Mastering Presentations: Be the Undisputed Expert when You Deliver Presentations (Even If You Feel Like You're Going to Throw Up) - Paperback

by Doug Staneart (Author)

A simple four-step process for delivering winning presentations

Mastering Presentations explains how entrepreneurs and small business owners can use guest speaking opportunities to generate rapport with audiences in order to foster business relationships with these audiences. The book provides a simple four-step process for giving presentations that helps eliminate the butterflies and increase self-confidence. It offers tips such as the 10 speaking venues that can generate more clients and credibility, an easy way to improve your memory that will help you present more confidently, a simple, but powerful process to design your presentation in 15-minutes (or less), and more.

• Explains how and why speaking to groups is a quick and easy way to generate positive, word-of-mouth advertising for your company
• Lists PowerPoint mistakes that will kill your chances of success and how to avoid them
• Offers tips on how to lead fearless question and answer sessions

The energy and enthusiasm of a great presentation is contagious, and public speaking is a great way to channel this energy and generate a loyal following.

Front Jacket

Praise for Mastering Presentations

Doug is the absolute expert on using presentations to grow your business. If you want to be the 'go to' expert in your industry, read Mastering Presentations.
--David Riklan, Founder, SelfGrowth.com

There is no greater skill to develop than the ability to deliver powerful presentations. Doug's book will help.
--Patricia Fripp, Executive Speech Coach

The ability to present confidently, powerfully, and persuasively can help you become a more effective leader and a much more successful and profitable salesperson. Sit at the feet of a master as Doug Staneart, one of the premier authorities in this field, walks you step-by-step through his proven system of presentation excellence. Buy this book, absorb its content, and begin to apply what you learn. You'll be glad you did. P.S. Sales Managers: you'll most likely want to make it required study by everyone on your team.
--Bob Burg, coauthor of The Go-Giver and author of Endless Referrals

Speaking engagements offer entrepreneurs and small business owners amazing opportunities for establishing rapport and fostering business relationships. Mastering Presentations provides a simple, four-step process that helps increase self-confidence and eliminate the butterflies. You'll learn:

• An easy way to improve your memory to help you present more confidently
• Which speaking venues generate more clients and credibility
• How to avoid PowerPoint pitfalls

The energy and enthusiasm that a presenter generates during a speech is contagious. Mastering Presentations will teach you how to channel this energy and generate a loyal following.

Back Jacket

Praise for Mastering Presentations

"Doug is the absolute expert on using presentations to grow your business. If you want to be the 'go to' expert in your industry, read Mastering Presentations."
--David Riklan, Founder, SelfGrowth.com

"There is no greater skill to develop than the ability to deliver powerful presentations. Doug's book will help."
--Patricia Fripp, Executive Speech Coach

"The ability to present confidently, powerfully, and persuasively can help you become a more effective leader and a much more successful and profitable salesperson. Sit at the feet of a master as Doug Staneart, one of the premier authorities in this field, walks you step-by-step through his proven system of presentation excellence. Buy this book, absorb its content, and begin to apply what you learn. You'll be glad you did. P.S. Sales Managers: you'll most likely want to make it required study by everyone on your team."
--Bob Burg, coauthor of The Go-Giver and author of Endless Referrals

Speaking engagements offer entrepreneurs and small business owners amazing opportunities for establishing rapport and fostering business relationships. Mastering Presentations provides a simple, four-step process that helps increase self-confidence and eliminate the butterflies. You'll learn:

• An easy way to improve your memory to help you present more confidently
• Which speaking venues generate more clients and credibility
• How to avoid PowerPoint pitfalls

The energy and enthusiasm that a presenter generates during a speech is contagious. Mastering Presentations will teach you how to channel this energy and generate a loyal following.

Author Biography

DOUG STANEART is the President and CEO of The Leader's Institute, LLC, an international public speaking training and team-building event company. The Leader's Institute offers The Fearless Presentations public speaking class in over 50 cities around the world.