The Presenter's Fieldbook: A Practical Guide

by Robert J. Garmston

Proper presentations have the power to persuade and transform people and organizations. This is a book about the art of presenting. Using current knowledge about learning, this book describes best practices for designing, delivering, debriefing, and growing from the presenting experience. Some highlights include how to give a two minute speech, getting comfortable in your own skin, overcoming resistance and audience fatigue, and how to de-demonize the personal digital devices in training rooms today.What’s new in this edition is information on interactive presentation technology, making the first 5 minutes magical, a new treatment of presentation design, and attention to cultural mindfulness. This third edition continues to be a guidebook for anyone who has ever stood before a group to make a presentation – novices and experts alike. For novices the book provides a respected foundation upon which to enhance learning for adults. For experienced presenters it offers an opportunity to fine tune your work in specific areas. For the specialist, professor, or trainer of those teaching adults, it serves as a curriculum guide.**Free Study Guide Available at

Genres: Education, Business

266 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

Robert J. Garmston is an educator, author, and cognitive theorist. He is Professor Emeritus, School of Education, at California State University, Sacramento.

Reviews

[Stuart Macalpine · Rating 5 out of 5]

An utterly brilliant book about presenting for adult learning - best I have ever read. There are some silly bits about prejudice which show a persistent myopia about cultural assumptions, even whilst the author is explaining we should be sensitive to them. But outside of this it is an absolutely fantastic book that builds upon the foundations of cognitive coaching and neurolinguistic programming to explore the ways in which presenters can support participants in accessing rich transformative ways of thinking. Some of it is a little dated but the fundamental principles are excellent. The section on non-verbal communication and the use of space re-caps understandings from existing works such as “Hearing gestures”, but is nonetheless excellent for that. A crazy-good book for leaders and influencers.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good tips on presenting techniques.