| Own the Room: Business Presentations that Persuade, Engage, and Get Results |  | Authors: David Booth, Deborah Shames, Peter Desberg
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0071628592
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.452
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Publication Date: August 24, 2009
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Don't Just Present. Persuade, Inspire, and Perform!
Powerhouse presentations that engage and move your audience
Imagine if every presentation received rapt attention and buy-in from the audience. Start getting these results with Own the Room, featuring the renowned Eloqui Method-innovative techniques that leave boring behind.
Research shows a memorable presentation is a combination of stirring your audience's emotions while appealing to its intellect. This team of authors has developed techniques that tap into the persuasive, expressive aspects of presentations-employed over the past ten years by Fortune 500 companies such as TD Ameritrade, Mattel, Fisher-Price, Merrill Lynch, Siemens, and Pfizer.
This effective method brings you:
- An award-winning actor who applies performance techniques from the stage to engage and move an audience
- A television and film director who demonstrates how to craft and deliver your message with authority, credibility, and authenticity
- A psychologist who specializes in memory and stage fright and reveals how to overcome fear and activate an audience's attention and memory
Own the Room is written by a unique set of authors with the expertise perfect for creating vivid narratives. Own the Room shares how to excite your audience's emotions and intellect. And Own the Room will give you a communication toolkit to make any presentation lively, compelling, and memorable.
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A Public Speakers Survival Guide October 18, 2009
Jonathan Fitzgarrald
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you're speaking publicly and haven't read this book, you've got more guts than I (and possibly less fans)! Smart, entertaining and chalk full of client anecdotes (both success stories as well as train wrecks), Deborah and David have done all the homework for business professionals to position themselves as savvy and engaging trusted advisors. This book is a MUST HAVE for any business professional who gets out of bed in the morning!
Persuading Your Audience to Take Action October 17, 2009
Larry Underwood (Scottsdale, AZ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For any of us who've had to sit through a countless number of uninspiring & unfocused presentations (power point or otherwise), and wonder what went wrong, this book has the answers. Follow the well organized and comprehensive "game plan" laid out by the team of David Booth & Deborah Shames, and you too can "own the room" the next time you're called to action.
It's simply a great book; and following the very pragmatic strategies presented by this pair of public speaking gurus will ensure the most bang for the buck for any presentation. It's almost a foolproof plan; that's how strongly I recommend this book.
Aside from being witty and charismatic, the key to knocking 'em dead is to assertively establish a clearly defined intention for your presentation. Where so many people fail is by trying to accomplish too much in the endeavor; by bombarding the beleaguered audience with too much information, instead of focusing on one central theme. Of course, the end result is a disaster and nobody comes away a winner. Don't be fooled by the applause at the end of that droning monologue; they're just glad it's over.
However, if you read this book and properly prepare for your gig, you'll more than likely successfully engage the audience to take the desired action; and chances are your career will now be locked onto the fast track.
Preparation, confidence, charisma, a little dose of humor and a clearly defined purpose will make everybody happy, and you'll get what you want out of the experience.
It's practically guaranteed.
Give This Book A Standing Ovation October 2, 2009
Dr Cathy Goodwin (Seattle, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a seasoned reviewer, I get nervous when I see only 5-star reviews for an Amazon item. Often that means the authors enlisted their friends and relatives as reviewers.
To my surprise, Own the Room really deserves a 5-star rating. It's hard to imagine a book about presentations that's actually fun to read, but this one is. But what I like best is the way the authors encourage us to get away from those ho-hum openings. They offer all sorts of creative approaches to making presentations come alive. Many of their ideas will work for written presentations and copywriting also.
As an experienced speaker, I don't get concerned with stage fright. I love speaking and welcome all opportunities. My challenge is to avoid being too relaxed. So I particularly enjoyed the chapter on roles: deciding how you will present yourself to the audience. The discussion on examples and anecdotes was especially strong.
Too often we get advice to worry about "ums" and "uhs" and endless discussion on PowerPoint. The authors do share some helpful tips on Powerpoint but they make it clear that their focus is on structuring your presentation, not the small stuff. So this book will be especially helpful to readers who have gotten past the basics. As the back cover suggests, you'll get tips to go from "presenting" to "persuading, inspiring and performing."
I'm not crazy about the contemporary gimmick of putting takeaways in the text margins. That was probably a publisher's decision. Otherwise, the book seems well worth recommending to others.
Great book for networking and public speaking! September 13, 2009
Christopher Passmore (Los Angeles, CA United States)
This book is full of great advice. From structuring a presentation to closing, there are techniques to improve your effectiveness as a speaker. I a new to speaking in public and even networking, so this book was a great way to identify any bad habits and get rid of them. I am now feeling more confident and prepared when speaking to small and large groups. I would definitely recommend this book!
There's no business like show business... September 17, 2009
Mark Burley (Hollywood, CA., USA)
David Booth and Deborah Shames bring their extensive show business backgrounds to shine a spotlight (yes I said that!) on new ways to make business presentations. This new approach will make every other guide to speaking seem outdated.
With a proven track record of hundreds of satisfied clients, they give clear and concise instructions on how to "Own The Room". Learn how to make instant connections with your speakers and you'll find them hanging on your every work.
With this book you'll find that you're the star of the show (yes I said that too!)
Just buy it....
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