Get to the Point! Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
- 59m
- Joel Schwartzberg
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- 2017
Champion Your Best Ideas!
Every time you communicate, you're trying to do something, change something, or move someone to action. You're trying to make a point. But the only way to make a point is to have a point. And the surprising truth is, very few communicators know their points or even understand what a point is, rendering them pointless.
Communications expert Joel Schwartzberg says a point is not just a topic, an idea, or a theme. A real point is a proposition of value. It's a contention you can propose, argue, illustrate, and prove. In this concise and practical book, you'll learn to identify your point, strengthen it, stick to it, and sell it. Whether you want to improve your impact in speeches, staff meetings, pitches, emails, PowerPoint presentations, or any other communication setting, Schwartzberg's novel approach teaches you how to go from simply sharing a thought to making a difference. Which would you rather do?
About the Author
The author of "Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Ideas and Make Your Words Matter" (Berrett-Koehler, October 2017), Joel Schwartzberg is a strategic communications and public speaking coach. He serves full-time as Senior Director of Strategic and Executive Communications for a major national nonprofit organization, and was a collegiate national champion public speaker in 1990.
In this Book
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The Big Flaw
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Know Your Point
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Make Your Point
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Sell Your Point
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Tailor Your Point
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Stay on Point
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Strengthen Your Point
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Complete Your Point
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Five Enemies of Your Point
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Train Others to Make Points
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Cases in Point
