Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers - Softcover

Phillips, Lois; Perez Ferguson, Anita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096733005X ISBN 13: 9780967330051

Publisher: Luz Publications, 2019

Synopsis

In Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers, women leaders share their wisdom on how they prepare for and deliver dynamic presentations, whether at work to teams and managers, in formal conference settings, or at community and political events. This indispensable book advises how to overcome anxiety, think more strategically about your desired outcome, underscores the particular importance of doing fact checking, and the value of using anecdotes from your cultural background. Worksheets and checklists help readers get organized as they prepare their remarks.

About this title

About the Author:

Lois Phillips, Ph.D., was the founding executive director of Antioch University Santa Barbara. Her doctoral degree from UCSB focused on gender differences in public speaking. She has also produced and hosted two television shows about women's issues, co-hosted a public radio talk show about current events in Southern California. Her consulting practice focuses on Facilitation of Public Meetings, Board Retreats and Strategic Planning Processes. She also trains and coaches executives, managers, and politicians in organizational communication and presentation skills. Dr. Phillips has participated in Betty Friedan's Think Tank regarding Women and Public Policy, sponsored by USC's School of Management. She was an "American Feminist in Residence" at Loyola of Concordia University Montreal for a week-long program about the changing roles of women and men and also presented the key concepts of Women Seen and Heard at the Women and Public Policy Institute, Harvard University. She has appeared with and interviewed Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Jane Fonda in public lectures and on television. Producer of "Mother, Daughter, Choices," a documentary for The Girls Club, she has won awards for her work in affirmative action, community leadership, and commitment to education. She has been described as a dynamic speaker who practices what she teaches.

Anita Perez Ferguson, Organizational Development, is currently a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Lecturer for the Council of Independent Colleges, Washington DC. A former Latin American Trainer/Consultant for the Vital Voices Global Partnership, Perez-Ferguson also served as the White House Liaison to USDOT for President Clinton. She was on the National Board of Directors for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America with service on the Finance and Political Advocacy executive committees. Her first book entitled A Passion for Politics, was a compendium of her popular NPR Commentaries for WAMC, NY. Perez Ferguson is past president of the National Women's Political Caucus in Washington, DC. She twice received the Democratic nomination for the US House of Representatives, and made history as the first Hispanic woman in California to achieve this distinction. She has presented at the Harvard University JFK School of Government, the American Political Science Association, the Accenture National Diversity Forum, the League of Women Voters, and the International Platform Association, among others. Her doctoral focus was on diversity and governance issues, published in Caminos: a Social Network Analysis of Latino Directors on the Fotune 500 Boards. In 2014 Anita was awarded the Lacayo Lifetime Achievement Award by the US Hispanic Leadership Institute. Her first novel, Twisted Cross, will be published in 2020.

Review:

Women Seen and Heard offers advice for becoming stronger public speakers in a way that shows us how to build on, raather than abandon, our unique strengths, values and personalities. Sociology Professor Martha McCaughey, PhD, Appalachian State University

Finding your voice is one of the most valuable treasures in life. This book teaches you to use it to help others! Hon. Loretta Sanchez

About this edition

• Publisher: Luz Publications
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 096733005X
• ISBN 13: 9780967330051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256