Record Nr.

UNINA9910452983903321

Autore

Ridgley Stanley K

Titolo

The complete guide to business school presenting [[electronic resource] ] : what your professors don't tell you-- what you absolutely must know / / Stanley K. Ridgley

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York, : Anthem Press, 2012

ISBN

0-85728-318-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/52

Soggetti

Business presentations

Business communication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Special Note to You, the Student""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Gap""; ""I Talk to You and No One Elseâ€?""; ""How to Read this Book""; ""Clear, Concise, Memorable""; ""PART I THE WORLD OF PRESENTING""; ""1 I HATE PRESENTATIONS""; ""Visualization Time: Picture Yourself""; ""Fully Within Your Grasp""; ""Rid Yourself of Negative Talk""; ""Not My Job...""; ""The One Superb Skill""; ""Transformation Time""; ""Your Shrinking World""; ""Hereâ€?s Whyâ€?""; ""Who Teaches this Stuff, Anyway?""

""What About Your Professors?""""The Malaise in Corporate America""; ""On the Cusp of Greatnessâ€? Or Something Fairly Close""; ""Big Ideas""; ""2 PUBLIC SPEAKING: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PRESENTER""; ""The Power of Personal Presence""; ""Personal presence""; ""Who is a Presenter?""; ""On-the-Job Presentation Training â€? And Increased Income""; ""The Three Groups""; ""Group one: The impossible dream""; ""Group two: This is easy stuff!""; ""Group three: Into the Power Zone!""; ""Thenâ€? take the red pill""; ""The Source of Advantage Today""; ""3 BASICS OF YOUR TALK""

""Structure, Content, Audience""""Your Presentations""; ""Your Framework""; ""We Assume Your Paper Is Doneâ€? Now Itâ€?s Time for the Presentation""; ""Packaging Your Analysis""; ""Starting â€? The

Beginning""; ""Staging â€? The Middle""; ""Stopping â€? The Ending""; ""Your Audience""; ""Bad Advice""; ""â€œDonâ€?t put your hand in your pocketâ€? it looks â€?unprofessionalâ€?â€?""; ""â€œMake eye contactâ€?""; ""â€œMove around when you talkâ€?""; ""â€œJust the factsâ€?""; ""â€œThe numbers tell the storyâ€?""; ""â€œYou have too many slidesâ€?""; ""â€œPractice your talk in the mirrorâ€?""

""Conclusion""""PART I ITHE SEVEN SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL SPEAKERS: FROM STICK-PUPPET TO 3D PRESENTING""; ""4 STANCE""; ""Nonverbal Signaling â€? It Can be Intentional or Otherwise""; ""Stand Tall â€? Hereâ€?s Why""; ""Your Current Stance â€? Does It Help You or Hurt You?""; ""Bad Business Stance""; ""Bad Influence""; ""Leave Behind the Herd of Mediocrity""; ""The Power of Body Language â€? Bend It to Your Will""; ""Three Effects""; ""Create Positive Energy""; ""Building Your Ready Position""; ""The Basic Stance""; ""The Classic Stance""; ""Burn Your Stance into Your Consciousness""

""Do not!""""You Have Your Foundation â€? Time to Build""; ""The First Step â€? Your Hands""; ""5 VOICE: â€œI FEEL ESPECIALLY POWERFUL TODAY!â€?""; ""Voice Quality â€? A Case of â€œBad Voiceâ€??""; ""Take Your Voice for a Spin""; ""Cartoon Voice is Everywhere""; ""The Dum-Dum Disease""; ""Good News!""; ""Why Change?""; ""Time for You to Take Control""; ""Time to Improve""; ""The Basic Changes""; ""Techniques""; ""Inflection""; ""The Verbal Down-Tic""; ""The Verbal Grind""; ""Pitch and pace""; ""Pause""; ""Power of the pause""; ""Purging""; ""Conclusion""; ""Further reading on voice""

""6 GESTURE""