For most people, delivering a presentation is a harrowing experience. Much is often at stake, yet presenters struggle to perform as well as they'd like. In this engaging book, speaker, author, and communications consultant Tim Pollard breaks this challenging moment down into its most important components and teaches you how to master each.
How to prepare:
Understanding your audience from an intellectual, emotional, and cultural perspective
Grasping the importance and practice of exceptional rehearsal Valuing the venue: making it work for you rather than against you
What to do:
Mastering the presentation opening Exploring communication mechanics Managing your audience
Who to be:
Cultivating a winning style: the three pillars of authority, authenticity, and directiveness
Harnessing the power of "muscular" language
Leveraging the core tools of rhetoric
With practical advice, relatable stories, and vibrant examples, Mastering the Moment employs Pollard's engaging style, making the guidance as absorbing to read as it is easy to adopt.
What People are Saying
Sue Graham
Elantas, CEO
We’ve used the approach outlined in this book to change the way our executives make presentations. It has made a huge difference in our success rate with both internal and external customers. It’s is actually a fun read, and the concepts aren’t hard to implement, but you have be committed to changing the focus of your presentations to what the audience needs to know.
Sue Graham
Elantas, CEO
We’ve used the approach outlined in this book to change the way our executives make presentations. It has made a huge difference in our success rate with both internal and external customers. It’s is actually a fun read, and the concepts aren’t hard to implement, but you have be committed to changing the focus of your presentations to what the audience needs to know.
Sue Graham
Elantas, CEO
We’ve used the approach outlined in this book to change the way our executives make presentations. It has made a huge difference in our success rate with both internal and external customers. It’s is actually a fun read, and the concepts aren’t hard to implement, but you have be committed to changing the focus of your presentations to what the audience needs to know.
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