Ebook: Speaker's Edge: Secrets and Strategies for Connecting with Any Audience

Soar with Eagles, 2010. — 158 p.
By Darren LaCroix, Patricia Fripp, Craig Valentine.Get the Edge That Only the Masterminds Behind the World Champions' EDGE Can Give You! Whether your next presentation is in front of three people in a boardroom or three thousand in a convention center, you can create the kind of connection that leaves all of your audiences wanting more. Quickly tap into 73 years of onstage experience from five world-famous speaker coaches. This powerful book will give you the tools to: - Improve your platform presence and take command of the stage. - Become internationally known as a content-rich speaker who keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. - Win every deal you set your sights on and enjoy the vast rewards. This is your one-stop shop for speaking success. Learn to master structure, content, and delivery all in one place - the Speaker's EDGE! Here's what others are saying about the tools you will only get in the Speaker's EDGE : "My class feedback said that I was inspiring - that I was phenomenal! I was asked if I speak outside the Learning Annex. Your teachings DO WORK."
~ Isaak Gelbinovich - Staten Island, New YorkContents:
This Isn’t Just Another Book on Presentations
Platform Presence
Connecting with an Unfamiliar Audience
Show Up Early
Six Keys to Connecting Your Keynote to Your Audience
The Emotional Tap: The Fastest Way to Connect
Halfway through Your Presentation, You Realize This is Not Working!
Internalize, Not Memorize
7.5 Suggestions for Getting Out of Your Head
Unveiling the Magic for Being a More Effective Speaker
How Our Audience Members Learn
Engage Your Audience
Don’t Speak Too Quickly in Front of Your Audience
Build Emotional Connection through Eye Contact
Getting Over the Jitters Before You Speak
Seven Timely Tips for Pre-Presentation Preparation
How to Lose an Audience in Ten Ways
Speak into the Listening That People Are Hearing
Appreciative Listener
Empathic Listener
Comprehensive Listener
Discerning Listener
Evaluative Listener
Eight Keys to an Effective Q & A Session
Set Expectations
Ask What Questions Do You Have?
Rephrase the Questions
Frame Your Responses
Make Sure Your Answers Are Brief
Include the Whole Audience
Acknowledge the Importance or Validity of the Question
Occasionally Ask, Does that Make Sense?
A Powerful Presentation Lesson From Dr. Wayne Dyer
Content Excellence
Ignite Your Audience with Your Introduction
What’s Wrong with That Introduction?
Five Guideposts to Fire Up Your Audience with Your Introduction
Mind Your Ps and Qs
Poetry and Quotations
Preponderance and Quantity
Pace and Quickness
Pause and Quietness
Power and Quality
Speak to Be Remembered and Repeated
Speak in Shorter Sentences
Choose the Best Punch Word
Perfect Your Pause
Repeat Your Key Ideas More Than Once
Say Something Memorable
Want Your Audiences to Remember What You Say?
Learn the Importance of Clear Structure
Five Tips for Exciting Speeches
So You Want to Speak and Can’t Think of What to Say
Four Strong Openings
The Daily Debrief
Debriefing Models
Four Ways to Tighten Up Your Speech
Anecdotes (Stories)
Activities
Analogies
Acronyms
Lights … Camera … Humor!
Rule of Three
A Great Example from a Student of Humor
Looking into Personal Experience to Find the Moments of Humor
Winning Techniques
Using Plan B Can Make Your Presentation Stand Out
The Suspended Story
Select Your Story Very Carefully
Use the Technique Sparingly
Tap and Transport
Tap: The Key to Hooking Your Audience
Transport: Invite Your Audience to Join You on Your Journey
Tools That Invite Your Audience into Your Scene
Check the VAKS
It’s Easier to Earn a Gold Medal Than to Win a Trophy!
Earning Credibility That Wins Business
Seven Fripp Do’s
Three Fripp Don’ts
Every Great Proposal Starts with Great Questions
Creating a Successful Proposal
Using Power Pitching to Get the Personal Connection Edge
The Eleven Biggest Traps to Avoid
When You Speak: Turn Dull into Dynamic!
Sound Intelligent, Powerful, Polished, Articulate, and Confident
Are You Guilty of the Unconscious Goof That Can Hurt Your Credibility?
Levels of Abstraction: Fat and Skinny Words