Effective Business Presentations, Corporate Presentations, Public Speaking, Presentation Skills Training, Presentation Coaching

"The A to Z of Effective Business Presentations" 

Everything you need to know about how to organise, structure and give an effective business presentation. All in one easy to read ebook.

I guarantee you won't be disappointed

You can read it from cover to cover or dip in and remind yourself how and what to do before a major presentation. This is a book you will keep going back to again and again.

"We can never be too good at presentations and we all need to update our skills from time to time. This is an ideal book to dip into especially when you have a critical presentation to make." 

John Cunnell, European Partner, ICR International
www.icrltd.com

"I certainly enjoyed the excerpts on your web site which encouraged me to want to read more – and you don’t disappoint!

Like a good presentation itself – it’s useful, easy to follow and entertaining.

Mark Moore, Sales & Marketing Director for Citizen Systems Europe (a division of the world leading watch company)

Check out the excerpts yourself, click on the links in the contents list further down this page.

It's an invaluable How To guide.

Invaluable for the novice presenter, to avoid the pitfalls nobody at work ever tells you about; when you're new you often concentrate so much on your own nerves, that there is no brain-time left for touches such as seating plans and technical run-throughs.

And the book is just as handy for the more experienced speaker, as a checklist and reminder for those who know they know what they're doing ... but want to feel sure they are covering absolutely everything.

I recommend every line manager in the country to buy a copy of this ebook and make it freely available to staff.

I look forward to reading further wisdom from Graham Young -- it's refreshing to see someone who clearly knows his stuff, who is unafraid to share it with the world in such an accessible and practical way.

Fiona Cowan
Summertime Publishing
 www.summertimepublishing.com  * www.fifix.com

There are over 65 full A4 pages, that's literally hundreds, of hints, tips and trade secrets on how to structure and give an effective business presentation.

What is the opportunity cost of your next presentation?

Not just your time, the room hire, equipment costs, time and money spent preparing, practising and promoting the presentation or seminar. What about the opportunity cost of all your delegates? The total cost will quickly run into the thousands of dollars or pounds. Is it not worth $15 to ensure you have remembered everything and to make sure your presentation is a wow?

Objectives Checklist
Speaker Checklist
Room Checklist
Audience Checklist
Message Checklist
Post Presentation Review

The A to Z

Anecdotes
Analogies
Apologies
Assumptions
Animations
Attention span

Breathing
Body language

Cue cards
Call to action
Creative visualisation
Conviction
Confidence
Competitors

Dress
Do it

Enthusiasm & Energy
Eye contact

Fear
Features Advantages Benefits
Facts & Figures
Fonts

Graphics

Hearing
Handouts

Introductions

Jokes

Keeping the audience listening
KISS

Little Things
Language
Lecterns

Making it Memorable
Mental pictures
Mnemonics

Natural gestures
Noise Words

Openings

Preparation
Performance
Practise
Pace
Pauses/ Powerful Phrases
Pointers

Quotations
Questions & Answers
Questioning the Audience

Rhetorical Questions

Summary
Signposts
Smile
Scripts
Stage Fright

Timing
Trust
Tongue Tied

Understanding
Unanimous

Variety
Visual aids

Way you say it
Water
Walking

X-Marks the Spot

You the speaker 
You the audience

Z is for Snoring (not with this book!)

Summary