Top Public Speaking Books

Whether writing a letter or memo, making a speech, asking for a rise or promotion, making a point or closing a sale, this tape shows how you might get your point across in 30 seconds, and get what you want.

In less time than it takes to fly from New York to Chicago, readers of Make Your Point! will know exactly what to do to master the spoken word. The authors, two seasoned and streetwise corporate communication coaches, have written a book that's lively, witty and gives down-to-earth advice for every businessperson and college student who wants to be a first-rate communicator. So whether you have to give a presentation, sell, write a paper, or interview for a job, this book will help you get your message across.

If you speak in public--or want to--this fast-paced, entertaining, and actionable book is for you! "Speak Like Yourself... No, Really!" will help you communicate more effectively and authentically. It provides insights, encouragement, and step-by-step instructions to develop your best speaking style and use it not just for podium presentations, but in meetings, pitches, networking events, jobs interviews, and more. This uniquely effective and personal approach has worked for hundreds of the author's private public speaking clients, and it will work for you!

A guide for effective public speaking including vocal delivery, conquering nervousness, analysing your audience and the staging of a presentation.

Terrified of speaking in front of a group? Or simply looking to polish your skills? No matter where you are on the spectrum, this guide will give you the confidence and the tools you need to get results. Learn how to wIn over tough crows, organize a coherent narrative, create powerful messages and visuals, connect with and engage your audience, show people why your ideas matter to them, and strike the right tone, in any situation.

YOUR GUIDE TO CREATING AN OUTSTANDING TED TALK - OR ANY OTHER SPEECH OR PRESENTATION

"How to Deliver a Great TED talk" is a complete public speaking system for delivering highly effective presentations and speeches.

If you've watched TED videos before, you've no doubt been inspired and electrified by speeches by figures such as Sir Ken Robinson, Jill Bolte Taylor, Simon Sinek and Dan Pink.

What makes these TED talks so inspiring?

What is the secret formula for creating a successful TED talk?

And how can you use this formula to deliver your own powerful TED talk (or any other presentation or speech, for that matter)?

OVER 100 SUPER SPECIFIC TIPS TO HELP YOU MASTER THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

If you follow the guidelines and tools in this book, I guarantee that your audience will have no choice but to be wrapped up in your speeches and presentations.

BASED ON EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BEST TED TALKS

I studied more than 200 of the most inspiring TED talks, analyzed each one line by line and discovered the common elements that make them successful.

This book is the result of my intensive research. In it, you'll discover tools that will help make you twice the speaker you are today in half the time.

This book is also based on the work of bestselling authors Chip and Dan Heath. In their groundbreaking book, Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath revealed six simple principles for creating memorable messages.

In this book, I have taken Chip and Dan's work and applied it to creating powerfully persuasive presentations. I use their SUCCESS framework and draw on examples from TED talks to show how the success principles can be applied to public speaking.


More specifically, you will learn how to:

• Craft a repeatable power phrase

• Utlize the ABC-C speech structure for powerful presentations

• Use rhetorical devices to spice up your speech

• Create an attention-grabbing opening

• Build the body of your presentation/speech

• Craft a compelling closing

• Use statistics to grab attention

• Create a wow-moment

• Bring your characters to life

• Use analogies, metaphors and similes

• Turn your stories into mental movies

• Build your credibility with the speech introduction

• Add internal credibility to your presentation

• Build an emotional connection with your audience

• Use compelling visuals

• Use PowerPoint the right way

• Body language secrets of confident speakers

• Arouse your audience's curiosity

• Use Sir Ken Robinson and Dan Pink's techniques for adding humor to a speech

• Use rhetorical questions to hook your audience into your presentation

• Use the five C's of storytelling to create spell-binding stories

• Deliver dynamic TED talk (or any other presentation or speech)

Whether you are scheduled to deliver a TED talk, a business presentation or a motivational or inspiring speech, this book will teach you the techniques used by some of the world's most powerful public speakers.

206 PAGE GUIDE JAM-PACKED WITH OVER 100 PROVEN TECHNIQUES

Learn the art of public speaking and persuasion by studying the speeches of inspiring speakers such as Anthony Robbins, Sir Ken Robinson, Mike Rowe and Dr. Jill Taylor.

RAVE REVIEWS

"World class speaking tips that you can start using today"
Michael Davis, Certified World Class Speaking Coach

"Maybe one of the clearest books on presentations I've ever read"
Javier, Amazon.com Verified Reviewer

"Great, practical tips to help you become an outstanding speaker"
Cath Daley, Presentation Skills Coach

BECOME TWICE THE SPEAKER IN HALF THE TIME

Shorten your learning curve and learn the public speaking secrets most speakers never discover.

Stories have the power to captivate listeners and ignite their imaginations. Great speakers know how to use stories to enthrall and influence their audiences. This book is the result of six years of intensive research on the art of storytelling and public speaking. Inside, you will discover how to: create an opening that instantly hooks your audience into your speech, keep your audiences captivated with a story, use the suspended story formula to ramp up the intrigue, bring your characters to life, turn your stories into mental movies for your audience, keep your audience spellbound by increasing the intensity of your conflicts, add organic humor to any presentation without resorting to jokes, make your speech memorable with the right analogies and metaphors, create a repeatable catch-phrase using "the rule of opposites", tell a story and deliver a speech that your audience will remember and talk about for years.

A guide to writing an outstanding speech offers tips on communicating effectively, including how to build credibility, organize a speech, use rhythm and style, and create a powerful ending.

Public Speaking for College and Career offers a practical, accessible, and non-intimidating approach to public speaking. Through numerous stories, examples, and techniques, this popular text shows students how to achieve clarity and confidence during the speeches they must give in college, in their careers, and in their communities. The new edition features Connect Public Speaking - a dynamic and powerful web-based learning management system with the student experience at its core. Informed by extensive research conducted with both instructors and students, Connect is designed to help students earn better grades and save instructors valuable time, whether teaching a face to face, online, or hybrid course.

Connect Public Speaking allows students and instructors to access all course materials including a complete media and research library, study aids and speech preparation and assessment tools from a single place, http://connectpublicspeaking.com. Connect Public Speaking offers all of this with the addition of an integrated, interactive eBook that immerses students in a flexible, interactive environment.

For more information about Connect Public Speaking please go to: http://connectpublicspeaking.com

Now streamlined and updated, the book that has literally put millions on the highway to greater accomplishment and success can show you how to have maximum impact as a speaker--every day, and in every situation that demands winning others over to your point of view.

Whether a novice or an experienced speaker, every student will learn how to be a better public speaker through Lucas' clear explanations and thorough coverage. By far the leading speech textbook of our time, The Art of Public Speaking has defined the art of being the best for more than six million students and instructors. The Lucas Learning Tools Suite offers even more tools and study options to fit the active lifestyles and diverse learning/teaching styles of today's students and instructors.