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Presentation skills for technical professionals : achieving excellence / Naomi Karten.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Soft skills for IT professionalsPublisher: Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom : IT Governance Pub., 2010Description: 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849280747
  • 1849280746
  • 9781628700183
  • 1628700181
  • 9781282862722
  • 1282862723
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Presentation skills for technical professionals.DDC classification:
  • 658.452
LOC classification:
  • HF5718.22 .K37 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / Ellen Gottesdiener -- Introduction: Please join me in welcoming... -- part 1. Becoming a skilled presenter. Overview of the Basics ; Finding Your Voice ; Attributes of Good and Bad Presentations; Presentation Anxiety and How to Tame It -- part 2. Developing engaging content. Key Steps in Shaping Your Presentation ; Openings and Closings ; Interaction and the Adult Attention Span ; The Powerful Impact of Stories ; Using (Without Misusing) PowerPoint -- part 3. Preparing to present. Logistical Preparations ; Presenter Survival Kit ; The Vital Role of Practice -- part 4. Presenting with confidence. How to Make a Winning Impression ; How Not to Annoy Your Audience ; How to Handle Audience Questions ; How to Manage a Difficult Audience ; How to Conquer Nervousness -- part 5. Tips for selected contexts. Presenting to Management ; Presenting to Customers ; Presenting to Your Team ; Presenting to a Foreign Audience ; Presenting at Conferences ; Presenting Webinars ; Presenting with Co-Presenters -- Final Thoughts.
Summary: "This book gives you invaluable tips on how to make your presentation clear and accessible, how to interact with your audience and how to retain their interest while keeping your anxiety under control. Naomi Karten has used her vast experience -- both positive and negative -- on the front lines of public speaking to provide key advice (and many chuckles!) in this engrossing read for the technical professional. By following the advice contained this book, you can take the stress out of the exercise and start delivering presentations that will engage your audience and make your ideas and arguments memorable."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).

Online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR platform, viewed April 14, 2017).

"This book gives you invaluable tips on how to make your presentation clear and accessible, how to interact with your audience and how to retain their interest while keeping your anxiety under control. Naomi Karten has used her vast experience -- both positive and negative -- on the front lines of public speaking to provide key advice (and many chuckles!) in this engrossing read for the technical professional. By following the advice contained this book, you can take the stress out of the exercise and start delivering presentations that will engage your audience and make your ideas and arguments memorable."--Provided by publisher.

Foreword / Ellen Gottesdiener -- Introduction: Please join me in welcoming... -- part 1. Becoming a skilled presenter. Overview of the Basics ; Finding Your Voice ; Attributes of Good and Bad Presentations; Presentation Anxiety and How to Tame It -- part 2. Developing engaging content. Key Steps in Shaping Your Presentation ; Openings and Closings ; Interaction and the Adult Attention Span ; The Powerful Impact of Stories ; Using (Without Misusing) PowerPoint -- part 3. Preparing to present. Logistical Preparations ; Presenter Survival Kit ; The Vital Role of Practice -- part 4. Presenting with confidence. How to Make a Winning Impression ; How Not to Annoy Your Audience ; How to Handle Audience Questions ; How to Manage a Difficult Audience ; How to Conquer Nervousness -- part 5. Tips for selected contexts. Presenting to Management ; Presenting to Customers ; Presenting to Your Team ; Presenting to a Foreign Audience ; Presenting at Conferences ; Presenting Webinars ; Presenting with Co-Presenters -- Final Thoughts.

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