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Speak up with Confidence
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Speak up with Confidence

How to Prepare, Learn, and Deliver Effective Speeches

Hyperion, 2002 подробнее...


Editorial Rating

8

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Recommendation

Jack Valenti’s updated edition of this classic instructional text on public speaking includes all the name dropping and funny anecdotes you would expect from a man who spent his career behind the scenes in Washington, D.C., and Hollywood. Insisting that anyone can be an effective public speaker - and he clearly has heard the best and the worst - Valenti’s watch word is "preparation." Although his writing is a bit repetitious and florid, and the information is basic, the book does what it promises: coaches the reader through the difficulties and details of composing and delivering an effective public presentation. If you drone on at a lectern while staring down at reams of notes, speak longer than your allotted time, have nightmares about the speech you gave that went wrong, count on momentary inspiration to carry you through important moments in the spotlight or don’t know the first thing about giving a speech, getAbstract.com prescribes this book for your condition.

Take-Aways

  • The keys to speaking well in public are preparation, preparation and preparation. You can speak confidently before an audience if you work hard to get ready.
  • Define goals for your speech and meticulously construct it to serve only those goals.
  • An effective public speaker is believable and establishes rapport with the audience.

About the Author

Jack Valenti has been privy to the best and worst of American public speaking. He has been president of the Motion Picture Association of America for more than 35 years and previously served as a political consultant and aide to President Lyndon Johnson. He is an author and public speaker.


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    M. B. 9 months ago
    Valuable insight, thank you
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    B. P. 2 years ago
    nice
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    S. S. 2 years ago
    Nice book for everyone..

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