Lend Me Your Ears

Name: Lend Me Your Ears
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780091894795
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All you need to know about making speeches and presentations

By Max Atkinson

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Lend Me Your Ears by Max Atkinson explores the art of public speaking and effective communication. It provides readers with practical techniques to captivate and engage an audience, whether in professional settings or everyday interactions. This self-help guide emphasizes the importance of structure, storytelling, and delivery to enhance your ability to persuade and inform listeners.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in enhancing your public speaking skills and increasing your confidence in presentations. It offers insights into effective communication and practical tips to engage audiences, making it ideal for anyone looking to improve their oratory abilities.

Lend Me Your Ears

Using extensive research based on empirical evidence, this title provides the reader with practical and simple guidelines, exercises and tips to improve performance, including: advice on the use of classical rhetoric; how to write a speech when in a rush; the myths surrounding visual aids; the use of body language; and more.

A groundbreaking, yet practical guide to the art of public speaking

Description

The past twenty years have seen the emergence of an industry standard model of presentation - the slide show. Yet research has shown that audiences are deeply dissatisfied with this mode of public speaking.

In Lend Me Your Ears, Max Atkinson - a highly experienced speaker and trainer, having been involved in speech writing for business, politics, and the arts for 30 years - uses the findings of recent scientific research combined with the rules of classical rhetoric to highlight the secrets of successful persuasion.

Using extensive research based on empirical evidence, Max has developed a new and provocative way of looking at speech making, providing the reader with practical and simple guidelines, exercises, and tips to improve performance, including:

Advice on the use of classical rhetoric;
How to prepare speeches when in a rush;
The myths surrounding visual aids;
The use of body language; and much more!

This is destined to be the definitive text in this area.

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iLend Me Your Eari by Max Atkinson receives praise for its insights into effective speaking. Paddy Ashdown highlights the valuable advice and new insights it provides for making words impactful, while Michael Sheehan suggests it as an essential read for leaders aiming to enhance their communication skills.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780091894795

Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 September 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vermilion

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 405g

Pages: 384

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Business & Entrepreneurship Education & Reference Max Atkinson Mindset & Self Help Non-Fiction Penguin Books Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Max Atkinson is a Visiting Professor at the Henley Management College, and runs a consultancy specialising in public speaking and presentation skills. In 1985, he ran a seminar on speech writing in the Reagan White House and, from 1987 to 1999, was a close advisor to Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats.