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• ISBN: 0974080160
• ISBN: 9780974080161
• Physical Description: print
  xvii, 211 pages : illustrations pb. ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Palo Alto, Calif. : Planning Shop, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

In A Day Promise xi -- Need a Winning Presentation Fast? This Book Is For You! xii -- Overview: What's a Presentation? xiii -- Step 1 Gather the Details 3 -- 1 Topic 4 -- 2 Title 5 -- 3 Type of presentation 6 -- 4 Type of audience 11 -- 5 Size of audience 12 -- 6 Time 13 -- 7 Location 14 -- 8 Equipment 15 -- 9 Other critical information 16 -- Pulling It All Together: Gather the Details 17 -- 1 Why are you giving this presentation? 24 -- 2 How can you make your presentation matter to an audience? 26 -- 3 Core message 30 -- 4 Main supporting arguments 33 -- 5 Subpoints that support your main arguments 34 -- 6 Call to action 35 -- 7 Say thank you 37 -- Pulling It All Together: Content 38 -- Step 3 Organization 41 -- 1 Building model 42 -- 2 Lay your foundation 43 -- 3 Organize the body 46 -- 4 Draw your conclusion and give a call to action 52 -- Pulling It All Together: Organization 56 -- Step 4 Delivering Your Message 63 -- 1 Speaking style 64 -- 2 Fear of speaking 66 -- 3 Body language 68 -- 4 Wardrobe 71 -- Pulling It All Together: Delivering Your Message 73 -- Step 5 Audience Interaction 77 -- 1 Interaction during your presentation 78 -- 2 Working the room 79 -- 3 Question and answer session 83 -- 4 Conclude your Q&A 88 -- Pulling It All Together: Audience Interaction 92 -- Step 6 Working with Visual Aids 95 -- 1 Speakers' aids 96 -- 2 Low-tech visual aids 101 -- Pulling It All Together: Working with Visual Aids 110 -- Step 7 Getting Started with PowerPoint 113 -- 1 PowerPoint basics 115 -- 2 Viewing and navigating PowerPoint 132 -- Pulling It All Together: Getting Started with Power Point 140 -- Step 8 Slide Rules 143 -- 1 Design and content 144 -- 2 Color choices 149 -- 3 During the presentation 151 -- Pulling It All Together: Slide Rules 154 -- Step 9 Enhancing Your PowerPoint Presentation: Advanced Techniques 157 -- Slide 1 Set up the show and create title slide 158 -- Slide 2 Add emphasis with text animation 162 -- Slide 3 Animate bullet points 166 -- Slide 4 Add charts 168 -- Slide 5 Combine photos with text and use stock photos 170 -- Slide 6 Use unaccompanied photos to reinforce themes 173 -- Slide 7 Insert audio 175 -- Slide 8 Animate photos 177 -- Slide 9 Final slide 179 -- Pulling It All Together: Enhancing Your Presentation 180 -- Troubleshooting: When Good Presentations Go Bad 181 -- Technical problems 182 -- Room setup 184 -- Experts Talk 195.

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