Speaking in Public
Incompetence to Confidence in only 6 weeks!
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Introduction You are standing at the podium. Your speech has gone well. You are reaching the climax at exactly the right pitch. Suddenly it is over. The applause begins and it gets louder. The audience includes your peers and clients and they do more than clap, they stand and cheer. As you step down, your C.E.O and others rush towards you, smiling, eyes gleaming and hands outstretched, you are a star. Then………you wake up. It’s all a dream! So why do so many of us have fears about speaking in public? In the lists of things people fear most, it ranks very highly. Is it really so fearful? Even if we do it badly are we going to get injured, lose our loved ones, or suffer financial loss? I hardly think so. So the negative factors are limited, very limited. In most cases they are imaginary. It’s a fact that people admire and respect someone who perhaps for as little as two minutes can stand on their feet and communicate effectively to a group of people.
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About the Book
Speaking in public is still one of our greatest fears. The author’s task in this book is to relate in a clear and concise way on how he can help to reduce our anxieties and give us the confidence we lack. He recommends a minimum 6 week period to prepare and during this time he will take us from a state of fear and incompetence to one of confidence and stimulation. The book will be of interest to all those who may need to deliver regular presentations and or give talks and speeches to groups of people. It will also help the individual who has on occasions to propose or reply to a toast. There may be only one time when an individual has to make a speech, perhaps at a wedding, or pay a tribute and they want it to be memorable.
About the Author
Patrick has been a specialist coach and trainer in spoken communication skills for manyyears. He has worked with a variety of well known international companies throughout Europe. He has coached and trained at all levels from graduate new entrant to Chairman and CEO. He is an independent consultant but throughout his career in this field he has also worked for Speak First(www.speakfirst.com) one of the leading communication skills training companies in the UK and overseas. Prior to this part of his career Patrick was the UK Director of Sales and training for the Personal Financial Services division of HSBC. In this position and more recently he has had extensive experience of speaking in public to a variety of audiences. He started writing and delivering speeches when he formed a train spotters club at the age of twelve! He wrote and published the club’s magazines which are still in his possession today and are an hilarious read although they were seriously written! Patrick was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and now lives with his wife Anne in East Sussex. Here are just a few comments from some of those he has trained : • “ Patrick was excellent. Now that I have had this training, I feel I have overcome my fear of presenting” – H.Mckown. Building surveyor • “ Patrick understands the whole idea of public speaking at all levels. He’s very knowledgeable and gave me confidence in him and his ideas” – M.Gardiner, Govt.Agency • “Excellent in his knowledge of the subject and ability to put it across, very empathic, K.Poole, Public utility supplier and manufacturer. • “ He was a good example of the subject” – K.Peel, Advertising executive. • “He gave me increased confidence and support, very knowledgeable and positive” – C. Harris, Public relations and advertising company “Thanks for taking the heartache out of giving presentations .Everyone in the company should attend your training” – M.Donn, International Battery manufactures.