How to Make Powerful Speeches 2nd Edition

A Step-by-Step Guide to Inspiring and Memorable Speeches

by Eamonn O'Brien

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Pub Date Jul 27 2015 | Archive Date Aug 18 2015

The Reluctant Speakers Club

Business, Leadership, Finance | Self-Help

Description

Less than 1 in 4 Business people claim to have any confidence in public speaking. That's the reason for this NEW book and The Reluctant Speakers Club where thousands of reluctant speakers have discovered how to transform their speech making abilities; helping them to inspire others with their ideas. In this book, Founder of The Reluctant Speakers Club, Public Speaking Coach and author, Eamonn O'Brien helps you banish your fear of the podium forever. It will show you how to connect with audiences, construct credible arguments and give talks for maximum impact and persuasion. In How to Make Powerful Speeches, you will uncover: What it takes to create a truly compelling speech. How to discover and develop key messages. How to analyze audiences for greater impact. How to establish your credibility with any audience. Why you should let your personality shine through in your speeches. Communicating with eye contact, hand gestures, and other body language. Delivering content your audience truly cares about. When and how to use humour in speeches. Essential rules for creating winning visual aids. Secrets to backing up and demonstrating arguments.

About the Author

Eamonn O'Brien, The Reluctant Speakers Club Author of 'How to make Powerful Speeches', founder of the Reluctant Speakers Club, President of Professional Speaking Association Ireland, broadcaster and blogger; Eamonn can help you to banish your fears of the podium forever. The Reluctant Speakers Club has been voted one of Ireland's 6 best corporate blogs two years in a row by Blog Awards Ireland and he has written many guest blogs for international online business communities and is an accomplished radio show host. Over his 25 plus years in senior international sales and marketing roles, Eamonn O'Brien has run countless training courses on developing communication skills in the USA and in Ireland. He is a frequent speaker at international marketing events in North America, the UK, France, and other European countries. He holds an MBA from Manchester Business School and a BSc (Management) from Trinity College Dublin. He is also a long time member of ESOMAR, the world association of market research professionals. As a marketing consultant, he has worked with many international companies including AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, Capital One, Citibank, Harvard Business Review, and the Smithsonian.

Advance Praise

"Read 'How to make Powerful Speeches'; follow the process and the advice (which is easy to do), and you will be better than 95% of speakers; both amateur and professional." -Robert W Bly, Author of Selling Your Services and 80 other books, contributor to CNBC and CBS's Hard Copy

"A great reference --- even for pros. The views that O'Brien shares here are outstanding. Even if you have presented for a long time, this book is perfect to move into a better level of performance...If you want to improve your next big presentation, I highly recommend this book."-Terry Brock, Speaker Hall of Fame Member, CSP, CPAE, Social Media Keynote Speaker, and Co-Author of Klout Matters

"This easy to follow guide contains a valuable font of experience and wisdom that will help any reluctant speaker to deliver memorable, entertaining speeches that result in new business." -Noel Derby, Former Chairman and CEO, McCann Erickson and Author of Ireland's Superbrands

"Even if you are a seasoned professional speaker and want to polish your performance; the secrets of memorable speeches are all here." -Krishna De, Award winning digital communications, online publicity and content marketing strategist

"In this powerful and comprehensive book you have at your fingertips a blueprint for conceiving, crafting, and delivering inspiring and memorable speeches!" -D'vorah Lansky, M.Ed., Author of Book Marketing Made Easy

Available Editions

EDITION	Ebook
ISBN	9780992816469
PRICE	$5.99 (USD)

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Featured Reviews

Mike H, Reviewer

As someone that is doing more and more public speaking, I found this full of easy to apply lessons presented in a straight-forward and interesting way. While I found little of the advice to be new, in was presented in a way that was very easy to digest and apply to my speaking.