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by T.J. Walker

Reduce the time and stress associated with your presentations

Bookshelves are crowded with books on how to be an exceptional presenter and promise to produce a brilliant, standing-ovation speaker. But what about a presentation resource for the rest of us? There are so many of us regular folk who who want to spend just a little time and effort to get over the big hurdle of giving a presentation, but don't know where to turn for advice.

How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation is the easy answer to this common need. Straightforward, entertaining, and well-organized, this user-friendly resource will walk you step-by-step through the process from how to write, rehearse, and deliver a pretty good presentation that will make you appear confident, memorable, and competent. Although it does not promise the moon (or a standing ovation), this public speaking survival guide will help you:

Appear confident (even while still feeling nervous!) Take the spotlight off of you and put it on your content Save time Not put people to sleep with your PowerPoint Presentation Produce better results Make better impressions Reduce the feelings of dread, sleeplessness, and procrastination associated with your presentations Prepare even if you've waited until the day before or an hour before your presentation is to be given

Whatever your job, if you need to give a presentation and are feeling overwhelmed by it, How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation is there for you. If you want to reduce the time and stress associated with your presentations now and pass all future presentation opportunities with flying colors, then pick up this fun and accessible guide; you'll no doubt like the resulting improvement in both your personal and professional bottom line.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 23, 2010

Reviews

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book delivers what it promises. It is a short easy read with many clear points and good tips on presentations. Lots of people need to do some sort of public speaking, often in the form of a slide show or brief pitch, but books on the topic still give advice as if the point were to be giving long speeches or sermons in front of huge crowds. This book won't teach you how to be a great orator or actor. But the average presentation would be much better if people followed the advice here. I teach public speaking and will start recommending this book.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

I teach presentation skills professionally, so I was intrigued to find this little book about making “pretty good” rather than world-class presentations. On the whole, the author’s advice is concise and solid. As I’d heard almost all of it before, and I already tell a lot of the same things my own clients, I was pleasantly surprised to find a few tips that were new to me. He goes through the right way to plan and structure a presentation, how to use PowerPoint subtly, and how to deal with difficult situations. Each of his 30 chapters has a short, easy-to-understand message about some aspect of presenting. Ultimately, the take-home message is that you don’t have to be perfect - the most valuable thing you can do in your presentation is to be interesting. Then you’ll already be pretty good, because most presentations are pretty boring.

Now the down side. Since the anticipation of giving a presentation often invokes strong feelings of fear, he spends a lot of time telling his readers what not to worry about. That’s a good start, but just saying “don’t worry about that” comes across as rather glib. Walker doesn’t address the physical symptoms of fear – stage fright – that can really handicap a novice presenter, even one who has rehearsed a lot. Although he does explain how to prepare well, which will help reduce anxiety to some extent, and he acknowledges the fact that many presenters will be nervous, he doesn’t really say how to address it using any on-the-spot techniques. Also, although we live in a global world, this very America-centric book doesn’t say how to adjust your presentation for different cultures. Finally, some of the chapters could be cleaned up a bit as they’re needlessly repetitive, and are sometimes so concise that they look more like rough notes than chapter text.

For somebody new to presenting, this book contains a lot of helpful advice, but it’s not enough by itself. I would recommend it as a support text for a classroom course in presentation skills that would help fill in the blanks.

[Zaph · Rating 3 out of 5]

it’s fine. had to read it for school, a few helpful stuff but i doubt i’ll employ much

[Sandra Bx · Rating 3 out of 5]

Concise and to the point. I quite enjoyed this book

[Mark Polino · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do enough speaking that I'll take all the help I can get. This book is a nice starter for people who have to give a presentation. The advice is clear, concise and easy to follow. If you have a presentation coming up, this is a great, fast resource. As a complement, I also really liked Scott Berkun's Confessions of a Public Speaker.