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Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch, and Pizzazz (Paperback)
by Diane Diresta
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Author: Diane Diresta
Publisher: Chandler House Press
Pub. in: October, 1998
ISBN: 1886284253
Pages: 300
Measurements: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00803
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-1886284258
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If you've spent way too much time and effort putting together a presentation, felt uncomfortable presenting, and came away disappointed, buy this book now. It'll make you and you presentations better almost immediately.
It gives great advice, from projecting your voice to developing a truly persuasive presentation to making the most of your visual aids. It gives actionable tips and techniques to help with each of these items, so you can improve immediately. Best of all, the book is a great reference tool. It's very easy to go back and find the section on Developing a Persuasive Presentation or Knowing Your Audience or whatever, in just a minute. From there, you can follow the simple steps and make a big difference in the presentation.
So if you spend to much time and anxiety worrying about your presentations, this is worth every penny!
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Diane DiResta is an international communications coach and speaker who has helped numerous organizations, including AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank, Grey Advertising, IBM, Reuters, the NBA, and the WNBA. She has also provided media training for sports and entertainment celebrities such as Vanna White, Bob Lanier, and Rolando Blackman. She is a faculty member at New York University and lives in Staten Island, NY.
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Knockout Presentations is the indispensable guide to delivering your message with clarity and confidence. With hundreds of tips to improve your communication style in your personal and professional life, this book contains the valuable information that readers can use every day on the road to success. Great for interviews, presentations, first encounters with influential people, and every day poise, the essential communication guide teaches how to maximize your presence and effectively deliver your own message - whatever that may be. Diane's easy style and down-to-earth advice assures even the most reluctant public speaker. The useful exercises, case studies and do's and don'ts make learning easy and fun. In the end, Knockout Presentations will give you the confidence and power to impress even the most critical audiences.
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What Every Speaker Should Know A national survey was conducted to determine the most commonly held fears people have. Some of the fears respondents identified were of crowded space, heights, insects, and elevators. But of all the fears listed in 17 categories, guess which one was cited most often? Fear of public speaking! It even beat out the fear of death! Some people would rather die than give a speech! I have personally surveyed hundreds of participants in my seminars to find out why they are afraid to speak in public. The most frequently given reasons are as follows:
Afraid of appearing foolish Don't like being the center of attention Don't like their appearance "I don't know what to say" "My voice shakes" "I turn red"
It seems that people are afraid of humiliation. Furthermore, they think that public speaking is some magical genetic trait that only a select few are lucky to receive from their parents. The myth is that good speakers are born. The truth is that good speakers are made. Gifted speakers are born. Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Jesse Jackson, and Maya Angelou were blessed with a God-given talent that they maximized through much training and practice. Not everyone is gifted. But anyone- including you-can be an effective public speaker.
The Story of Bill
Bill was referred to me by one of my clients. He was a young entrepreneur and had to deliver a speech in two days. His partner didn't think Bill should be speaking because he didn't do a good job at a prior presentation. My assignment was to coach Bill on his laptop computer presentation. We worked for two hours on his delivery skills and tweaked his organization. Bill then rushed off to catch a plane and made some last-minute changes on the flight. When he arrived at his hotel, he practiced his presentation using the coaching techniques we'd worked on together. A couple of weeks later, I received an excited call from Bill. He told me how well his second presentation had gone, and he faxed me the results. Bill's customer confided that he had delayed giving Bill feedback from the first presentation because it had not been very good. Here's the feedback Bill received before and after the coaching:
Before coaching: Overall score of 2.6 (on a 1-5 scale) Written comments: Poor presentation skills Delivery hard to follow Confusing Disorganized Knows subject, poor speaker After coaching: Overall score of 4.0 (on a 1-5 scale) Written comments: Speaker was very clear Entertaining, informative Great info, a bit too fast Broad, deep knowledge
As Bill found out, effective presenting is simply a matter of learning the proper skills. First, you have to conquer your fears. Then you can learn the skills, apply them, and benefit from them. When you learn a skill, you develop awareness. As you practice that skill, you develop mastery. With mastery comes confidence. With confidence comes a sense of control. And having a sense of mastery and control helps you conquer the fear. I was terrified when I skied for the first time. I was afraid I would crash and hurt myself because I didn't know how to stop. As soon as I picked up speed, I would cause myself to fall. After going downhill head first, several times, I realized there had to be a better way. Then I learned to snowplow. This skill gave me a sense of control. I'm not a great skier but I can now get down the hill without falling. It's the same with public speaking. By learning the appropriate steps and skills, and practicing them, you will have a sense of control. If you get into trouble, you'll know how to recover. Most important, you will no longer avoid one of the most important skills for career success. The ability to communicate and be visible in an organization is necessary for job promotion and career mobility. According to Harvey MacKay, author of the book Swim with the Sharks Without Getting Eaten Alive, "The number 1 skill most lacking in business today is public speaking-the ability to present oneself." I once spoke at a women's conference on the topic of Present with Power. I felt it went well. Afterward, I listened to the comments of the crowd. One woman was discussing my presentation. She said, "I thought she was good, but I don't public speak." Everyone is a public speaker. Any time you speak up at a meeting, talk to a circle of friends, or train your colleagues to perform a task, you're speaking in public. What's the difference between situations like these and situations you might think of as "formal" public speaking engagements? Well, in your "everyday" public speaking situations, you feel comfortable with the people and you know your subject. So how do you create that same comfort zone when you're giving a 'formal" speech or presentation? I recommend the YAM formula:
Know Yourself
Know your Audience
Know your Material It's that simple! Everything we're going to talk about in this book falls into one of these categories. But you cannot improve your public speaking and presentation skills by simply being a passive reader of this book. On the contrary, this book will challenge you to take an active role as we work together. This book is interactive. There are exercises, checklists, and surveys for you to complete. This book is your experimental lab. You cannot make a mistake. You're simply trying on new behaviors. Some will suit you. Others won't fit. Take what works and start applying it immediately. Let's begin. Together, we're going to take the mystery out of public speaking and give you the skills and confidence you need to present with power, punch, and pizzazz. Special Features There are some special features I've included to make this book more useful to you.
Exercises. Spread throughout the book are a variety of exercises. They're in shaded boxes and ask you to do some activity that will help You master the ideas in that part of the book. Try them. They'll help you achieve the proficiency you're seeking.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-01 00:00>
When I saw the hyped-up title, "Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message with Power, Punch and Pizzaz," I winced. But I needed to find a book to teach from that really covered a lot of ground, and DiResta carries through on the promise. If you hate hype, you'll love the book. It delivers what the title promises.
If you want to buy just one book to give you real help from preparing the presentation, through conquering fear, breathing techniques, using your hands, creating useful and easy-to-manage props and checking the room before you present, this is the one book that will give you all that help and more.
To make it even more useful, it's jammed with tips and hints to help you succeed. It is never preachy or pedantic. After each major section, there are checklists to go over to make sure you focus on the most important parts of the previous material. Still more good news: The table of contents and the index are clear and to the point - you can find what you need and concentrate on just what you need help with.
Like a website, there are icons for exercises and case studies. Like the best of print books, there are fill-in boxes for those who prefer a workbook to just reading, and margins big enough to take notes in. I use this book to teach, but it's an ideal book for self-study, too. Need to lose your fear of public speaking? Need to give better presentations? Buy, read, re-read, follow this book and you will be on your way to success. |
John Katchka (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-01 00:00>
Anyone who makes presentations, from novice speakers to seasoned professionals, stands to benefit from DiResta's Knockout Presentations. Her clear and concise writing style, coupled with years of experience as a speaker and coach, make this book stand well above others in the same category. Her strategies and tactics have added even more "power, punch, and pizzazz" to my already high-energy presentations. As a professional speaker and a trainer, that translates to increased business success for me.Thanks, Diane! |
Janet FitzGerald (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-01 00:00>
Having been in the communication skill business the past 15 years myself, I am glad to have such a good and user-friendly reference as this book to recommend to my clients - from all backgrounds and industries. It covers every area, and then some. I have a shelf full of other presentation skill books, but Knockout Presentations is still the one I reference and pass along. Should be on every business person's desk, in libraries, and in college book stores. Good bang for the buck. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-01 00:00>
I have read hundreds and hundreds of books on how to give presentations. Diresta adds to the genre through sheer force of simple clarity. She cuts through the clutter and helps people focus on the fundamentals they need to go from a poor to good speaker and from a good to great presenter. This book should be in the library of any serious student of speaking. |
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