Present Like a Pro

The Modern Guide to Getting Your Point Across in Meetings, Speeches, and the Media

Carl Hausman

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781440853289
• eBook ISBN: 9781440853296
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Advertising
• Index: Business

Highly accessible, full of memorable examples, and at times amusing, this book presents ten powerful techniques for getting your point across in all venues—including new media. In today's world, nearly everyone, including business professionals and executives, salespeople, teachers, authors, and entrepreneurs—in short, anyone who needs to put an idea before others—needs strong presentation and persuasion skills. Moreover, just as important as traditional public speaking skills is the ability to present effectively via various media. Today's presentation is just as likely to be given over Skype or on YouTube as in a room, before a live audience. Present Like a Pro shares the expertise of a veteran presenter who knows what is demanded in today's marketplace and has lectured publicly, appeared on television, and testified before Congress. The straightforward, step-by-step instructions provide a sensible "plan of attack" for preparing and presenting. The ten techniques give readers the ability to simplify the challenge of presenting, to understand what works, and to develop an effective strategy for solving any presentation problems not directly covered in the book. Author Carl Hausman addresses all of the common problems for those new to presenting or working in a new environment, such as overcoming stage fright, injecting humor and wit into a presentation while delivering credible expertise, and winning over an inattentive, skeptical, or hostile audience.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Expanded Contents
• Introduction
• How to Use This Book
• Chapter 1. Plan It Like You’re Patton: Determine Your Battle Plan—Map Out Exactly What You Want to Do and How You Will Do It
• Chapter 2. Present It Like It’s a Play: Harness the Structural Power of Mini-Acts, Scenes, and Climaxes
• Chapter 3. Magnify Your Message with Credibility, Approachability, and Listenability
• Chapter 4. Maintain an Arsenal of 10 Techniques to Deflect Skepticism, Hostility, and Inattention
• Chapter 5. Perfect and Polish Powerful Opens and Closes
• Chapter 6. Be Master of Your Domain: Make Visual Aids, Handouts, and Room Layouts Work for You
• Chapter 7. Give Your Ideas a Strong Voice: Lower Your Pitch, Raise Your Resonance, and Amplify Your Vocal Power
• Chapter 8. Control Stage Fright and Understand That What You Can’t Control Can Work for You: Being Nervous Is Good If You Channel That Energy the Way Many Famous Performers Do
• Chapter 9. Harness the Energy of Humor, But Learn How to Use It Appropriately and Gracefully
• Chapter 10. Master the New Media: Presenting Effectively on Skype, Podcasts, Video, and Broadcast
• Chapter 11. Ten Templates for the Types of Presentations You’ll Commonly Encounter
• Chapter 12. The Ten Techniques in Action: Classic Demonstrations and Explanations of the “Present Like a Pro” Techniques in Various Presentation Scenarios
• Afterword
• Appendix A Presenter’s Guide to Using and Understanding Statistics
• Notes
• Further Reading
• Index