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There's a big dull elephant in the boardroom: this meeting! Most of the millions of meetings held in the world today are a monumental waste of time and talent. Worse still, most of the so-called solutions and books for boring meetings are twice as boring. Boring Meetings Suck provides tips and tactics to deliver "Get-In, Get-It-Done, or Get-Out" style meetings, while also tackling what most prefer to avoid; that you don't have to be in charge of a meeting to take charge of a meeting.

Holding a meeting is a daunting task. What do you put on the agenda? Who should attend? How formal or informal should it be? Should you follow it up with minutes? All these questions and more are answered in the 30 minutes it takes to listen to this handy audiobook. It will enable you to feel prepared and confident that things will run smoothly by guiding you through the all-important preparation, including preparing an agenda, choosing the time and place, co-ordinating the attendees, and more.

Sooner or later, every business, association or organization will want to hold a meeting, seminar or trade show outside their regular offices. How do you find your way amongst the dizzying array of hotels, meeting halls, meal guarantees, accommodations arrangements, party packages, bar plans and billing procedures? Author Judy Williams, a veteran hotel and meeting planner, will guide you through the perils and pitfalls of organizing your event.

In a business world where we are told that time is money, the real currency is communicating clearly at a poised and measured pace. Better Business Speech: Techniques, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work by Paul Geiger focuses on the challenges of being a strong communicator in a range of business settings. It begins with the basic premise that all speaking for business is public speaking. Therefore, these are the communication scenarios where any lack of confidence in speech ability will be magnified.

Chances are, you've been to a meaningless meeting and felt the frustration of wasted time and effort. This program will teach the listener how to run meetings that are productive, on topic, and on time. Learn how to: prepare for an effective meeting with a simple two-step process, defuse tension among battling attendees, manage the six most common kinds of disruptive behavior, follow up and plan for the next meeting, and much more. Suitable for anyone responsible for conducting meetings.

From Dr. Rick Brinkman, one of the best-selling masterminds who made Dealing with People You Can't Stand a little less painful - and a lot more productive - comes the much-needed cure for that time-wasting, headache-inducing, soul-sucking plague known as meetings. This proven step-by-step method addresses the most common problems that derail a meeting: preparation, people, process, and time. Dr. Brinkman provides key insights into the human behaviors that lead to unsuccessful meetings, along with psychologically based tactics for addressing them.

Collaboration, discussion, and interaction are the lifeblood of a company’s progress and innovation. Unfortunately, meetings can hamper these collaborations when they’re poorly planned, badly run, and haphazardly organized. With the guidance and advice of meeting management expert J.W. Dionne, you’ll find out exactly what you have to do.

You know this. You spend days preparing your presentation because your career might depend on it. You even practice in front of a mirror. You might even learn the entire text by heart so that nothing could ever go wrong. And yet the presentation turns out to be a nightmare. Your heart is racing, your entire body shakes, and your brain goes into full fight-or-flight mode so you can barely remember what you were going to talk about. Needless to say, your boss and your co-workers are not impressed.

Being able to speak up and stand out is no longer an optional 'soft skill'. Having a strong business voice is critical in today's business arena. People who are empowered to communicate effectively are highly sought-after because they help companies move forward together and are able to share their expertise and creativity for everyone's benefit. In "Unlock Your Business Voice" Simon shares his VOICE framework to provide practical tools, techniques and tips for less confident speakers that will help you to: Discover and develop your most appropriate business voice.

Multiple award-winning speaker, Ramakrishna Reddy, presents the secrets, tools, and devices to help you giving speeches like a true professional in, The Ultimate Public Speaking Survival Guide. This is not theory. He has put together 37 Steps in question and answer format based on his research, his experience, and his testing.

How to communicate in verbal, non-verbal, writing, and visual communication. Have you ever had a conversation with someone only to later find out they completely misunderstood you? Have you ever had to make a presentation and didn't know how to correctly convey you message? How to Communicate will teach you how to successfully deliver a message so your audience will comprehend the exact meaning of that message.

As an entrepreneur, your success depends on business communication skills. Whenever you make a powerful business presentation, deliver a winning pitch, or ace your business meeting, you have the potential to deliver a shot of financial adrenaline to your passion project. You can get the money you need to launch a startup, develop a business idea, or put investment capital to work and make investors happy. But what do you do when the rules of the game change?

Do you want to know the 40 real questions that job interviewers have in their minds? I know what you are thinking. How can anyone read another person's mind? Well, the secret hides in the reality that there are only four kinds of interviewers. Imagine that you will make it easy for job interviewers to like you. Do you know that, if you can speak respectfully to just four personality types, you hold in your hand the key to have a powerful persuasive edge over most people?

Do you need to give a talk or presentation for your work, school or studies? Whether it is a short presentation or a longer lecture in the context of a seminar - the conditions are the same. You are not one of those people who can speak without any fear in front of other people and deliver your presentation eloquently and confidently? On the contrary, are you nervous and have the feeling that you won't be able to get a word in edgewise? The good news is that speaking in front of other people can be learned! This guidebook deals with the basics of interpersonal communication.

You probably hate giving presentations. You probably hate listening to them too. Why? Because most business presentations are too long, too detailed, too boring . . . and submerged under a blizzard of PowerPoint. But the single most important presentational tool known to man isn't a slideshow. It's you. Whether you're speaking to one person across a table, twenty people in a boardroom, or 1,000 people in a ballroom, it's all about the words you say and how you say them.

Effective communication consists of two principal elements: what you say and how you say it. Truly effective communication requires both - one can’t stand without the other. This book is about helping you say what you want to say in a manner that your audience will both understand and enjoy.

Trainer and speaker Michael Gibson uses engaging stories to help listeners significantly improve their ability to inform and influence audiences at work, home, school, and volunteer environments. His guidance will help you create, prepare, and deliver big presentation in small rooms. Michael’s narrative approach will capture your attention as you learn from the successes and failures of experienced presenters. The stories are supported by research that helps you choose the most effective approach for your presentation.

All the world's a stage, and the greatest role you'll ever get to play is you. As the 'Coach in Your Pocket', Diana Theodores shows you how to bring your fuller, authentic self forward to get great results for women at all levels of the career ladder. Whether you need to rouse your team, pitch to the board, influence stakeholders, give feedback, speak to one person or 1000 - you'll discover that you have everything you need to shine in every role you play. An irresistible invitation - to ignite your fire, grow your wings and lift off into your best personal performance.

People who know how to choose interesting things to say are on to one of my best tips for speakers. Instead of trying to tell their audience everything they know about their subject, which is impossible, they craft their message for maximum engagement, entertainment, and education. They learn how to write for the spoken word, different from the written word. The clarity and connection to their overall intention allows them to illuminate and stimulate audiences.

Monte Reid brings us a great audiobook that should be on everybody’s library who has a desire to be a better communicator. Not simply a public speaking handbook but an audiobook about becoming excellent communicators, excellent leaders, quality people. This audiobook gives away an important “secret”. Effective speaking is really about building relationships through communication. The title reveals his motivation for communicators to build community by speaking from your heart.