Effective Presentation (Institute of Management S.) - Softcover

Jay, Antony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273600370 ISBN 13: 9780273600374

Publisher: Pearson Education Limited, 1993

Synopsis

Does standing up in front of a room of people to make a presentation fill you with terror? Do your words come out jumbled, or so quietly that your audience can't hear you and worse still, they’re not listening?

 

According to Microsoft, 30million PowerPoint presentations take place every day and as a manager, it's inevitable that presenting will be a regular and integral part of your job. Yet, giving a successful presentation, wooing your audience and getting your point across in a succinct, confident and interesting way isn't always something that comes naturally to everyone. But, your performance as a speaker can often be used to make judgements on your overall ability to do your job. If you haven't been faced with making a presentation already in your career then it's inevitable that you will at some point. And if you have, wouldn't you love to know how you could improve on your performance next time?

 

Effective Presentation is a practical, step-by-step guide to help you improve on every aspect of making presentations.  It includes tricks and tips from world-renowned experts and trainers in presentation and communication skills. This guide will help you to clarify what you want to say, what order to say it in and what words to say it with. There are great tips on visual aids, and the authors show you how to plan your presentation, how to stage it and project to your audience.

About this title

About the Author

Ros Jay is a freelance editor and writer. She writes on a range of business topics specialising in marketing and communication-related subjects. She also writes for and edits corporate magazines both in print and on the net. She is a senior associate of the Institute of Direct Marketing.

Anthony Jay is the former chairman of Video Arts, the world's largest video training company and the author of Yes Minister. He is a recognised authority on the subject of presenting and his previous bestseller on the subject has helped thousands of managers master presentation giving.

Synopsis

This is a practical guide, providing readers with tips and tricks for effective presentation. It includes practical ideas for planning the presentation, examines the issue of who your audience is, looks at visual aids and how to use them, and discusses dealing with questions. This text includes a practical checklist for presentations and a sample presentation, and it is designed for managers who have to give presentations, whether they are one-to-one, or to an audience of thousands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273600370
• ISBN 13: 9780273600374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192