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Book SynopsisExplor[es] the underlying history and psychology of public discourse . . . should be required reading for politicians and public advocates. Real Change The most pressing problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a toxic smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda, and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems.In this second edition of I'm Right and You're an Idiot, James Hoggan grapples with this critical issue, through interviews with outstanding thinkers and drawing on wisdom from highly regarded public figures. Featuring a new, radically revised prologue, afterword, and a new chapter addressing the changes in the public discourse since the 2016 US election, his comprehensive analysis explores: How political will is manipulated How tribalism shuts down open-minded thinking, undermiTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: A Beginner's Mind Part I: The Polluted Public Square Section A: Smashing Heads Doesn't Open Minds 1. Like Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovichand Steve Rosell 2. The Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner 3. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)with Carol Tavris 4. Morality Binds and Blinds with Jonathan Haidt 5. Why We Want to Be Misled with Dan Kahan Section B: A Failure to Communicate 6. Facts Are Not Enough with George Lakoff 7. Matters of Concern with Bruno Latour Section C: Duped and How 8. The Self-regulating Psychopath with Joel Bakan and Noam Chomsky 9. Steve Bannon's Full-service Propaganda Machine with research by Carole Cadwalladr 10. Foreign-funded Radicals 11. Assault on Democracy with Alex Himelfarb 12. Silencing the Voices of Others with Jason Stanley 13. Gaslighting Blurs Our Reality with Bryant Welch 14. Summary: The Polluted Public Square Part II: Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish Section D: Leaning into the Future 15. Power and Love with Adam Kahane 16. No Fish? No Fish Sticks with Peter Senge 17. Listen Deeply with Otto Scharmer Section E: The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative 18. What Are They Thinking? with Anthony Leiserowitz and Ed Maibach 19. The Myth of Apathy with Renee Lertzman 20. Psychic Numbing with Paul Slovic 21. Sometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz Section F: From the Heart 22. The Golden Rule with Karen Armstrong 23. Tending Our Inner Ecology with Joan Halifax 24. Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish with Thich Nhat Hanh 25. We Need Warmheartedness with the 14th Dalai Lama Epilogue: Hope, Compassion, and Courage Notes IndexAbout the Author About New Society Publishers

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Book SynopsisIn the 1969 issue of Negro Digest, a young Black Arts Movement poet then-named Ameer (Amiri) Baraka published 'We Are Our Feeling: The Black Aesthetic.' Baraka's emphasis on the importance of feelings in black selfhood expressed a touchstone for how the black liberation movement grappled with emotions in response to the politics and racial violence of the era.In her latest book, award-winning author Lisa M. Corrigan suggests that Black Power provided a significant repository for negative feelings, largely black pessimism, to resist the constant physical violence against black activists and the psychological strain of political disappointment. Corrigan asserts the emergence of Black Power as a discourse of black emotional invention in opposition to Kennedy-era white hope. As integration became the prevailing discourse of racial liberalism shaping mid-century discursive structures, so too, did racial feelings mold the biopolitical order of postmodern life in America.

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Book Synopsis“Instructive and entertaining.”—Wall Street JournalLearn how to argue from the masters. This book is a complete course on the art of argument, taught by the greatest practitioners of it: Churchill, Lincoln, and hundreds of others from the golden age of debate in England and America. The book’s concise chapters provide lessons in all aspects of give and take—the syllogism and the slippery slope, the argumentum ad hominem and reductio ad absurdum, the fallacy and the insult. Ward Farnsworth shows how the full range of such techniques can be used or repelled, and illustrates them with examples that are fascinating, instructive, and fun to read. The result is a browsable reference in which every page is a pleasure. It will leave you better able to win arguments and to defend yourself under fire. It’s also an entertaining reminder that argument can be a source of beauty and delight. As Farnsworth says of t

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Book SynopsisAn invaluable guide to more than one hundred of the most commonly used Modern Standard Arabic idiomsIdioms are deeply rooted in their cultural context and as such are both are uniquely tricky and key to competency in a language. With more than 140 of frequently used Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) idioms, this book is a key learning tool for intermediate to advanced learners of the language. Organized by theme into eight chapters, each idiom includes an English translation or equivalent expression and a short bilingual dialogue to show the idiom used in context. Each unit ends with a set of exercises to practice usage and aid in language acquisition. Mastering Modern Standard Arabic Idioms is designed to be a flexible resource, and as such could be adopted in a classroom setting or employed in self-study, and will be of interest to students of language, literature, and culture, as well as to translators and linguists.

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Book Synopsis"Where I come from, where modesty is a sin, Flintoff 's book would be called 'The Indispensable Guide to Giving an Unforgettable Speech'."Jay Heinrichs, New York Times bestselling authorMost of us dread public speaking. But at some point we find ourselves forced to make a speech. And we worry: Will my jokes fall flat? What if I freeze? Is it okay to read notes? What if people walk out?This book won't magically transform you into a fast-talking corporate hotshot. But it will show you how to think about public speaking in a new way, and with a spot of luck, you will achieve adequacy. Or better!Drawing on ancient principles of rhetoric and his own entertaining successes and failures on the speech-giving circuit, John-Paul Flintoff provides simple but effective techniques to help you to speak with confidence to any crowd, whether it's a work presentation or a best friend's wedding.Humble but motivating, this is a guide to finding your voice, even if it's a bit croaky at first, and a reassuring affirmation that we all have something to say.Trade ReviewI gave my first public speech at 15, at my Granny's funeral, and I wish I'd had this book then. Not because it would have changed what I said, but because it would have reassured me. My words, though carefully chosen and sincere, were not what people expected. But they were adequate, and this book would have told me that this was OK. Had I had Jean-Paul Flintoff's warm wit to guide me through my subsequent years of public speaking, I might have been a good deal better than adequate. Flintoff is erudite and playful and, despite the modesty, rigorous. This is about much more than adequate public speaking. It is about life. And it is great. * Angus Cameron – Academic, Author and Voice & Performance Coach *I absolutely loved this. What did I love? I loved the cheeky tone, the artless blurting, the pithiness, the constant breaking of the fourth wall and defying convention about how to write a how-to book. I loved the vulnerability and honesty. This is a subject which, as he says, has been written about many times before, but never with such refreshing chutzpah and humour. The book itself is a masterclass in its own subject. * — Jenny Rogers, Executive coach, speaker, and author of Are You Listening? (Penguin Business 2021) *

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Book SynopsisWomenâs voices are simply heard less. It explains why gender balance is still proving so hard to achieve, decades after legislative frameworks have been put in place. This book is a handbook for millennial women, designed to help them speak and be heard, to help them navigate the challenges, maximise their success and fast forward their careers.

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Book SynopsisWhen you think about communications, you might immediately think about speaking. But listening well is the foundation of leading well; it's essential if you want people to listen to you. And most leaders have little idea how to go about it. Award-winning professional actor and communications expert Janie Van Hool has been helping leaders understand the simple but powerful principles of listening conversations to build trust and engagement for more than 20 years. Now she's showing you how to supercharge your own communication, in just 6 minutes!

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Book Synopsis*NEW EDITION FEATURING UPDATED MATERIAL*'Erudite, interesting and, above all, entertaining' ALAN JOHNSON, FORMER UK HOME SECRETARY'A racy, engrossing read' PROFESSOR IAN ROBERTSON'Incredibly absorbing, leaving even the most confident orator with food for thought' PSYCHOLOGIES Communication can make the difference between failure and success. When communication goes badly, it's a nightmare. When it goes well, it's the stuff of dreams. In this revelatory and entertaining guide, top speechwriter Simon Lancaster reveals that the secret to great communication lies not in logic alone, but in skilfully connecting with people's deepest instincts and emotions. Through the power of connections, it is possible to transform people's perceptions about almost anything, making the scary safe, the unfamiliar familiar, and even turning a 'no' into a 'yes'. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and ancient rhetoric, Lancaster examines ten powerful connections you can instantly make to change how people think, feel and act. Forget incomprehensible acronyms, mixed metaphors and jumbled jargon; with these connections, you can literally get people's mouths watering, make their hearts race and leave them addicted to your presence. Packed with wisdom, humour and actionable methods, Connect is the ultimate guide to great communication, giving you the power to inspire, influence and energise anyone, anywhere, anytime.Trade ReviewLike everything the incredible Simon Lancaster does - whether it's in speech-writing, books or music - this is erudite, interesting and, above all, entertaining. * Alan Johnson, author and Former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom *In a world filled with division and anxiety, Simon Lancaster unlocks a treasure trove of advice on how we achieve meaningful and lasting connections with others through our written and spoken communications. And he makes it all sound fun and easy - which is exactly how it should be * Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking *One of the world's best speechwriters unveils the arts of persuasion with the help of some brain science. A racy, engrossing read. * Professor Ian Robertson, author of How Confidence Works: The New Science of Self-Belief *'I really enjoyed Connect! Highly recommend it to anyone looking to connect more deeply with their audience, whether it's one person or a thousand.' * Terry Szuplat, President Obama's speechwriter, 2009–2017 *A rollicking read, jammed full of inspiring insights and examples, showing how we can all use humour and playfulness to become better communicators. Great fun! * Neil Mullarkey, comedian and author of Seven Steps to Improve Your People Skills *In this highly entertaining guide to communication, Simon Lancaster provides rich insight into how to instantly connect with audiences. His anecdotes and familiar cultural reference points ensure that he always practises what he preaches, and so his ideas connect with readers * Jonathan Charteris-Black, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of the West of England *Simon Lancaster dives into the language that dominates public debate to argue that the opinions many of us assume to be instinctive are actually the product of others manipulating words and phrases to provoke the reaction they desire. A thoroughly entertaining and highly relevant read. * Sir Peter Wanless, Chief Executive, NSPCC *

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Book SynopsisPersonal presence gives you the power to inspire, to influence, to excite, to question and to connect. We all have it within us. Yet many of us freeze or falter when speaking in public. As an actor on national TV and as a coach to high-performing professionals, Sarah Thurstan knows there are no set answers for how to give your best when you take the stage. It's a highly personal story for each of us. In this book, she guides you through how you can bring your natural self and your authentic voice to when you are speaking in public. In 15 chapters, she discusses how to master your fears, craft your message, share your stories, express your values and act when the spotlight is on you. These are skills which we can all learn and improve, whether as polished performers or as nervous beginners. We can always become a better version of ourselves when speaking in public and engaging our audiences.Trade Review'Wonderful guidance on how individuals and teams can become the best version of themselves', Mark Thurston, chief executive, HS2. 'Access the transformative potential of Sarah's book, both professionally and personally ... we continue to become more compelling and successful as a result', Verity Brown, director, Rok Box. 'A must for anyone who experiences sweaty palms, palpitations and sleepless nights before an important presentation. Enjoy, learn and grow,' David Williams, chief executive, Impact International. 'Unlike any presentation book out there ... an essential read for anyone managing change whether at home or at work', Aman Sharma, head of service excellence, Simmons & Simmons LLP.Table of Contents1. What is personal presence? 2. Playing to our strengths 3. Fighting the fear 4. Physical communication 5. Storytelling 6. Engaging your audience 7. Lessons from the Greeks: rule of three 8. Structure 9. Self-awareness, self-disclosure and self-confidence 10. Elevator pitches, doorstep challenges and talking to camera 11. Diction, delivery and jargon 12. Directions and props 13. Performing as a leader 14. Business theatre 15. Cornerstones and competence

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Book SynopsisFashions a vocabulary from new materialist theory, media theory, postmodern theory, and digital rhetoric to rethink the connections between humans and digital media. Addressed are the concerns that scholars have with digital culture: how technologies affect attention spans, how digital media are used to compose, and how digital rhetoric is taught.Trade ReviewDigital rhetoric, both as practice and inquiry, is at a crossroads. Beset on all sides by social, cultural, political, and economic forces, we have struggled to keep pace with, much less intervene in, our media ecologies. Rhetorics of the Digital Nonhumanities is an indispensable contribution to our efforts in dealing productively and ethically with the digital." - Collin Gifford Brooke, author of Lingua Fracta: Towards a Rhetoric of New Media"Alex Reid remakes the digital humanities as a rhetorical enterprise. Updating takes on electracy through new materialist theories and actor network methodologies, this book works through a series of rhetorical topoi for contemporary digitality. Essential reading for digital rhetorics, new material rhetorics, and postprocess composition." - Byron Hawk, author of Resounding the Rhetorical: Composition as a Quasi-Object

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Book SynopsisAddresses new approaches to studying computational processes within the growing field of digital rhetoric. While computational code is often seen as value-neutral and mechanical, this volume explores the underlying, and often unexamined, modes of persuasion this code engages.Trade ReviewRhetorical Machines provides an extension of current work in digital rhetoric, and helps to add a nuanced and more usable framework than more surface contentions about whether rhetoric and rhetorical agency is limited to humans or can be inhabited and deployed by machines/algorithms/software agents."" - Douglas Eyman, author of Digital Rhetoric: Theory, Method, Practice""Rhetorical Machines is a timely, interesting, and important collection of essays that makes a valuable contribution to rhetorical studies as well as to the study of technology—especially in terms of questions of computation."" - Brenton J. Malin, author of Feeling Mediated: A History of Media Technology and Emotion in AmericaTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction by John Jones and Lavinia Hirsu Part I: Emergent Machines Chapter 1. A Conversation with A.L.I.C.E. Chapter 2. Engines of Rhetoric: Charles Babbage and His Rhetorical Work with Mechanical Computers by Jonathan Buehl Chapter 3. Definitive Programs: Rhetoric, Computation, and the (Pre)history of Controversy over Automated Essay Scoring, 1954–1965 by J. W. Hammond Chapter 4. Treating Code as a Persuasive Argument by Kevin Brock Part II: Operational Codes Chapter 5. A Conversation with Mitsuku Chapter 6. The Mathematical Assumptions within Computational Literacy by Jennifer Juszkiewicz and Joseph Warfel Chapter 7. Inventing Rhetorical Machines: On Facilitating Learning and Public Participation in Science by Ryan M. Omizo, Ian Clark, Minh-Tam Nguyen, and William Hart-Davidson Chapter 8. Race within the Machine: Ambient Rhetorical Actions and Racial Ideology by Joshua Daniel-Wariya and James Chase Sanchez Part III: Ethical Decisions and Protocols Chapter 9. A Conversation with Elbot Chapter 10. Metis in Code: CV Dazzle and the Wily Encounter with Code Libraries by Anthony Stagliano Chapter 11. Good Computing with Big Data by Jennifer Helene Maher, Helen J. Burgess, and Tim Menzies Chapter 12. Nasty Women and Private Servers: Gender, Technology, and Politics by Elizabeth Losh Part IV: Responses Chapter 13. Rhetorical Devices by James J. Brown Jr. Chapter 14. Full Stack Rhetoric: A Response to Rhetorical Machines by Annette Vee Bibliography Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisLooks at many instances of writing as punishment, including forced tattooing, drunk shaming, court-ordered letters of apology, and social media shaming, with the aim of bringing understanding and recognition to the coupling of literacy and subjection.Trade ReviewAsking, at core, if our writing inside and outside the classroom must advance erudition, Writing as Punishment chronicles how that script has been perverted to argue that 'writing is a viable tool for disciplining, controlling, brainwashing, shaming, demeaning, subjugating, and humiliating others.' This book more than proves its points. The writing is fantastically crisp; the thesis sound (and soundly provocative). However queasy-making, Schaffner's individual case studies are each perfectly selected. His conclusions are, to say the least, wickedly inspired."" - Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture""This book's focus on the 'darker' side of writing is as intriguing as it is illuminating. Accessibly written and powerfully argued, Schaffner's book finds that the beliefs that underlie generative approaches to writing are the very ones that underlie its use of writing as punishment."" - Debra Hawhee, author of Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, SensationTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. ""I Will Not Chew Gum in Class"": Punishing Children with Writing Chapter 2. Shame Parades Chapter 3. Writing on the Wasted Chapter 4. Forced Tattooing Chapter 5. Writing, Self-Reflection, and Justice Conclusion: Seeing Writing in a Dim Light Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the early years of the Cold War, racial segregation in the American South became an embarrassing liability to the international reputation of the United States. For America to present itself as a model of democracy in contrast to the Soviet Union's totalitarianism, Jim Crow needed to end. While the discourse of anticommunism added the leverage of national security to the moral claims of the civil rights movement, the proliferation of Red Scare rhetoric also imposed limits on the socioeconomic changes necessary for real equality. Describing the ways anticommunism impaired the struggle for civil rights, James Zeigler reconstructs how Red Scare rhetoric during the Cold War assisted the black freedom struggle's demands for equal rights but labeled un-American calls for reparations. To track the power of this volatile discourse, Zeigler investigates how radical black artists and intellectuals managed to answer anticommunism with critiques of Cold War culture. Stubbornly addressed t

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Book SynopsisWhat did Occupy Wall Street accomplish? While it began as a startling disruption in politics as usual, in The Democratic Ethos Freya Thimsen argues that the movement's long-term importance rests in how its commitment to radical democratic self-organization has been adopted within more conventional forms of politics. Occupy changed what counts as credible democratic coordination and how democracy is performed, as demonstrated in opposition to corporate political influence, rural antifracking activism, and political campaigns.By comparing instances of progressive politics that demonstrate the democratic ethos developed and promoted by Occupy and those that do not, Thimsen illustrates how radical and conventional rhetorical strategies can be brought together to seek democratic change. Combining insights from rhetorical studies, performance studies, political theory, and sociology, The Democratic Ethos offers a set of conceptual tools for analyzing anticorporate democracy-movement politics in the twenty-first century.

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Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now in paperback and featuring new material, the definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, from the storytelling experts at The Moth“From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas, structure, delivery and more.”—CNNLONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARDOver the past twenty-five years, the directors of The Moth have worked with people from all walks of life—including astronauts, hairdressers, rock stars, a retired pickpocket, high school students, and Nobel Prize winners—to develop true personal stories that have moved and delighted live audiences and listeners of The Moth’s Peabody Award–winning radio hour and podcast. A leader in the modern storytelling movement, The Moth inspires thousands of people around the globe to share their stories each year. Now,

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Book SynopsisOne reason public speaking is such a nightmare for so many people is that they think they have to be âœperfect.â They drive themselves crazy trying to conform to all sorts of handed-down rules that tie them up in knots and put their audiences to sleep. Karen Hough says you can throw out those rules, relax, be yourself, make âœmistakes,â and connect with your audience much more effectively than the guy with the impeccable PowerPoint slides. Hough has used her unique presentation approach to take the anxiety out of one of the greatest fears in business. Her book debunks over a dozen myths about presentations to make them more fun and natural for everybody. Its authenticity and passion that win people over not polish. But you canât be authentic if youâre following someone elseâs rules. Hough shows how you can embrace your own style and communicate your message without worrying constantly about antiquated dos and donâts. Follow Karenâs âœbad adviceâ and youâll be surprised to learn youâre actually a naturally skilled presenter.

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Book SynopsisPublic speaking can be terrifying. For David Nihill, the idea of standing in front of an audience was scarier than cliff jumping into a thorny pit of spiders and mothers-in-law. Without a parachute or advanced weaponry. Something had to change. In what doesn't sound like the best plan ever, David decided to overcome his fears by pretending to be an accomplished comedian called "Irish Dave" for one full year, crashing as many comedy clubs, festivals, and shows as possible. One part of the plan was at least logical: he was already Irish and already called Dave. In one year, David went from being deathly afraid of public speaking to hosting a business conference, regularly performing stand-up comedy and winning storytelling competitions in front of packed houses. And he did it by learning from some of the best public speakers in the world: stand-up comedians. Do You Talk Funny?: 7 Comedy Habits to Become a Better (and Funnier) Public Speaker shows how the key principles of stand-up comedy can be applied to your speaking engagements and presentations to make you funnier, more interesting, and better looking. (Or at least two of the three.) Whether you are preparing for a business presentation, giving a wedding toast, defending your thesis, raising money from investors, or simply want to take on something you're afraid of, this book will take you from sweaty to stage-ready. You'll learn how to: - Craft a story and content that your audience will want to listen to - Find the funniest parts of your material and how to get to them faster - Deal with stage fright - Master the two most important parts of your performance: timing and delivery Ten percent of the author's proceeds from this book will go to Arash Bayatmakou via Help Hope Live until he is fully back on his feet and thereafter to one of the many facing the same challenges after suffering a severe spinal cord injury.Trade Review"David Nihill talks funny. He also writes funny. But his book isn't just entertaining, it's incredibly useful. It's packed with effective and easy-to-implement tips that have helped me in my presentations." --AJ Jacobs, author of Drop Dead Healthy and The Year of Living Biblically "Your next talk will be 10 times more entertaining if you read this book." --Charlie Hoehn, author of Play It Away: A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety "This is a book you don't just read, it's a book you DO. Look, I'm such an expert in this field that I'm quoted in the book, and even I learned a tremendous amount reading it, so I'm gonna guess you will too." --Bill Grundfest, Golden Globe Winner, 3 Time Emmy Nominee, Founder of NYC's Comedy Cellar "It is one of those rare books that makes you think, laugh, and embrace your quirky self. In an inspiring and entertaining manner, Do You Talk Funny? teaches you how to find your inner storytelling mojo. A great read!" --Michael Margolis, CEO, Get Storied "Not only does David nail how to add funny to your talks, he also practices what he preaches in this very entertaining read. My two complaints are: 1) This book didn't exist when I started as a speaker and 2) I didn't write it." --Andrew Tarvin, author of Humor That Works, award-winning speaker, NYC-based comedian "From writing to performing to where to put your hands, David Nihill will help you become a more humorous storyteller." --Peter McGraw, University of Colorado professor, director of the Humor Research Lab (HuRL), coauthor of The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny "Read this book and you'll enjoy presenting to people, they'll enjoy listening to you and crucially they'll happily retain your message. A riveting read, a super story, and awesome advice." --Neal O'Gorman, CEO, Artomatix "David's rich life experiences shine through in this wildly entertaining guide to public speaking. Whether you're reading it for fun or to stand out at your next business presentation, I promise you'll be inspired." --Sami Aziz, Producer on ABC's Shark Tank and two-time Emmy Award Winner

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Book SynopsisHow to master the art of persuasionfrom the bestselling author of Talk Like TED.Ideas don't sell themselves. As the forces of globalization, automation, and artificial intelligence combine to disrupt every field, having a good idea isn't good enough. Mastering the ancient art of persuasion is the key to standing out, getting ahead, and achieving greatness in the modern world. Communication is no longer a soft skillit is the human edge that will make you unstoppable, irresistible, and irreplaceableearning you that perfect rating, that fifth star.In Five Stars, Carmine Gallo breaks down Aristotle's ancient formula of persuasion to inspire contemporary audiences. As the nature of work changes and technology carries things across the globe in a moment, communication skills become more valuablenot less. When people express their ideas effectively, they're more likely to win dream jobs, sell products, build brands, and trigger movements. Gallo

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Book SynopsisDramatically increase your effectiveness as a presenterLike a well-choreographed dance, an effective presentation involves leading and following, building rapport and trust, sharing passions, and living in the moment. In The Choreography of Presenting, global consultant and educator, Kendall Zoller reveals the common dance steps effective presenters employ to create optimum learning environments for their audiences. Following the 7 Essential Abilities of Effective Presenters Framework and emphasizing the importance of planning and flexibility, this thoroughly updated edition includes: A new chapter on how to use the crucial first 5 minutes of any presentation to establish credibility, build connections, and gauge group dynamics A new, timely chapter on designing and facilitating impactful and memorable virtual presentations A new chapter on the structure of presenting, from gathering intel to design wit

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Book SynopsisMost people are called upon to make a speech or toast at some point in their lives. This book will help the inexperienced speaker to stand up with confidence, and deliver a really effective speech or toast that is appropriate for the occasion. It also contains a variety of toasts and quotes to help those with more experience in public speaking.There are guidelines on how to prepare and deliver a mini speech, including tips on introducing humour and how to avoid embarrassing your audience with inappropriate material. A special section includes interesting quotes and toasts to insert into a wedding speech, whether it''s by the best man or woman, bridegroom or father of the bride. A workbook section helps the reader with ideas for appropriate beginnings and endings to speeches. There is even an A-Z of sample toasts for all occasions including anniversaries, achievements, and business occasions; and for a range of subjects such as love, life, and frie

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Book SynopsisPublic Speaking In A Week is a simple and straightforward guide to mastering the art of public speaking, giving you everything you need to know in just seven short chapters. From writing and delivering the content to handling your nerves and avoiding common mistakes, you''ll discover how great presentation and public speaking skills can open doors for you in your career. This book introduces you to the main themes and ideas of public speaking, giving you a knowledge and understanding of the key concepts, together with practical and thought-provoking exercises. Whether you choose to read it in a week or in a single sitting, Public Speaking In A Week is your fastest route to success:- Sunday: Write a speech to which people will want to listen that is well-researched, uses stimulating content and is tailored to the needs of the audience- Monday: Learn how to use effective speaking techniques such as projection, commanding the space and interaction withTable of Contents : Sunday: Writing your speech : Sunday: Writing your speech : Monday: The basics of public speaking : Monday: The basics of public speaking : Tuesday: Advanced public speaking techniques : Tuesday: Advanced public speaking techniques : Wednesday: Practising your speech : Wednesday: Practising your speech : Thursday: Dealing with nerves : Thursday: Dealing with nerves : Friday: Delivering your speech for maximum impact : Friday: Delivering your speech for maximum impact : Saturday: Common mistakes and how to avoid them : Saturday: Common mistakes and how to avoid them

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Book SynopsisThe ability to connect with an audience is an essential element of public speaking. While an effective presentation can have all the elements of good pace, pitch and body language, it can still leave an audience unaffected or unmoved. Rob Parson believes even the most proficient speakers can enhance their public speaking by focusing on the heart of communication: connection.For the first time, Rob Parsons shares his insights from over fifty years of experience. He unpacks methods that will help any public speaker - from how to prepare well and utilise the power of story, to giving top tips on avoiding common distractions. Readers will come away with a better grasp on public speaking - not only how to speak to the head, but to the heart.Having spoken to over a million people around the world, from multinational organisations to church congregations, Rob has fine-tuned approaches that can help anyone wanting to grow in this area.Trade Reviewundoubtedly a useful tool * Life & Work *a very readable volume ...he makes it accessible to everyone * Progressive Voices *

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Book SynopsisStudents need to understand that public speaking is a life skill that will improve their career and relationships with others. The book is divided into four sections: Getting Started, The Basics, The Competitive Speaking Events, Honing Your Skills with Assignments & Activities. In these four sections are 31 chapters that cover all the basics of public speaking, from the vocabulary of speech and debate to how so develop listening skills. It includes learning games, information about group dynamics, visual aids, non-verbal communication, readers theatre, and choral reading. It covers competitive speaking events such as original oratory, extemporaneous speaking, policy debate, and the Lincoln-Douglas debate with exercises and activities for preparation. Also includes a section with notes for the teacher.

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Book SynopsisThere is only one thing worse than being in the audience when the speaker has had a Groucho Marx moment - "I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it!" - and that is being the speaker in question! This humorous, insightful and practical book should interest anyone involved in speaking at events, those considering making the step to becoming a speaker, and especially for those who are professional keynote speakers and trainers. Wide-ranging in its content, the book explains the key qualities needed for successful speakers striving for excellence, preparation and content, platform skills, building a business and working with bureaus and agents. With contributions from some of the world's top speakers in different areas of expertise, the book aims to make you feel inspired to pursue the way to excellence as a speaker.

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Book SynopsisHave you ever been faced with the daunting task of addressing a packed auditorium, or making a successful presentation? Have you ever wondered how accomplished speakers do it with such ease? The answer lies in effective training! This is an indispensable guide for all those who wish to make a smooth transition from the novice to the expert. The crisp and concise book enlightens you on the various aspects of public speaking, from selecting the topic for your speech to delivering the speech on stage. Read it today and watch your stage fright disappear.

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Book SynopsisHelps you learn to: solicit useful feedback; deal with hecklers; evoke the power of your own life in your talk; and more. This guide aims to help anyone present like a pro.Trade Review"A must read for aspiring speakers as well as the experienced professional. The authors leave no rock unturned through the process of what is required to enhance your speaking skills." Les Brown, author of Live Your Dreams"

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