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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 Else�""; ""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""; ""Here�s Why�""; ""Who Teaches this Stuff, Anyway?""

""What About Your Professors?""""The Malaise in Corporate America""; ""On the Cusp of Greatness� 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 � And Increased Income""; ""The Three Groups""; ""Group one: The impossible dream""; ""Group two: This is easy stuff!""; ""Group three: Into the Power Zone!""; ""Then� 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 Done� Now It�s Time for the Presentation""; ""Packaging Your Analysis""; ""Starting � The



Beginning""; ""Staging � The Middle""; ""Stopping � The Ending""; ""Your Audience""; ""Bad Advice""; ""“Don�t put your hand in your pocket� it looks �unprofessional��""; ""“Make eye contact�""; ""“Move around when you talk�""; ""“Just the facts�""; ""“The numbers tell the story�""; ""“You have too many slides�""; ""“Practice your talk in the mirror�""

""Conclusion""""PART I ITHE SEVEN SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL SPEAKERS: FROM STICK-PUPPET TO 3D PRESENTING""; ""4 STANCE""; ""Nonverbal Signaling � It Can be Intentional or Otherwise""; ""Stand Tall � Here�s Why""; ""Your Current Stance � Does It Help You or Hurt You?""; ""Bad Business Stance""; ""Bad Influence""; ""Leave Behind the Herd of Mediocrity""; ""The Power of Body Language � 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 � Time to Build""; ""The First Step � Your Hands""; ""5 VOICE: “I FEEL ESPECIALLY POWERFUL TODAY!�""; ""Voice Quality � A Case of “Bad Voice�?""; ""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""



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910712047303321

Autore

Livingston Penn (Penn Poore), <1899->

Titolo

Geology and ground water resources of the Big Spring area, Texas / / by Penn Livingston and Robert R. Bennett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1944

Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 113 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Water-supply paper ; ; 913

Soggetti

Geology - Texas - Howard County

Groundwater - Texas - Howard County

Water-supply - Texas - Howard County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared in cooperation with Texas State Board of Water Engineers and the City of Big Spring."

Includes National Geologic Map Database index page and 2 plates on HTML page.

Includes tables.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.