Public Communication

PR Maven® Nancy Marshall describes in step-by-step language how to grow your network in order to grow a brand that people know, like, and trust. She talks about how people need to know, like, and trust you in order to do business with you. She describes methods for using content marketing, social media, personal networking, and organizing your business to have a brand that people want to be part of.

«Vete a Menorca y, cada noche, dedícate a observar lo que sé que tanto te gusta: los faros. Ellos pueden enseñarte mejor que yo. Obsérvalos, sin prisas, con los ojos bien abiertos.» Esta es la sorprendente sugerencia que, tras una mediocre presentación en público, Ferran recibe de Max, su viejo amigo y profesor. Y, sin dudarlo dos veces, decide seguir el consejo al pie de la letra e inicia un recorrido por los cinco faros principales de la isla de Menorca, que le descubrirán cómo mejorar su comunicación y hacerla más memorable.

¿Qué tienen en común Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, Steve Jobs y Sócrates? Fácil: el poder de la oratoria, el arte de transmitir y cautivar, no solo con palabras, sino con gestos, movimientos y la elocuencia entre el cuerpo y el habla.

You’ve got all your notes and talking points prepared. You know exactly what you want to say and how you want to say it. After all, you’ve been practicing for weeks. You’re pumped and raring to go, ready to change someone’s life with your words. Then, you look out at the crowd, and all those people are staring back at you. You think they’re judging you. Suddenly, you’re second-guessing yourself. Your heart starts racing, your throat dries up, beads of sweat gather on your forehead, and now you’re on the verge of throwing up. 

Your office is a place full of interactions and communication, whether it’s in a one-on-one meeting with a boss or employee, chatting about a project with a coworker, or pitching your ideas to the whole team. Whether you call it people skills or presentation skills, the ability to communicate with the people around you is crucial in the workplace and one that can be improved with these simple steps in Running Presentations & Meetings!

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.