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How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation: A Speaking Survival Guide for the Rest of Us

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Economy & Business

Shelves are crowded with books on how to be an exceptional presenter, and promise to produce brilliant, standing-ovation speakers. But what about a presentation resource for the rest of us? There are so many of us regular folk who, for one good reason or another, need to know the basics the nuts and bolts of how to make a presentation. How to Make a Pretty Good Presentation will give readers the fastest, shortest, simplest ways for giving a presentation. Period. Based on his years of training, TJ has distilled the most important and least time-consuming tips to make readers better presenters. By following the straightforward lessons TJ has laid out, readers will be able to eliminate the fear of giving an awful presentation and avoid the pain of dozens of hours of rehearsal.

Readers will learn: The most common blunders in every speaking situation that plague most presenters; The difficult and time-consuming advanced techniques that professional speakers use THAT YOU WONT HAVE TO USE; The simple, easy, fast way to give your presentation better than 80 percent of your colleagues so that you can sit down and get on with the rest of your busy life. Although this book doesn't promise the moon, How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation will walk readers through the process from how to write, rehearse, and deliver a pretty good presentation with confidence, clarity and content every time.

© 2020 Tantor Media (Audiobook): 9781705259887

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Audiobook: 20 July 2020

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