10 Steps to Successful Presentations (10 Steps Series) (ASTD's 10 Steps Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1562865145 ISBN 13: 9781562865146

Publisher: ASTD Press, 2008

Synopsis

The thought of giving a presentation often ranks at the top of the list of what people fear the most. ""10 Steps to Successful Presentations"" provides readers with a proven 10-step process for developing and delivering an effective presentation based on real-world experience as well as observations of presentations that either wowed the audience or fell short of motivating participants.

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About the Author

Lynn Lewis is an author and learning and performance consultant who fell onto this path in life by accident. Starting her career in broadcast journalism and newswriting, she taught those subjects at the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford. During this experience, she realized that she was meant to be a facilitator and consultant when she grew up. Since that time, she has been a corporate trainer, training manager, director of project management and held two vice president positionsone where she was responsible for building a corporate university and the other where she was responsible for building a performance solutions consulting practice and project management office (PMO). After these experiences, she found that the work she loved best was working as a consultant, strategizing with clients, managing projects, designing and developing learning solutions, and helping to mentor and develop these skills in others. Lynn is a certified project management professional (PMP), and a certified professional and learning and performance (CPLP). She earned a Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication and a Master's degree in Business Administration from St. Bonaventure University in New York. Lynn is the author of several books: Ten Steps to Successful Meetings and Ten Steps to Successful Presentations. She also co-authored the ASTD Learning System (a series of 10 books used to study for the CPLP credential). She facilitates the following programs for ATD: CPLP Study Prep WorkshopConsulting Skills CertificateProject Management for Learning ProfessionalsEmotional Intelligence for Improved Decision Making She is an independent consultant and works with organizations across many different industriesespecially pharmaceutical/biotech, insurance and financial services.

Edition details

• Publisher: ASTD Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1562865145
• ISBN 13: 9781562865146
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 189