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Wake 'Em Up! : How to Use Humor & Other Professional Techniques to Create Alarmingly Good Business Presentations

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This book will not help you tell jokes. It describes how to make your presentations more entertaining. Tom Antion's secrets on room setup and how to open a speech are worth more than the price of the book. Whether you are speaking to a large group or to a small sales meeting, the tips in this book will help you get your point across.

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Tom Antion is a marketing genius who teaches speakers how to speak and how to sell themselves. A gifted professional speaker, he shares his years of experience in these pages.

As a professional speaker and the author of 113 books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I highly recommend this book to anyone who has to get their point across to groups. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.

An excellent book full of immediately useful tips to turn any business presentation into an interesting presention. Trying to put to death the idea that if the presentation isn't boring no one will take it seriously. Tom shows readers that even important topics can benefit by interesting presentations. A must for every business library!

Wow! Tom Antion did it. "Wake 'em Up! is a masterpiece. This is a 'must read' for anyone who speaks before an audience, regardless of the size. His tips will both keep you out of trouble and guide you toward mastering the art of public persuasion. Be careful, if you do what he suggests, you might start getting 'too many' speaking invitations. -Edwin Richard Rigsbee, Professional Speaker

I bought this book for my husband who does a lot of presentations. He loved it and found many helpful insights to apply to his presentations. There are some presentations he does that are very drab but need to be done so he found the humor approach a great way to help it along.

Perfect material, provides multiple concepts, tricks and inspiring ideas about how to keep the attention of an audience.

If any American leader is known for using wit and humor in difficult situations, it is John F. Kennedy. He knew that ANY situation can be made palatable with the proper use of humor. I approached Tom Antion's book (and videotape) with the same skepticism I use in all such purchases and was very pleasantly surprised. Tom has produced a basic reference work that will serve in any situation. I'm sure it would have been in JFK's personal library, just as it is now in mine. In preparing JFK and leadership speeches for delivery anywhere in the world, I routinely consult Tom Antion's reference works. I recommend them in any format as the foundation for a professional approach to communicating with others.

Francis G. McGuire, Director, John F. Kennedy Leadership Series (tm)

Wake "Em Up is a complete source for everything you will ever need to know about making a great presentation. Whether you are a professional looking to move to the next level or just need to make a great presentation to your boss this is the book to get. Easy to read. Easy to use. Easy to love!

Wake'Em Up is an innovative, humorous and practical guide to dynamic performances in personal, or business presentations. Full of creative and original ideas presented with flair, as well as a common sense approach. Taking communication skills to a new level, Tom Antion provides enjoyable approaches sure to strike the right chemistry with anyone's audience. Am absolute must for all speakers and trainers!

Tom's book is a' must have' resource for both novice and experienced speakers. He shares dozens of practical tips that are guaranteed to keep even the stodgiest audience interested and involved. Or, as Tom puts it,keep them from passing through sleep ( zzzzz's), to rapid eye movement sleep ( new and improved zzzzz's) to a comatose state (extra heavy duty industrial strength zzzzz's). Tom also does a great job of helping you identify your audience's needs, and then shows you, step-by-step, how to make your presentation more powerful and more interesting.

As a professional speaker who's used Tom's techniques in my own presentations, I can tell you, these ideas really work - they can help you add just the right touch of humor and lots of excitement to your next speech or seminar. And, what's most important, help your audiences remember your message.

Wake 'em Up is fun, fast-paced, packed with great ideas - and required reading for anyone who has to speak in front of a group.

This book is a definite for the speaker who wants to impact the audience in a positive manner!!!! It also ensures a call back for a repeat performance and for the establishment of a word of mouth client based referral system. It promises laughs with the focus on content. It implores the speaker to become creative, inventive and just plain old funny. Leave them laughing and you will be remembered.