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Make your move into, or improve your position in, the powerful world of professional speaking. If you think you have what it takes to speak professionally, or you've already been doing so with insufficient reward, now is the time to make your move. Weiss has packed the guide with tips, resources, helpful examples, and checklists that make it easy for you to keep a record of your progress. Whether you're a trainer, workshop leader, or consultant, Million Dollar Speaking has what you need to get on the paid public-speaking circuit in no time. 

Communication expert and popular speaker Quentin Schultze offers a practical, accessible, and inspiring guide to public speaking, showing readers how to serve their audiences with faith, skill, and virtue. This thoroughly rewritten and expanded edition has been tested and revised with input from Christian undergraduates and contains new chapters on timely topics, such as speaking for video, conducting group presentations, and engaging society civilly. A complete public speaking textbook for Christian universities, it includes helpful sidebars, tips, and appendixes.

All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct - and often failing as a result - we'd win more arguments if we learned the timeless art of verbal persuasion, or rhetoric.

Did you ever wonder what kind of impression you leave on the people you meet? Have you ever been introduced to someone only to run out of things to say after the initial “hello”? Do you struggle with small talk and often find yourself in a “awkward silence” situation? Luckily, there are methods and techniques you can use to improve your small talk skills, boost your confidence, and make a great first impression every time.

Essential warm-up exercises for anyone who wants to use their voice more effectively. An accompaniment to The Voice Exercise Book, the accessible and straightforward guide to good voice production. If you're using your voice in a professional capacity - as a performer, a public speaker, a teacher, or even for long hours over the telephone - then warming up is an essential part of ensuring best practice and vocal health. In this audiobook, Jeannette Nelson provides three complete and easy-to-use voice warm-ups that she uses with actors and non-actors alike.

Top speechwriter Simon Lancaster explains that the secret of brilliant communication is all about making connections. Whether in speech or in writing, at a networking event or in an email, at work or at home, the best communicators find ways of connecting with their audiences. More than that, they are able to connect the personal with the universal, the past with the present, the abstract with the everyday, the visual with the verbal, the moral with the mundane.

Want to learn how to make people laugh out loud? How to Make People Laugh is a book that targets regular comedians, such as you and me. It does not try to transform you into a professional comedian. Instead, it puts comedy in the spotlight of everyday life. With this book, you will learn techniques that you can easily incorporate at parties or even in regular banter with friends and colleagues.

Public speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change.

In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be a comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible.

If you’re like most of us, you openly admire and, maybe, secretly envy those who can stand fearlessly in front of a crowd and deliver an inspiring speech effortlessly. But what if you could be one of these chosen few? What if you could make your message clear and powerful and turn passive listeners into excited followers? Yes, you can do it even if you’re introverted. If you think that you’re “just not cut out for public speaking”, stop and think again. Don’t let your amazing ideas wither away unheard.

Are you an author or creative preparing for success? Do you want to learn to speak effectively in front of an audience? All successful creatives have to speak and present in public, whether that's at a festival, on a podcast or radio show, or as part of earning multiple streams of income. But you don’t have to be like Tony Robbins, bouncing around on stage with a booming voice and larger than life personality. You just have to be you and tell your story in your own way. 

Do you want to shine in conversations, meetings, pitches, or presentations? Is it time to let go of the anxiety that holds you back? Whatever you want to say and whenever you need to say it, this inspiring and engaging guide will equip you with powerful ways to free your voice, connect with your audience, and communicate with confidence to make a lasting impact.

Many people dread public speaking. And yet we all find ourselves forced to make a speech at some point in our lives and suffer the same inevitable anxieties: will my jokes fall flat? What if I freeze up? Is it okay to read notes? What if people walk out? This book will not magically transform you into a fast-talking, high-flying hotshot. But it does hope to teach you how to be adequate at public speaking - and, with a spot of luck, you might turn out to be 'rather good'.

Cada día, o aprovechamos la oportunidad de ser geniales o perdemos el chance de serlo. Podemos pasar toda nuestra vida preparándonos para ser ganadores, trabajando duro para alcanzar el éxito en nuestra vida personal, laboral y en nuestras relaciones pero, a menudo la ansiedad, el miedo y el auto sabotaje se interponen en nuestro camino. ¡Tenemos buenas noticias! Hay formas poderosas de combatir esto y todo lo que se interponga en el camino hacia tus objetivos.

What if you could think about public speaking without experiencing a wave of panic rolling through your body and taking over? What if you could boldly share your ideas, be noticed for them, and feel confident in them during important meetings or interviews? Fortunately, this is a skill that you can learn and develop great confidence in, no matter how you feel right now. Buy now Stop Speak with Fear and start mastering this skill right now. You will be happy you did! 

Everyone has a story to tell. Sharing that story can change you, your community, or even the world. But how do you start? This inspirational guide invites listeners to unlock their truth and share it, whether in a TED talk, a blog post, or a conversation with their loved ones. Storytelling coaches Heather Box and Julian Mocine-McQueen reveal how to embrace the power of personal storytelling in a series of easy steps. Their practical and motivating advice fills this charming audiobook. It's a meaningful gift and a powerful reminder that stories matter.

How to Design (and Deliver) TED-Worthy Presentation Slides is a short, practical and step-by-step guide to creating sexy slides. It is based on an extensive analysis of some of the best TED speakers, such as Brene Brown, Daniel Pink, Amy Cuddy, Larry Lessig, Seth Godin, Bill Gates and many, many more.

As much about "speaking in public" as it is about "public speaking, Talking with Confidence for the Painfully Shy can help even the most shy person speak up and speak out in any business or social situation.

Negotiation can make the difference between success and failure, a win or a loss, a 'no' or a 'yes'. But what if you are coming up against a brick wall due to implicit prejudice or even outright discrimination? Be Who You Are to Get What You Want is for anyone who is frustrated with dealing with bias in the everyday negotiations that are part of their professional and personal lives. Drawing on decades of training and experience as a negotiator in high-stakes situations, Damali Peterman has developed successful strategies that will help you become the best communicator that you can be.

In today's world, leverage is everything. It gets you places and brings you security. Did you know that gaining leverage doesn't necessarily mean you have to have money and power? All it takes is an ability to make people believe in you and make them do what you need them to do. That's what Rafael's book on neuro-linguistic programming will teach you. You will develop the ability to take control of any situation and always be steps ahead of everybody.

Audio is the up-and-coming market, but the price of entry can be a horrific 300-500 dollars per finished hour and up. M. L. Buchman has recorded and published over 30 audio titles - himself. Here he covers the basics you need to record your own audiobooks.