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technique, style, and strategy from America's top speaking coach
1 online resource (xxiv, 248 pages) : illustrations
Learn the successful presentation techniques used in over 500 IPO road shows and featured in The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company . Jerry Weissman is the presentations coach to Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and many of America's top executives, including founding Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle, Intuit founder Scott Cook, Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings, and many others. The San Jose Mercury News says that Weissman's IPO presentation coaching "is worth 10% on a company stock." Now America's top coach reveals the same powerful strategies he teaches to CEOs in expensive private sessions.
Preface: The wrong way and the right way to coach presentations -- Introduction: How speaking style and delivery can raise the value of an IPO -- Your actions speak louder than your words -- The crucial task : creating audience empathy -- The butterflies in your stomach -- How to prepare your content -- You can be a power presenter--charisma not required -- The mental method of presenting : make the butterflies fly in formation -- Learn to speak with your body language -- Control your cadence -- Masters of the game -- What every speaker can learn from Barack Obama -- Graphics synchronization -- Graphics and narrative -- The power presentations pyramid -- Coda: Ending with the beginning.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009
0470438223 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
9780470438220 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)