The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook

[front cover] The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook How to Understand and Reach Your Audience for Maximum Impact and Success Suzy Siddons [spine] The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook Suzy Siddons [!insert KP logo!] [back cover] Presentations are required in a hugely diverse range of situations, and the ability to convey a message clearly, succinctly and without boring the audience is vital. Most people find speaking in public a daunting task, but this book will help ensure good results. The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook is a comprehensive and thorough guide to preparing for, and giving presentations to, audiences of all types and sizes. Whether presenting to a company internally or externally, giving good or bad news, selling, persuading, training or handling the media, this book will help you to prepare and boost your confidence. This authoritative new title includes valuable information on: researching the audience; choosing the subject and organizing the content; writing the script; visuals and technology; staging the presentation; training people to give presentations; following up the presentation; handling disasters. Containing many helpful checklists, slides and sample handouts, The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook is a must-have purchase for anyone involved in presentations or public speaking, whether a novice or an experienced speaker. Suzy Siddons founded her own training company over 20 years ago. She has worked with a wide range of clients such as UKAEA, IKEA, The London Stock Exchange, Sainsbury's and Australia Bank. She has written and co-authored many books, including Project Management Disasters (with David Nickson), also published by Kogan Page. 14.99 US$29.95 ISBN 978 0 7494 5037 3 [!insert barcode!] Personal communication & presentation skills [!KP logo!] Kogan Page 120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom www.kogan-page.co.uk Kogan Page US 525 South 4th Street, #241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USASiddons, Suzy is the author of 'The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook', published 2008 under ISBN 9780749450373 and ISBN 0749450371.