Presentation Skills, First Edition

The number one fear of most adults is speaking in public. Yet the ability to communicate to groups of people is a skill which can make a critical difference in our careers and our ability to share information, ideas, experience, and enthusiasm with others. A study conducted by AT&T and Stanford University revealed that the top predictor of professional success and upward mobility is how much you enjoy public speaking and how effective you are at it.

Most of us have experienced our share of boring or unprofessional presentations. After what seems like hours, we still don't know what message we're supposed to get. Maybe the speaker put us to sleep with his monotone or we couldn't read the small writing on the visual aids, which didn't seem to match up with what the speaker was trying to say anyway.

To avoid being the source of a 'sleeper' presentation, you need to build your presentation skills. This report will give you specific, easy-to-follow techniques that you will be able to put to work immediately.

Topics covered include:

• Training the butterflies-in your stomach
• Developing the attitude of a successful speaker
• Characteristics of effective public speakers
• Ten tips for overcoming stage fright
• Four basic types of presentations
• How to prepare three key parts of a presentation
• Knowing your audience
• How to get and keep your audience's attention
• Ice breakers
• How to use visual aids effectively
• Practicing and visualizing success

Good presentations can provide opportunities for growth in power, control, recognition, and prestige. The guidelines presented in this report can help you immensely if you read, study, and practice. You can become the expert to whom others will turn to for advice. Good luck!

About the Author

Dr. Tony Alessandra helps companies build customers, relationships, and the bottom-line. Audiences learn how to outmarket, outsell, and outservice the competition by applying Dr. Alessandra’s marketing, sales, service, and relationship-building skills.

Tony has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, achieving success as a graduate professor of marketing, entrepreneur, author, and consultant. He earned his PhD in marketing from Georgia State University and was inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame in 1985.

Dr. Alessandra is the co-founder of MentorU.com, an online e-learning company providing training and coaching utilizing the latest Internet technologies.

Dr. Alessandra is a widely published author with 14 books translated into 14 foreign languages including The Platinum Rule and The Art of Managing People. He is featured in over 50 audio/video programs and films, including The Dynamics of Effective Listening and Non-Manipulative Selling.

Tony Alessandra reaches people - from the Board of Directors to the front-line employees. He delivers practical ideas and profitable bottom-line results “with a lot of snap” - so people can grasp it, remember it, and use it. Recognized by Meetings & Conventions Magazine as “one of America’s most electrifying speakers,” Tony’s polished style, powerful message, and proven ability as a consummate business strategist consistently earns rave reviews.