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Garbis, Kerri. Presentation Skills For Managers, Second Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016.

Presentation Skills For Managers, Second Edition

Authors: Kerri Garbis

Published:  August 2016

eISBN: 9781259643972 | ISBN: 9781259643965
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Rehearsal Process
  • The Talk-Through
  • The Walk-Through
  • Dress Rehearsal
  • The Rehearsal Process and You
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 1
  • 2. The Essentials
  • The Feet, the Hands, and the Face
  • Making Eye Contact Work for You
  • Empowering Your Voice
  • Avoiding Filler Words
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 2
  • 3. Fear and Confidence
  • Why Am I Nervous?
  • Harnessing Your Nerves
  • How to Feel Calmer and Appear More Confident
  • Know Your Symptoms
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 3
  • 4. Audience Analysis
  • Audience Demographics
  • Audience Mindset
  • Expectations
  • Audience Analysis Is Essential to Creating Your Presentation
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 4
  • 5. Acting Techniques That Help You Create Content
  • Identifying Your Presentation Objectives
  • Using Presentation Strategies
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 5
  • 6. The Blueprint for Every Presentation
  • Introduction
  • Organizing Your Presentation Body
  • Conclusion
  • Working with Your Presentation Notes
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 6
  • 7. Storytelling for Audience Engagement
  • How to Tell a Story
  • Incorporating Stories into Presentations
  • Storytelling Is Fluid
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 7
  • 8. Performance Techniques
  • Make It All About You
  • Control Your Visuals
  • Get Away from the Furniture
  • Don't Match the Backdrop
  • Reading Your Audience
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 8
  • 9. Stage Movement
  • Being Seen
  • Confident First Impressions and Final Moments
  • Using Your Stage
  • Seated Presentations
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 9
  • 10. Actors' Secrets for Sharing the Stage
  • Preparing to Copresent
  • Group Presentation Rehearsal
  • Copresenting with Someone Who Wants to “Wing It”
  • Presenting on a Panel
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 10
  • 11. Q&A Management
  • Planning for Audience Questions
  • Elements of a Good Answer
  • How to Not Answer a Question
  • Rehearsing Q&A
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 11
  • 12. What If ... ?
  • What If ... You Need to Acknowledge an Issue to the Crowd?
  • What If ... You're Presenting Someone Else's Content?
  • What If ... You Don't Care about or Aren't Connected to the Content?
  • What If ... You Have to Deliver the Same Information Over and Over Again?
  • What If ... You Get Shorted on Time?
  • What If ... You're Given Extra Time?
  • What If ... You Skip a Major Point?
  • What If ... You Forget a Prop?
  • What If ... You Totally Lose Your Audience?
  • What If ... You Have a Heckler or a Hijacker?
  • What If ... You Discover an Error in Your Visuals?
  • What If ... You Need to Cancel?
  • What If ... You Get Surprising Feedback?
  • Manager's Checklist for Chapter 12
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Presentation Blueprints
  • Index