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- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Unlock your potential and understand how you can have an audience hanging on to your every word. Entrepreneursand business professionalsoften have to pitch their products and projects to an audience - whether at a conference stage, meetup group, to VC firms or even at the office to their peers and leaders. Through this book, you will learn how to plan, rehearse, and deliver the perfect presentation for your needs.
You'll review different presentation styles, how to craft and structure a talk and how to make it engaging for the audience. If you've ever wondered how you can be chosen to speak at a conference, this book will show you how and go in depth on how to craft a winning talk synopsis and proposal to stand out over the competition. You'll also examine many other details that go into giving a presentation such asface and hand gesturing, pre-performance rituals like visualization techniques, time management, addressing technical difficulties, preparing for question-and-answer sessions, gathering feedback, thedifferences between in person events and online talks/webinars and how to mold your presentation to the medium.
Powerful Presentations will show you how to perfect your public speaking and presentation skills.
What You'll Learn
- Explore the design and structure of presentations that retain an audience's attention
- Prepare for a talk, including rehearsal, but also failure contingency planning for things like projectors, Wi-Fi, demo failure, etc.
- Review all of the useful tools and services available to help you develop and deliver a great presentation
Who This Book Is For
Professionals who want to design and deliver talks in their chosen fields of expertise, whether that be a software developer or an entrepreneur.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Why Public Speaking Is an Important Skill
- 2. Writing Engaging Presentations
- 3. Writing a Synopsis to Draw in Your Audience
- 4. Preparing to Give a Talk
- 5. Delivering the Talk
- Back Matter