The Confident Speaker
Beat Your Nerves And Communicate At Your Best In Any Situation
Harrison Monarth and Larina Kase
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Speak with confidence, and discover the scientific research that proves it's possible.
Harrison Monarth and Dr. Larina Kase have created the blueprint for giving high-impact presentations and overcoming the anxiety that stops careers in their tracks for even the most competent professionals. The bottom-line remains, "If you can’t speak confidently before groups, you’re going nowhere". "The Confident Speaker" is a powerful tool that will help speakers and business professionals go places.

The Power of Personal Storytelling
Spinning Tales to Connect With Others
Jack Maguire

The Story Factor
Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling
Annette Simmons
In this highly accessible and groundbreaking book, Annette Simmons reminds us that the oldest tool of influence is also the most powerful. Showcasing over a hundred examples of effective storytelling drawn from the front lines of business and government, as well as myths, fables, and parables form around the world, Simmons illustrates how story can be used to persuade, motivate, and inspire in ways that cold facts, bullet points, and directives can't. A great read, The Story Factor will guide and inspire you to become a more effective communicator.

What to Say When. . .You're Dying on the Platform
A Complete Resource for Speakers, Trainers, and Executives
Lillet Walters, Lilly Walters
A heckler is in the audience; the overhead projector breaks; the allotted speech time runs out--these are just some of the panic-producing crises, interruptions, or distractions easily dealt with in this first-aid guide for business speakers. Here, first-timers and experienced pros alike will find everything they need to organize, write, and deliver effective, entertaining speeches--from installations to toasts and roasts. The guide pinpoints every possible speaking contingency--from failed electricity to a bored audience--and for each one tells how to prevent it, what to do about it, and what to say about it. Its treasury of witty, off-the-cuff lines and audience participation devices helps speakers access the perfect words to cover any situation and captivate any audience.

Act Natural
How to Speak to Any Audience
Ken Howard, Edward Tivnan (Contributor), Thomas H. Taylor
Drawing from courses he taught at Harvard and from his own distinguished career as a performer, Ken Howard demonstrates how we all can become more effective public speakers and communicators by learning how actors prepare for their roles.

Symbolic Interactionism
Perspective and Method
Herbert Blumer

How to Run a Successful Meeting in 1/2 the Time
Milo O. Frank
Frank's practical, simple techniques show listeners how to plan and focus a meeting for real results.

How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less
Milo O. Frank
Milo Frank, America's foremost business communications consultant, shows you how to: Focus your objectives, Utilize the "hook" technique, Use the secrets of TV and advertising writers, Tell terrific anecdotes that make your point, Shine in meetings, question-and-answer sessions, and more! Milo Frank's proven techniques give you the edge that successful people share -- the art of communicating quickly, precisely and powerfully!

Speaking Without Fear or Nervousness
Helen Sutton
Those who cringe at the thought of public speaking may be passing up golden opportunities to showcase their professional expertise and personal talents. This audio program will help listeners take a bold step toward conquering their anxieties once and for all. They'll uncover self-defeating thoughts, and replace them with positive expectations. Listeners get trusty tips to help them deal with their physical symptoms. Plus they'll learn practice techniques that help build confidence. 2 cassettes.

10 Days to More Confident Public Abridged Speaking
Princeton Language Institute
Written by an expert in the field, this book has the tools you need to become a relaxed, effective, and commanding public speaker. A clear, concise, step-by-step approach with dozens of inside tips, 10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking will help you: Overcome nervousness and discover your own natural style, Establish an immediate rapport with your audience, Practice your new techniques daily in conversations with friends, Write a speech that builds to an unforgettable conclusion, Expertly blend humor and anecdotes into your talks, Use special techniques to memorize your speech.

101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers
Controlling Fear, Commanding Attention
Caryl Rae Krannich
Each "secret" in this important book is an easy-to-understand tip for presenting better speeches.

Inspire Any Audience
Proven Secrets of the Pros
Tony Jeary, Zig Ziglar
Whether your presentations are one-on-one or to thousands, master presenter Tony Jeary covers everything speakers need to positively inspire any audience. His confidence-inspiring techniques are organized into four sections: 1) what to do before a presentation; 2) how to win your audience in the first three minutes; 3) how to master the tools of the trade; and 4) how to close a presentation to get 100% audience buy-in. Listen as Mr. Presentation interacts with many different audiences, demonstrating his system that is so easy to learn, understand, and implement, your own effectiveness will quickly improve. 2 cassettes.

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Erving Goffman
A study of human behavior in social situations and the way we appear to others. Dr. Goffman has employed as a framework the metaphor of theatrical performance. Discussions of social techniques are based upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions.

The Leader in You
How to Win Friends, Influence People and Succeed in a Changing World
Dale Carnegie, Associates, Dale Carnegie
With insights from leading figures in the corporate, entertainment, sports, academic, and political arenas -- and encompassing interviews and advice from such eminent authorities as Lee Iacocca and Margaret Thatcher -- this comprehensive, step-by-step guide includes strategies to help you: Identify your leadership strengths, Achieve your goals and increase your self-confidence, Eliminate an "us vs. them" mentality, Become a team player and strengthen cooperation among associates, Balance work and leisure, Control your worries and energize your life, and much more!

How To Win Friends And Influence People
Dale Carnegie, Arthur R. Pell
For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. Learn: The six ways to make people like you, The twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, The nine ways to change people without arousing resentment, and much, much more!

How to Develop Self-Confidence And Influence People
Dale Carnegie

The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
Dale Carnegie

Say It with Presentations
How to Design and Deliver Successful Business Presentations
Gene Zelazny
Organize a powerful, effective business presentation and deliver it with style! Say it with Presentations helps you define why you're giving the presentation and the audience you need to convince. This compelling, comprehensive presentation toolkit tells you when, why, and how to use humor, and, yes, silence to get your points across...how to make the most of visuals...set up facilities and equipment...and rehearse to communicate your confidence, conviction and enthusiasm, and much, much more.

Working the Room
How to Move People to Action through Audience-Centered Speaking
Nick Morgan
Through entertaining and insightful examples, Morgan illustrates a practical, three-part process—focusing on content development, rehearsal, and delivery—geared toward engaging an audience on every level: emotional, intellectual, and physical.

Presenting to Win
The Art of Telling Your Story
Jerry Weissman
Jerry Weissman shows you how to transform your presentations from dry recitals of facts into compelling stories with a laser-sharp focus on what matters most: what's in it for the audience.These techniques have proven themselves with billions of dollars on the line. Thousands of Weissman's elite clients have already mastered them. Now it's your turn!

Effective Communication Skills for Scientific and Technical Professionals
Harry E. Chambers
A practical and accessible guide for technical and scientific professionals to becoming better communicators in the workplace. Offers self-assessment tools and exercises that help each person develop an individualized action plan for enhancing communication, interpersonal, and managerial skills.

Communicating Effectively
Lani Arredondo
Provides hands-on techniques to becoming a better communicator. Offers no-nonsense strategies for improving employee morale and productivity, managing conflicts, conducting participative meetings and presentations, and using e-mail and voice mail effectively.

Presentation Skills For Managers
Jennifer Rotondo, Mike Rotondo Jr.
A practical, advice-filled book on how to create and make compelling and persuasive presentations.

How to Argue and Win Every Time
At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day
Gerry L. Spence
A noted attorney gives detailed instructions on winning arguments, emphasizing such points as learning to speak with the body, avoiding being blinding by brilliance, and recognizing the power of words as a weapon.

Strictly Speaking
Fergus Reid Buckley, Reid Buckley
Reveals the exclusive techniques of America's most dynamic speaking coach, Reid Buckley. Provides good advice and demonstrates how the quality of your life depends upon your ability to speak well before others.