The Presentation Primer: Getting Your Point Across (Briefcase Books (Hardcover))

This Briefcase Book is a quick, useful guide to making effective presentations, especially for anyone who has an important pending presentation. The Presentation Primer moves the reader through the steps involved in making a successful presentation including: Preplanning; overcoming stage fright; handling questions, and more!

Speaking in front of a group of people - although often one of the most frightening experiences a manager can have - offers great career-advancing visibility if the presentation is done well. The Presentation Primer turns the liability of presenting into a key success strategy for your career. Complete and effective, this Briefcase Book includes a presentation planning system that helps you think of everything when putting together your presentation. Inside, you'll also find an entire chapter of tips for overcoming stagefright, real-world examples that provide easy-to-use ideas for improving presentations, presentation planning worksheets which take the fear of forgetting something when planning your presentation, and techniques for handling the questions that inevitably follow presentations. Designed to be used over and over, this guide gives you practical ideas and examples - along with checklists - that can be used to make every future presentation a success.