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Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design

Style Statement: Live by Your Own Design

by Carrie McCarthy

STYLE STATEMENT is an inspiring take on the power of style and authenticity. Deemed "style psychotherapists," Carrie and Danielle are the creators of the Style Statement: a two-word compass that helps you make more confident choices in life -- from your wardrobe to your relationships, your living room to your career plans. Part workbook, part inspirational narrative, STYLE STATEMENT presents a series of... (more)

Really Bad PowerPoint: (and how to avoid it)Seth Godin

Really Bad PowerPoint: (and how to avoid it)

by Seth Godin

REALLY BAD POWERPOINT has just one goal, and I bet you've already figured it out. Microsoft made the program easy to use poorly... and this book makes it easier to use well. Short (11 pages or so) but worth every penny.

Cognitively Informed Systems: Utilizing Practical Approaches to Enrich Information Presentation and Transfer

Cognitively Informed Systems: Utilizing Practical Approaches to Enrich Information Presentation and Transfer

As science advances, more and more emphasis is being placed on the human user of the computer-based system. Instead of humans learning how to interact with these systems, the systems must learn how to interact with humans. Cognitively Informed Systems: Utilizing Practical Approaches to Enrich Information Presentation and Transfer covers all the main areas of focus of cognitive science research that may influence... (more)

The Power Presenter: Technique, Style, and Strategy from America's Top Speaking Coach

The Power Presenter: Technique, Style, and Strategy from America's Top Speaking Coach

by Jerry Weissman

Learn the successful presentation techniques used in over 500 IPO road shows and featured in The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company . Jerry Weissman is the presentations coach to Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and many of America's top executives, including founding Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle, Intuit founder Scott Cook, Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings, and many others. The San Jose Mercury News says... (more)

Tork and Grunt's Guide to Great Presentations (Tork & Grunts Guide)

Tork and Grunt's Guide to Great Presentations (Tork & Grunts Guide)

by Bob Harvey

Grunt, our favorite prehistoric caveman, has risen to become chief of the tribe, with an expectation that he will be a great leader of his people. However, like most people, Grunt hates the idea of public speaking. But with the guidance of his colleague, Tork, he quickly becomes a competent and convincing speaker and presenter. In this practical book, spiced with humor of the pre and post-historic kind, Grunt... (more)

Stop Presenting!: Start Succeeding

by Brian J. Boeheim

...The clear and concise methodology you will find in this book quickly helped me become more effective. I immediately started relating to my audiences better, found myself more comfortable, and was more effective at getting my message across. There is a measure of genius in the simplicity of creating presentations that “answer questions” versus “spewing data”. I believe you will find yourself, as I did, more at... (more)

Guide to Presentations

by Mary Munter

Can be used in any course in which students are assigned presentations on any topic or are taught how to make a presentation. For courses in which students deliver presentations, such as Strategy, Marketing, Entrepreneurship; MBA Management Communication, Oral Communication, or Presentations courses, undergraduate Business Communication, Oral Communication, or Presentations courses, Business Studies or... (more)

They Just Don't Get It! Changing Resistance into Understanding

They Just Don't Get It! Changing Resistance into Understanding

by Leslie Yerkes

Entrepreneurs, managers, parents, teachers, and—at some point—everyone have to explain goals and intentions to another person in order to enlist help in achieving them. Too often, those brilliant explanations fall on seemingly deaf ears. They just don't get it! Instead of blaming them, this book counsels readers to look within, and shows that "their" problem is often "our" problem. Using the popular parable... (more)

Solving the PowerPoint Predicament: Using Digital Media for Effective Communication (The Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series)

Solving the PowerPoint Predicament: Using Digital Media for Effective Communication (The Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series)

by Tom Bunzel

Solving the PowerPoint Predicament Using Digital Media for Effective Communication Don’t Just Present: Inspire! Everyone uses PowerPoint, but how effective is your presentation at meeting the goals you’ve outlined? A great presentation is more than just a slideshow–it’s about using PowerPoint to its maximum potential to get your message across to your audience. That’s the PowerPoint... (more)

Presentations: A Passion for Gift Wrapping

Presentations: A Passion for Gift Wrapping

by Carolyne Roehm

With her brilliant sense of style, designer and bestselling author Carolyne Roehm makes the case in Presentations that there’s just as much pleasure in wrapping gifts as in receiving them—and that beautiful packages guarantee memorable celebrations. For everyone who loved At Home with Carolyne Roehm , one of America’s premier style-setters now offers her ideas for creating breathtaking gift wrappings using... (more)

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It: Ready-to-Use Advice for Presentations, Speeches, and Other Speaking Occasions, Large and Small

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It: Ready-to-Use Advice for Presentations, Speeches, and Other Speaking Occasions, Large and Small

by Joan Detz

Why do some speakers succeed while many bore their audiences and lose their listeners? Speaking coach Joan Detz has worked with top clients for more than 15 years and has the answers. In this useful and lively book she presents strategies and tips for speeches, sales presentations, brief remarks, job interviews, Q&A sessions, panels, and more -- every situation that requires something to say. Topics... (more)

Multimedia Learning

by Richard E. Mayer

For hundreds of years verbal messages have been the primary means of explaining ideas to learners. Although verbal learning offers a powerful tool for humans, this book explores ways of going beyond the purely verbal. An alternative to purely verbal presentations is to use multimedia presentations in which people learn from both words and pictures--a situation the author calls multimedia learning. Multimedia... (more)

How To Present Like A Pro

by Lani Arredondo

Here's how to gain acceptance for your ideas and visibility for yourself! Information alone doesn't persuade people; strong presentation skills do! And here's a complete presentation workshop packed with all the ingredients for success. Step by step, you'll learn the secrets to preparing material effectively... relating to your audience... communicating with clarity and power... creating dynamic audiovisuals...... (more)

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate

Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate

by Daniel Shapiro, Roger Fisher

In Getting to Yes , renowned educator and negotiator Roger Fisher presented a universally applicable method for effectively negotiating personal and professional disputes. Building on his work as director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Fisher now teams with Harvard psychologist Daniel Shapiro, an expert on the emotional dimension of negotiation. In Beyond Reason , they show readers how to use... (more)

Effective Presentation: How To Create & Deliver A Winning Presentation

Effective Presentation: How To Create & Deliver A Winning Presentation

by Ros Jay, Antony Jay

Does standing up in front of a room of people to make a presentation fill you with terror? Do your words come out jumbled, or so quietly that your audience can't hear you and worse still, they're not listening? According to Microsoft, 30million PowerPoint presentations take place every day and as a manager, it's inevitable that presenting will be a regular and integral part of your job. Yet, giving a successful... (more)

EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS HOW TO PRESENT FACTS, FIGURES, AND IDEAS SUCCESSFULLY

10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking

10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking

by Lenny Laskowski

Written by an expert in the field, this book has the tools you need to become a relaxed, effective, and commanding public speaker. A clear, concise, step-by-step approach with dozens of inside tips, 10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking will help you: * Overcome nervousness and discover your own natural style * Establish an immediate rapport with your audience * Practice your new techniques... (more)

Special Edition Using Microsoft(R) Office PowerPoint 2007 (Special Edition Using)

Special Edition Using Microsoft(R) Office PowerPoint 2007 (Special Edition Using)

by Patrice-Anne Rutledge, Geetesh Bajaj

Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 THE ONLY POWERPOINT BOOK YOU NEED We crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward PowerPoint proficiency and use of more advanced features. If you buy only one book on PowerPoint 2007, Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 is the only book you need. • Quickly move from... (more)

The Big Book of Presentation Games: Wake-Em-Up Tricks, Icebreakers, and Other Fun Stuff

The Big Book of Presentation Games: Wake-Em-Up Tricks, Icebreakers, and Other Fun Stuff

by Edward E. Scannell, John Newstrom

Don't let the audience snooze through any of your presentations! How do you keep an audience from becoming bored or restless during a presentation? Find out with The Big Book of Presentation Games . Each game in The Big Book of Presentation Games is fast, fun, creative, and easy-to-read, and easy-to-lead, and costs little or nothing. Categories also include: great session-openers; icebreakers;... (more)

Persuasive Proposals and Presentations (Mcgrawhill Professional Education Series)

Persuasive Proposals and Presentations (Mcgrawhill Professional Education Series)

by Heather Pierce

This book speaks directly to sales and marketing professionals and managers, showing them how to write proposals and presentations that sell It takes a short, no-nonsense approach, and delivers the lessons that make the difference between being the winner and being an "also-ran." Will be augmented by an MHPE web site that offers additional supporting materials.

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