Learn how to present your thoughts and ideas effectively
If you are to give a talk, your only real job is to talk about something of value, and to talk about it authentically in your own unique way. A well-delivered speech can captivate the audience and change their view of the world. I'm sorry, thoughts, that could solve our biggest problems, often remain invisible, because of the people, in whose minds they rest, lack the confidence to share them or the knowledge of effective presentation.
The good news is that effective speaking can be learned. This super skill, from which everyone can benefit, is called presentation literacy. The riveting TED Talks showed the world the power of the spoken word. Of course, only if the speech is carefully thought out and bravely delivered. Chris Anderson, the creator and curator of the famous TED conference, now teaches you how to give your own riveting talk.
The purpose of this audiobook is to promote all forms of public speaking that seek to explain, inspire, inform or persuade; whether in business, education or on the public stage. So you won't find any specific tips on how to toast newlyweds, how to argue persuasively in a sales pitch or how to give a lecture at university. But here you will find tools and insights that may be useful for such occasions. And in fact for any form of public speaking.
Upon its release in early May 2016, the book immediately became a New York Times bestseller and the subject of many rave reviews. In addition to English, it has been published in 25 other languages. Chris Anderson has put into it everything he has learned in fourteen years of working with hundreds of speakers. Together with them, he learned how best to grasp the theme, how to work with the audience's attention, how to build a point. Together with their colleagues, they helped the speakers to fine-tune the content and form of their lectures. In addition, he also monitored how individual speakers develop and what makes them better. The result is an essential textbook of modern rhetoric for anyone who ever speaks in public.
In the audiobook you will learn:
- that the ability to deliver charismatic speeches is a learned skill
- how to speak well and interestingly in front of an audience
- how to build an engaging lecture using five proven speaking tools
- how to keep the audience's attention and gain their interest and sympathy
- which speaking styles will reliably discourage or put your audience to sleep
- how experienced speakers successfully combat nervousness
- when it is better to learn a speech by heart and when to improvise
- how to move naturally on stage and what equipment to take with you
- what to wear to feel comfortable
- how to end a lecture in seven ways
- why it's so important to be able to speak in public
