The Speaker's Blueprint: 5 Essentials When Building a Great Speech - Softcover

Woolf, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963202596 ISBN 13: 9780963202598

Publisher: Teal Books, 2019

Synopsis

The Speaker’s Blueprint is an easy-to-understand framework to help you build great persuasive speeches. You will learn how to immediately grab your audience, how to persuasively deliver your message, and how to have them remember what you said.Brian Woolf, a Distinguished Toastmaster and World Champion Finalist, shows you the techniques and tricks of the trade when designing and constructing persuasive, unforgettable speeches. He draws from his experiences as a speaker, contestant, and judge since joining Toastmasters over 50 years ago. He has studied thousands of speakers and speeches in Toastmasters, TED, and elsewhere, assessing what works well and what doesn’t, what elements are essential for success and what aren’t. This 240-page, clearly written book summarizes the lessons he has learned.The results-focused findings are built around five essentials: Point. Opening. Konnect. Emotion. Remember. POKER for short. The biggest discovery was that connection trumps perfection; that if we don’t connect (konnect) we have no effect and our message lies comatose. Accordingly, techniques to connect are covered extensively.Another underlying theme of the book is based on the concept that our mind is a picture gallery, so if we want our audience to “see” and remember what we are saying we must paint vivid pictures in their minds. Many examples will show you how.Although designed for those on the lower slopes of Speech Mountain, many near the top find this book an excellent sounding board and checklist. It is a book for the meeting room, contest room, conference room, and boardroom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teal Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0963202596
• ISBN 13: 9780963202598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242