Backstage pass for trainers, facilitators, and public speakers : your guide to successful presentations / / Susan J. Jones ; indexer, Pamela Van Huss ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797436803321
• Autore: Jones Susan J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2006; ©2006
• ISBN: 1-4833-6150-0; 1-4833-6367-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.51
• Soggetti: Public speaking; Training; Group facilitation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Preparation Precedes Success""; ""Clear Communication: Exceeding Expectations""; ""Questions and Answers""; ""Minimizing the Chance for Misunderstanding""; ""Tailoring Programs: One Size Does Not Fit all""; ""Preparing Handouts""; ""Organizing for Relaxed Delivery""; ""Doâ€?s and Donâ€?ts""; ""Chapter 2 - Little Things Mean a Lot""; ""Sleep for Efficiency""; ""Eat for Sustained Energy""; ""Dress for Success""; ""Pack Light and Catch the Early Train""; ""Questions and Answers""; ""Packing Checklist""; ""Sharing Book Resources""""Heading off Equipment Trouble""; ""Hydrationâ€?Wet Your Whistle to Whet Your Brain""; ""Doâ€?s and Donâ€?ts""; ""Chapter 3 - Lights, Camera, Action!""; ""Readying the Facility""; ""Materials""; ""Start before You begin""; ""Questions and Answers""; ""Crutches to Stay Calm and on Course""; ""Room Setup: The Good, the Bad, and the Adjustments""; ""Seating Participants for Great Results""; ""Distributing Handouts and Materials""; ""Charts, Slides, and Overheads""; ""Grand Entrances""; ""Doâ€?s and Donâ€?ts""; ""Chapter 4 - Quickâ€?Let â€?Em Love You!""; ""Gaining Acceptance""""Building Audience Rapport""; ""Vulnerability""; ""Establish Common Ground""; ""Friendly is Good, Familiar is Not""; ""Acknowledge Knowledge and Know-How""; ""Working around Personal Quirks""; ""Questions and Answers""; ""Honoring Audience Expertise""; ""Increasing Visibility""; ""Changing an Audienceâ€?s Point of View""; ""Agendas and Overviews""; ""Introductions and Openers""; ""Positive Communication""; ""Doâ€?s and Donâ€?ts""; ""Chapter 5 - Put Teeth into Your Technique""; ""Purpose Drives Process""; ""Question and Answers""; ""Delivering the Main Course: Information, Skills, and Message""""Limiting Content""; ""Reflections and Connections""; ""Motivating an Audience""; ""Generating New Thinking""; ""Understanding: Taking the Road Less Traveled""; ""Nonverbal Communication""; ""Small Groups to Enliven Learning""; ""Timing Group Work""; ""Maintaining Involvement""; ""Regaining Attention""; ""Ensuring Active Participation""; ""Tight Parameters to Ensure Success""; ""Doâ€?s and Donâ€?ts""; ""Chapter 6 - Enthrall â€?Em all""; ""Job 1: Make Time Disappear""; ""Infusing Excitement into Sessions""; ""Variety as a Vehicle""""Monitoring an Audience""; ""The 1â€?2â€?3 Rule""; ""Questions and Answers""; ""Introductions Set the Tone""; ""Change of State""; ""Movement: More Than a Sign of Life, the Glue for Learning""; ""Energizers""; ""Breaks""; ""Putting Lecture in its Place""; ""Covering Volumes of Content: Alternative Methods""; ""Accountability in Group Work""; ""Group Size""; ""Visuals to Enhance Meaning""; ""Directing Attention""; ""Applying Content""; ""Handling Questions""; ""Doâ€?s and Donâ€?ts""; ""Chapter 7 - Rave Reviews: Making Sure You Still Have an Audience Left after Break""; ""Appeal""
• Sommario/riassunto: A do-it-yourself speaking coach, mentor, and image consultant rolled into one, this humorous book shows how to get your point across and win your audience.

Creating jobs in Africa's fragile states : : are value chains an answer? / / by Nora Dudwick and Radhika Srinivasan, with Jose Cuesta and Dorsati Madani

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954382103321
• Autore: Dudwick Nora
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2013
• ISBN: 9780821398326; 0821398326
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: pages cm
• Disciplina: 331.12/04240967
• Soggetti: Job creation - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Sustainable development - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Investment of public funds - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Agriculture - Economic aspects - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Prevailing approaches to job creation in fragile and conflict-affected states -- New directions in employment generation in fragile environments -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Box 1. The Liberia community infrastructure program -- Box 2. From relief to long-term recovery : the undp's early recovery program -- Box 3. Examples of livelihood activities in postconflict environments -- Box 4. Lessons from the jovenes programs in Latin America -- Box 5. Rwanda : postconflict poverty reduction strategies -- Box 6. The conflict-affected states of the IFC's Africa initiative -- Box 7. How to pick a winner -- Figures -- Figure 1. the united nation's three-track approach to postconflict assistance -- Tables -- Table 1. Growth, development, and labor indicators for natural resource : rich and poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 1999-2009 -- Table 2. Growth, development, and labor indicators for fragile and nonfragile countries worldwide, 1999-2009.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses the urgent need for job creation in conflict-affected states in sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that job creation through ; public works, training, and community-based livelihood often is unsustainable, and argues that efforts to restore local economies through agricultural value chain development is feasible in fragile environments.