The complete guide to public speaking and presentation
By Dorothy Leeds

Good communicators are seen as more effective - and more powerful - than their less eloquent counterparts.

Persuasive speaking is an important and valued skill. It helps you to put ideas across, make more sales, give successful presentations, gain promotion, and do your work more effectively.

It also affects people's perceptions of you in meetings, on the telephone and in one-to-one relationships.

Dorothy Leeds is an experienced public speaker and teacher of communication and public speaking techniques. Her previous book Smart Questions for Successful Managers was the best book on questioning I've read.

In Powerspeak Dorothy Leeds has designed a complete course in public speaking which will enable you to communicate well, in an interesting, persuasive and lively way.

Dorothy Leeds shows you how to:

• Control fear - and use it to your advantage
• Get attention and hold it
• Learn techniques and strategies known only to top professional speakers
• Avoid being boring
• Handle difficult questions confidently
• Make every presentation a winner.

Each chapter includes tests and projects to help you recognize and practice the concepts discussed.

Powerspeak is essential reading for anyone involved in speech-making, presentation giving, teaching or attending meetings. Although first published in 1988 it remains one of the best in a highly competitive field.

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