Highly recommended.
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