Stop Bellyaching! It's Only a Presentation!: How to Assess Your Skills & Transform Yourself into a Great Speaker

The best way to improve your presentation skills is through thoughtful feedback. As part of this exciting book, you have access to the Presentation Skills Assessment, an online rating form that allows you to compare what you think are your strengths as well as what others see.The tips, suggestions and strategies in this book correspond to your written report. If there are presentation areas you need to work on, all you have to do is turn to that section and start making improvements.

Lloyd Corder, Ph.D. is a senior marketing strategist and researcher with more than 25 years professional experience, with the past 14 operating CorCom, Inc. Previously, he was Vice President, Marketing Research and Leadership Communications, for Ketchum, one of the top-three public relations firms worldwide. He has completed over 1,000 full-scale marketing research projects. He serves on the graduate business school faculty at Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches marketing research, marketing management and international marketing. In addition to serving on the adjunct communications faculties of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University and Chatham University, he is also a frequent keynote and convention presenter. The results of his studies have been printed in over 200 magazines and newspapers, and he has published over 50 business articles on marketing communication, leadership and measuring marketing return on investment (ROI). In recent years, Dr. Corder has won six Silver Anvils, the most prestigious award given in the public relations field, and the 1999 Bronze Anvil for Research, an honor reserved for the best marketing research project in North America. His book, The Snapshot Survey: Quick, Affordable Marketing Research for Every Organization, is published by Kaplan.