Speak to Win: How to Present with Power in Any Situation

Brian Tracy

AMACOM, Jan 16, 2008 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 208 pages

The ability to speak with confidence and deliver winning presentations can accelerate your career, earn people's respect, and enable you to achieve your greatest goals.

Anyone can learn to be a great speaker, just as easily as they can learn to drive a car or ride a bike. As one of the world's premier speakers and personal success experts, Brian Tracy reveals time-tested tricks of the trade that you can use to present powerfully and speak persuasively, whether in an informal meeting or in front of a large audience.

In Speak To Win, you will learn how to:

• become confident, positive, and relaxed in front of any audience
• grab people's attention from the start
• use body language, props, and vocal techniques to keep listeners engaged
• transition smoothly from one point to the next
• use humor, stories, quotes, and questions skillfully
• deal with skepticism when presenting new ideas
• wrap up strongly and persuasively

This no nonsense handbook is perfect for delivering talks that inform, impress, persuade and motivate.

Brimming with unbeatable strategies for winning people over every time, Speak To Win lets you in on his most powerful presentation secrets in this indispensable, life-changing guide.

Contents

• Speaking to Win: 1
• Chapter 1 The Arts of Speaking and Rhetoric: 8
• Chapter 2 Planning and Preparation Made Simple: 18
• Eliminating the Fear of Public Speaking: 41
• Chapter 4 Start Strong with Any Audience: 55
• Chapter 5 Mastering Meetings with Small Groups: 70
• Chapter 6 Mastering SmallGroup Presentations and Negotiations: 81
• Impressing Large Audiences: 96
• Powerful Voice Techniques: 118
• Techniques of Master Speakers: 131
• Chapter 10 Controlling Your Space: 144
• Leave Them Breathless: 164
• Chapter 12 Making Persuasive Sales Presentations: 173
• Index: 195
• About the Author: 201

About the author

BRIAN TRACY is the Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations. One of the top business speakers and authorities in the world today, he has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the United States and more than 60 countries worldwide. He has written 55 books and produced more than 500 audio and video learning programs on management, motivation, and personal success.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Speak to Win: How to Present with Power in Any Situation
• Author: Brian Tracy
• Publisher: AMACOM, 2008
• ISBN: 0814401821, 9780814401828
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Communication / General; Business & Economics / Business Communication / Meetings & Presentations; Business & Economics / Personal Success; Language Arts & Disciplines / Public Speaking & Speech Writing