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Learn how to speak to your boss, your staff and your clients so they listen, understand and then take action on what you say.If you are a Section Manager, Sales Manager, or Chief Executive Officer, keeping your audiences’ attention is often a challenge. This power-packed book is the answer you have been looking for. Here is what Business Psychologist and the Head of Psychology Services for the Australian Olympic Team (199-2000) Graham Winter had to say about the book:

Darren Fleming has created a simple reference guide to the tricky task of getting your message across in a way that doesn’t just inform but actually engages the audience. The many useful tips will make it a valuable tool for the busy manager and team leader.

Graham Winter, Head of Psychology Services, Australian Olympic Team (1992-2000), Author of Think One Team, High Performance Leadership and The Business Athlete.

In this book you will get:

• The 5 rules of PowerPoint that must be followed so you don’t send your audience to sleep
• The 7 rules for Presenting in Boardrooms
• How to control your nervousness when speaking
• How to make every person in your audience feel as though you are speaking directly with them
• How you can make any topic interesting – even statistics training can be interesting!
• How to use your stories to connect with every person in the room
• And much, much, more

Don’t be deceived by this seemingly thin book (only 50 pages!). It compresses many nuggets of solid speaking advice that will take you years to find in other presentation litreature. No fluff and straight to the point.

Eric Feng, Public Speaking Coach and Author of The FAQ Book of Public Speaking, Singapore

• Press your audiences’ hot-buttons
• Speak so people will want to listen
• How to prepare for your next sales presentation
• Connect with your audience in the most powerful way possible
• Put forward a different opinion and have others buy into it
• Sell with stories

In this book you will learn the skills they use, including:

• What to do with your hands
• The 1 best way to open any presentation
• The 2 techniques to get rid of Ums, errs and ahs
• The 3 things you should do if you are presenting at a conference
• How to speak at a moment’s notice and make it look prepared
• How to turn nervousness into an adrenaline rush

What the experts say:

This analysis of public speaking is great. It gives strategies and approaches to resolve many problems speakers face. These skills and insights are very helpful to someone beginning on this journey, or someone who has already started. Well done Darren!

Mark Hunter,

2009 World Champion of Public Speaking

Darren is a rock star speaker and the tips he gives in this book are spot on. If you want to be a rock star speaker, presenter, or simply the best communicator you can be, you have to read this book now!

Cathey Armillas

Author, International Speaker and Non-Traditional Marketing Specialist

This book contains well thought out and superb advice. I can already see how these ideas will help me to communicate within my workplace when sharing my ideas and aid in my promotional prospects.

Dr Susan Pearce, PhD, BEng (Mech), BSc

This book offers a treasure-trove of advice, presented in easily-digested chunks. Each principle is first summarized succinctly and is then expanded with explanation and practical strategies. Realistic advice mixed with reassurance will encourage readers to have confidence in their ability to present.

Shelley Dunstone, LLB, B.Mgt Mktg, International Speaker, Thought Leader, Innovation Strategist