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A one-stop guide to making a brilliant speech or perfect presentation, whatever the occasion
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Whether writing a best man's speech or putting together a presentation at work, Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy is an invaluable guide to becoming a successful speaker, with easy-to-use, practical advice on how to:
- Keep audiences engaged
- Prepare, plan and structure
- Use visual aids
- Inspire your listeners
- Present at work
- Make wedding and social speeches
- Understand body language
Max Atkinson's Lend Me Your Ears provided a sound and thorough manual to public speaking. Now, with Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy, everyone from any walk of life can pick up quick tips for fast-track speech-making.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've read a wide range of books on the topic, including Max Atkinson's excellent 'Lend Me Your Ears' (of which, as the previous review makes clear, this is an essential distillation). I too am a practitioner, attempting to help those who find themselves on their feet to be happy, comfortable and effective.
This book is deceptively easy to read, being as well laid out as it is, with no pretension or artifice. My best advice therefore is this. Read it once. Read it again a second time immediately thereafter. Then read it (or the relevant section - there are indeed 7, clearly distinct) once more before your next speaking engagement. Better than simply being informed you'll be inspired. A great place for any speaker to start.
Just hope I'm in your audience.
This book is deceptively easy to read, being as well laid out as it is, with no pretension or artifice. My best advice therefore is this. Read it once. Read it again a second time immediately thereafter. Then read it (or the relevant section - there are indeed 7, clearly distinct) once more before your next speaking engagement. Better than simply being informed you'll be inspired. A great place for any speaker to start.
Just hope I'm in your audience.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This short volume on speech writing and presentation skills tips is one of the best that I've read. I have given speeches and coached others in how to do theirs, so I have a lot of hands on experience and have dedicated many hours to studying the craft.
I have read countless books on the subject and none of them even come close in terms of the advice and detail. Max Atkinson's analysis of rhetorical speeches is the best that I've come across, it really gets under the skin of some of the best political speeches of the 20th century. Like you I have been easily turned off by a lot of political hot air and spin in recent years.
But the best political speeches by the likes of Kennedy, Obama, Reagan or Churchill get remembered and make an impact because of their heartfelt honesty. This book shows you where some of the success of those speakers lay and provides you with the tools in order to help make your own speeches, whether for sales or charity fund-raising, persuasive and successful.
I do feel, however, that the chapter on social speeches such as the Best Man's speech did not contain the same level of detail as the other chapters. Personally, I would have wanted more expansion of the ideas in the other chapters to the exclusion of this one.
That said, I have not read Atkinson's other work, Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know About Making Speeches and Presentations, of which Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy: Seven Essential Steps to Success is a distillation. I can imagine that that larger book packs an even bigger punch than this one.
If I could only recommend one book on public speaking, this would be it! Max Atkinson's short book on public speaking contains more information than one 20 times it's size. Go, sit at this man's feet and learn!
I have read countless books on the subject and none of them even come close in terms of the advice and detail. Max Atkinson's analysis of rhetorical speeches is the best that I've come across, it really gets under the skin of some of the best political speeches of the 20th century. Like you I have been easily turned off by a lot of political hot air and spin in recent years.
But the best political speeches by the likes of Kennedy, Obama, Reagan or Churchill get remembered and make an impact because of their heartfelt honesty. This book shows you where some of the success of those speakers lay and provides you with the tools in order to help make your own speeches, whether for sales or charity fund-raising, persuasive and successful.
I do feel, however, that the chapter on social speeches such as the Best Man's speech did not contain the same level of detail as the other chapters. Personally, I would have wanted more expansion of the ideas in the other chapters to the exclusion of this one.
That said, I have not read Atkinson's other work, Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know About Making Speeches and Presentations, of which Speech-making and Presentation Made Easy: Seven Essential Steps to Success is a distillation. I can imagine that that larger book packs an even bigger punch than this one.
If I could only recommend one book on public speaking, this would be it! Max Atkinson's short book on public speaking contains more information than one 20 times it's size. Go, sit at this man's feet and learn!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
excellent little book. For anyone wanting or needing more, get his 'Lend me your ears', by far the best book on public speaking anywhere / ever. Max Atkinson is phenomenal.
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