Shelves are crowded with books on how to be an exceptional presenter, and promise to produce brilliant, standing-ovation speakers. But what about a presentation resource for the rest of us? There are so many of us regular folk who, for one good reason or another, need to know the basicsthe nuts and boltsof how to make a presentation. How to Make a Pretty Good Presentation will give readers the fastest, shortest, simplest ways for giving a presentaion. Period. Based on his years of training, TJ has distilled the most important and least time-consuming tips to make readers better presenters. By following the straightforward lessons TJ has laid out, readers will be able to eliminate the fear of giving an awful presentation and avoid the pain of dozens of hours of rehearsal. Readers will learn: The most common blunders in every speaking situation that plague most presenters; The difficult and time-consuming advanced techniques that professional speakers use THAT YOU WONT HAVE TO USE; The simple, easy, fast way to give your presentation better than 80 percent of your colleagues so that you can sit down and get on with the rest of your busy life. Although this book doesn’t promise the moon, How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation will walk readers through the process from how to write, rehearse, and deliver a pretty good presentation with confidence, clarity and content every time.
Book Details:
- Author: T. J. Walker
- ISBN: 9780470597149
- Year Published: 2010
- Pages: 224
- BISAC: BUS007010, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Business Communication / Meetings & Presentations
About the Book and Topic:
Shelves are crowded with books on how to be an exceptional presenter, and promise to produce brilliant, standing-ovation speakers. But what about a presentation resource for the rest of us? There are so many of us regular folk who, for one good reason or another, need to know the basicsthe nuts and boltsof how to make a presentation. How to Make a Pretty Good Presentation will give readers the fastest, shortest, simplest ways for giving a presentaion. Period. Based on his years of training, TJ has distilled the most important and least time-consuming tips to make readers better presenters. By following the straightforward lessons TJ has laid out, readers will be able to eliminate the fear of giving an awful presentation and avoid the pain of dozens of hours of rehearsal. Readers will learn: The most common blunders in every speaking situation that plague most presenters; The difficult and time-consuming advanced techniques that professional speakers use THAT YOU WONT HAVE TO USE; The simple, easy, fast way to give your presentation better than 80 percent of your colleagues so that you can sit down and get on with the rest of your busy life. Although this book doesn’t promise the moon, How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation will walk readers through the process from how to write, rehearse, and deliver a pretty good presentation with confidence, clarity and content every time.
BESTSELLING AUTHOR: TJ’s last book, TJ Walkers Secret to Foolproof Presentations, is a #1 USA Today, Wall Street Journal (#2), BusinessWeek (#6), and Amazon (#1) Bestseller. Since it’s publication in May 2009, it has sold 16,434 copies (Bookscan). ONLINE PLATFORM: The authors weekly e-newsletter is distributed to more than 65,000 subscribers, a majority of subscribers including Fortune 500 corporations. Additionally, TJ’s company, Media Training Worldwide, is the #1 media training firm listed on Google out of 30 million sites listing media training. IMPRESSIVE CLIENT LIST: The authors consulting practice is established with a distinguished and diverse International client base. Clients include: American Airlines, Bank of America, Ford, Microsoft, Pfizer, Yale University and many others. MEDIA-SAVVY AUTHOR: Featured on CBS Sunday Morning, Comedy Centrals Daily Show, and has given presentation analysis on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg TV, E!, NPR, and Headline News. A news analyst with columns and video analyses appearing on The Wall Street Journals WSJ.com, the New York Daily News NYDailynews.com and FoxNews.com. BROAD AUDIENCE APPEAL: This book will appeal to the every person working in any industry, at any stage of his/her career, who is overwhelmed with public speaking in any capacity.
About the Author
TJ Walker (New York, NY) is CEO of Media Training Worldwide, an industry leader in the media and presentation training fields producing more media and presentation training programs, in more formats, than any other firm. TJ is a world-renowned speaking expert with over 25 years of experience having trained thousands of CEOs, authors, Prime Ministers, US Senators, Miss Universes, and Nobel Peace Prize Winners. He is the founder and producer of the Speaking Channel TV Network, www.speakingchannel.tv, a source for all speaking related information on the Internet. Walker is the Speaking World Champion, holding the world record for speaking on the most talk shows in a 24 hour period (112 talk radio shows); in addition, he is the television host of the #1 rated daily speaking internet TV show syndicated on YouTube, The TJ Walker show; and is founder of TJ Walker Online training, the largest school of online, interactive presentation training courses. Walker was a Merit Scholar at Duke University where he graduated magna cum laude, and has lectured at Yale University, Columbia University and Princeton University.