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Presentation Skills for Quivering Wrecks [Kindle Edition]

Bob Etherington (Author)

4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews) |

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Product Description

“Spiders”, “death”, “the dentist”, “snakes”, “flying” are in the list of the top ten fears of businesspeople (Book of List). But the top position is held by “public speaking”. So great is this fear that most businesspeople have a single objective: to get off the platform as soon as possible. This book, based on a hugely successful course given to thousands of businesspeople, shows how anyone can speak with confidence to an audience of any size. Laced with humour and wit, the author emphasizes that you don’t have to be a brilliant orator to be an effective speaker in business. Simply being “good” is plenty, because 95% of all business presenters are so awful!

About the Author

Bob Etherington is a charismatic and inspiring speaker with a background in sales working for Rank Xerox, Grand Metropolitan and Reuters. Today, he runs his own training company, SpokenWord

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

"Death by Powerpoint" ?..... No more 20 Jan 2008

By tabletop

Format:Paperback

I am (was) terrible at Public Speaking especially at work. But it has all changed now since actually applying PSFQW. One thing Bob says in the book changed my colleague's reaction so much that I have decided to adapt all my future presentations to his advice. He says 'STOP using your slides as your notes'. So I did. I wrote note cards (like he advises) and stopped looking back at my slides. GREAT!!! couldn't be better. I will let you know if the rest of the content is as effective. I also got some applause like the last bloke!!

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I wish I'd read this years ago! 9 July 2009

By G. French

Format:Paperback

I have suffered from incredible stage fright for as long as I can remember. When I was asked by a friend of mine to be a best man I thought it was about time that I got to grips with the issue and learnt how to stand up and talk. Whilst looking around for help I came across this book and i was delighted to find that it contained the sort of straight forward practical advice that I'd been looking for.

I followed this advice and the speech went well. Afterwards a few people came up and said that they thought it was a good speech. I was delighted.

I've since also had to present to my entire department (70+ people) as part of a competition. I was nominated by my boss and again followed the advice from the book and managed to win the prize for the best presentation of the day. If six months ago you had told me that I could do that, I would have said that you were barking mad!

Overall this is an excellent book that contains simple clear cut advice on how to present without any of the usual wooliness or talking around the subject.

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful

I tried it....and it works (surprisingly) 6 Nov 2006

By Bill Gibson

Format:Paperback

I saw this guy speak in the City years ago when he was at Reuters and decided to buy the book.It is very good and very accurate. He is quite right when he says most audiences and business speakers share a similar objective "To get out of the room!" But there is something we can all do about it.

So, I had to give a an internal speech in London last week and followed his model to the letter (as far as possible). I even followed his instructions and organised myself a 'clap-trap' at the end. For only the second time in my company's history -I'm told- the audience of 62 people applauded. It felt great. Well done and thank you Mr E.

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Lots of sound advice

Laugh out loud funny - and very observant. This book gives it to us straight - most presentations are unutterably boring and all we have to be is `good' to stand out in the crowd. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Wendy Wyatt

For all quivering wrecks everywhere...

Bought to enhance my delivery at demonstrations and workshops I deliver for my business, which is gift wrapping. An absolute bargain - certainly value for money. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Mrs. Lynda M. Mills

No more jelly legs

I bought this book to help me prepare for a presentation I have to give. I was pleasantly surprised to find that its a thin book, but at the same time absolutely packed with useful... Read more

Published 15 months ago by Mrs. S. Jones

Quite helpful

This helped me get over some of my presentation nerves and gives some good tips although I've found some other (slighlty better)books so worth shopping around.

Published 20 months ago by LH

Presentation phobes self help guide

Good little book to a) make you start thinking about doing a presentation and b)help with constructing it. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Heather

Great

Gave fantastic hints and tips on how to beat those nerves for a presentation. It definitely helped me on the day and i would recommend this book to anyone freaking out about an... Read more

Published on 7 Dec 2009 by Mrs. E. Morley

Good for those who have no experience of giving presentations

Although primarily aimed for those who need to do business presentations, I found this very useful for my pharmacy degree. Read more

Published on 13 Nov 2009 by M. Wylie

Pretty Basic!

Um - if you need some real basics then I suppose this is a start. Other than that there could be much more on state management, body language, and a bunch of other relevant... Read more

Published on 1 Jun 2009 by Kempola

A real confidence builder!

I often have to present as part of my role in a major investment bank. Having never had any formal presentation training I found that this is an essential read that has really... Read more

Published on 12 April 2009 by Kirsty Daniel

Don't be put off by the title!

Even if you think you can deliver a presentation without being a quivering wreck, please do buy this text if you want to improve your presentations! Read more

Published on 3 Feb 2009 by A Customer

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