Working With Words (eBook)

Adding Life to Your Oral Presentations

Rae A. Stonehouse (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
90 Seiten
Live For Excellence Productions (LFEP) (Verlag)
978-1-9990454-7-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Forrest Gump is known for having said Life is like a box of chocolates. It occurred to the author in a dream one night, that life is more like a bowl of strawberries.More precisely,public speakingis like a bowl ofstrawberries. A few strawberries, freshly picked off the plant and immediately eaten, can bedelicious.Abushelbasket of them sitting in front of you with the expectation you had to eat them,hereandnow,wouldn'tbe.But what about a nicestrawberry sundaeor agood-sized,mouth-wateringportion of strawberry shortcake?When it comes to public speaking, there are times whenfewerwords arebetter.There are times we arebombardedwith a speaker telling useverythingthey know about a subject.There's too much to absorb so wetune out.Then there is thestrawberry shortcakeof presentations.This is where the speakerwhetsyour appetite, gives youjustenough of a serving that you are close to being full and leaves youwantingmore.Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentationsprovides you with the recipe for using words to help you become a dynamic speaker.Veteran Toastmaster of over 26 years, Rae A. Stonehouse provides sage advice and helpful tips to whet your appetite to become a more dynamic speaker and presenter.The book explores the following public speaking strategies:The Language of SpeakingImproving Your Descriptive PowersUsing Vocal Variety to Make Your Presentations Come AliveUsing Gestures for a Powerful Speech and much more!Working With Words: Adding Life to Your Oral Presentationsis for any speaker or presenter who wants to take their speaking to the next level.

Inhalt

Introduction

You Have Three Vocabularies

The Language of Speaking

Words Worth Forgetting

Improving Your Descriptive Powers

Using Vocal Variety to Make Your Presentations Come Alive

Using Voice Variables

Your Speaking Rate

Your Speaking Volume

Your Speaking Quality

Using Gestures for Powerful Speech

Your Voice and Your Image

Additional Resources

About the Author

Also by Rae A. Stonehouse

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.2.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: Public speaking • public speaking books • public speaking finding your voice • Public Speaking for Success • public speaking handbook • public speaking secrets • The Art of Public Speaking • tips of public speaking
• ISBN-10: 1-9990454-7-5 / 1999045475
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9990454-7-0 / 9781999045470