How many awful presentations have you attended? How many have you given?
Awful presentations are too often the norm, with swathes of text on the screen, presenters speaking over everyone's heads, little interaction, no stories, poor images, and a bored audience. Why?
In this book, presentation specialist Barry Brophy explains why competent people give hapless presentations. And it's not because of nerves. Most of what you thought you knew about presentations is wrong; successful presentations are not about speaking but listening. They are not about your knowledge but the audience's needs. They are not about ditching PowerPoint but using it properly. They are not about overcoming fear when speaking but overcoming caution when preparing.
The truth is you already have the skills to present - your conversational skills - and anyone can craft a spellbinding presentation. Conversations work whereas presentations invariably fail, and this book explains the hidden mental habits which can lead you to misuse your already-perfected speaking skills when presenting.
You will learn to:
> Make your presentations zing. A presentation is not facts, it's an interpretation of facts. Your job as a presenter is to advise and guide your audience.
> Communicate knowledge to an audience at any level. A presentation fits into a wider communication chain. Understanding this will help you to figure out what works in a presentation - stories, images, videos, examples, analogies, demonstrations, interaction - and, crucially, what should be left out.
> Make your presentation audience-centred not presenter-centred. Don't define your presentation based what you know but rather on what the audience needs to hear.
> Connect with your audience. Content is the dominant factor in a presentation, not delivery. You already know how to deliver; you do it every time you open your mouth. The key is to tap into this conversational energy and fluency.
> Embrace PowerPoint to make your presentations first class.
About Barry Brophy
Barry Brophy has nearly two decades of experience helping people make presentations in both the private sector and as a lecturer at University College Dublin. There he has developed specialist Masters Courses that run across all disciplines and has carried out research on how oral presentations work. He is also the author of The Natural Presenter- Turning Conversations into Presentations, which was published in 2007.
Автор: Brophy Название: The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland ISBN: 0748685731 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780748685738 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 3958.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What was life like in Scotland between 4000 and 2000 BC? Where were people living? Why did they spend so much time building extravagant ritual monuments? This volume presents fresh research and radical new interpretations of the pits, postholes, ditches, rubbish clumps, human remains and broken potsherds left behind by our Neolithic forebears.
Автор: Brophy Mary-Beth Название: Walking with Dead People - Hollywood: A Self-Guided Tour ISBN: 098933841X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780989338417 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1033.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Brophy Nancy Название: The Wrong Lover ISBN: 0986235474 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780986235474 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2578.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Brophy David Название: Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier ISBN: 0674660374 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674660373 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 6011.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Along the Russian-Qing frontier in the nineteenth century, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and revolution. David Brophy explores how a community of Central Asian Muslims responded to these historic changes by reinventing themselves as the Uyghur nation.
Автор: Brophy Brigid Название: Prancing Novelist: In Praise of Ronald Firbank ISBN: 1564788970 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781564788979 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2897.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: One of the most penetrating and sympathetic explorations ever undertaken by one writer into the mind of another, Prancing Novelist is far more than a simple tribute or work of research. Prancing Novelist is not only a monument to Firbank, but is also a showcase for Brophy`s own uproarious prose, not to mention her genius for telling good stories.
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