Be Heard Now! Tap Into Your Inner Speaker and Communicate with Ease

by Lee Glickstein

As followers of Lee Glickstein's popular seminars attest, effective public speaking isn't the result of being over-prepared or having a slick delivery. It's actually a creative, interactive process relying on the speaker's natural presence and willingness to be "in the moment." Now Glickstein shares his dramatically successful "transformational speaking" approach, showing that the key to successful public speaking lies in spiritual principles that emphasize self-realization and authenticity. Be Heard Now! teaches you how

Heal your "inner speaker" and overcome your fear of exposure
Project a genuine, personal presence to enhance your overall performance
Develop a keen awareness of the audience and benefit from their response
Use humor and vulnerability to captivate your listeners
Apply four essential components to write a successful speech

With Glickstein's compassionate, realistic approach, Be Heard Now! can help anyone become a confident, jitter-free public speaker whose ideas flow freely and persuasively.

Genres: Communication, Business, Self Help

238 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 1999

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is for anyone who is afraid of public speaking or simply someone who seeks to speak from the heart, rather than solely from the intellect. It gives practical advice about relaxing, trusting and forging a genuine connection between speaker and audience. I read this book before embarking on a public speaking engagement. Even though I read from a prepared paper, I was able to improvise and change things at the last minute whenI needed to, and I landed on my feet. I relaxed, trusted, and allowed myself to feel the positive emanations from people in the audience.

[Louis Swagboy Galore · Rating 3 out of 5]

so i got this book for free off facebook (how many reviews start with this) and read it as a sort of exercise in empathy, curious to see what a public speaking self-help book was about

first off the writing is a bit meandering and repetitive, i'm already inclined not to read non-fiction, as most of it feels like it can be summarized easily. that is particularly the case here, but also i felt like the book could have been cut in a half.

the general concept is a good one - i have been obsessively talking about the "impulse" in creative endeavors with anyone who will listen. this book is in essence about the impulse, drawing on it to be yourself, etc. i think it's good advice, in both public speaking and social interaction. people can tell when you are overthinking it; the calmness of someone simply flowing has a certain magnetism

i wonder how much a book would help somebody struggling. maybe this book is just an advertisement for his speaking circles—which from the way are described, i can see how they can help people acclimate. but doing is much better than reading

i liked what he said about taking a few seconds and just standing there to absorb the audience before speaking. it reminds me of what i usually do if i want to be more free in dancing, which is to just pause, stand there, or do some filler steps while listening to the music for a bit—to take time before diving into the flow. again, about connecting to the impulse

i believe the book makes great promises about the benefits of authenticity, but i think that like all arts—and i do consider speaking an art, in some sense one that has more dimensions than writing (because you add in physical, temporal, vocal aspects, in the same way that film is somewhat a superset of writing)—authenticity can get you somewhere, but technique is needed. that is, he promises, "be yourself, and you will be a great speaker!" but it's more like "be yourself, and you will be passable and not shit," and then IMO there is a lot of technique in speaking that would bring somebody to the next level.

but i get it, the target audience here is, as the author describes in anecdotes, adults who start crying when they have to speak in front of people at a social gathering (i say this with no condescension. it is actually something interesting i took away from this book because i didn't know that was a thing.)

also apparently the american public's biggest fear in the early 2000s was public speaking? what about the BOOGEYMAN?

[Cherie Kephart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, interesting, and practical read detailing the innate fears most people have of public speaking and how to combat them. Although I do a lot of public speaking and am one who does not have stage fright or get nervous, I still learned much absorbing Glickstein's insights about what he calls Transformative Speaking. If you want to understand how to engage with an audience more authentically, and be more centered when you speak in public, or even to a small group of friends, this book can help.

[Jürgen Engel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deeply transformational! Total must read!

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is everything I'm about.

[Daniele Thibodeau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great trove of speaking tips not only to calm your nerves but also to prepare and deliver with confidence. There is also a section to manage disruptive characters.

[Karen]

Found within the pictures of Frank Ghery's Architecture page for NYC