What To Say When. . .You'Re Dying On The Platform / Edition 1

by Lilly Walters, Walters, Lillet Walters

Overview

Provides information needed to organize, write, and deliver effective, entertaining speeches, from installations to toasts and roasts. This book pinpoints possible speaking contingencies, from failed electricity to a bored audience, and for each one tells how to prevent it, what to do about it, and what to say about it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070680395
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/01/1995
Edition description:	List
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	Up to 7 Years

About the Author

Lilly Walters (Glendora, CA) is the executive director of Walters International Speakers Bureau, which accesses 36,000 speakers, conducts seminars, and publishes Sharing Ideas, the world's largest magazine for the professional speaking industry. She is the author of Secrets of Successful Speakers and coauthor of Speak & Grow Rich.

Table of Contents

Introduction.Speech Design and Preparation.Speech Delivery.Tips on Working With Specific Kinds of Audience Types.Problems with the Audience.Room and Equipment Problems.Other Tips on Specific Kinds of Speeches.Examples of Simple Group Exercises and Audience Participation Devices; Glossary of Professional Speaking Terms.Glossary of Celebrity Speakers Who Have Contributed Material Just for This Book.