"...Weissman has spent 20 years helping top executives succeed in the most important business presentations of their lives. Here's what he's learned: The best way to get his message across is to show his techniques in action. In Presentation in Action, Weissman does just that: he teaches how to make spectacularly successful presentations by showing exactly how great presenters have done it. Each of the book's 80 chapters dives into the techniques...

Provides clear, step-by-step instructions for tackling more than 190 PowerPoint 2013 tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on PowerPoint 2013 in no time.

Have you carefully created your personal brand? If you haven't, you're probably not getting the business or career results that you want! You want people to recognize you, like you, and trust you, so they buy from you. Whether you're in a sales role, you're an entrepreneur, or you work for a small business-you have to sell YOU. Many people think that branding is about cool logos, fancy websites and social media popularity. But this line of thought...

At the center of professionalism are communication and presentation. While these two concepts can mean many things, here they represent relaying a message to another person or to an audience. Professionals use communication every day. In fact, everyone typically uses communication throughout their day. It is at the root of interpersonal relationships, business deals, professional environments, teaching, and peer interactions. However, communication...

Sensitive to a diversity of cultures, locations, and personalities, this remote facilitation method can make virtual meetings even more powerful than in-person ones. Many people struggle with remote meetings: a cocktail of factors, such as technical barriers and invisible group norms, increase the uncertainty and risk of the already vulnerable task of collaborating and sharing ideas. When remote meetings go badly, they go really badly. Few things...

Are you ready to take your knowledge of PowerPoint past the basics? Then this is the book for you. Learn how to work with WordArt, shapes, charts, SmartArt, videos, slide transitions and more. Note that this book assumes that you already know the basics of using PowerPoint which were covered in PowerPoint for Beginners.

Microsoft PowerPoint used to rule them all. It didn't matter what computer or operating system you had-if you needed to present something, you used PowerPoint. Times have changed! Today there are many presentation solutions out there. Some, like Google Slides, are pretty barebones, and others, like Power-Point, feel at times feature creep-there are just so many options, it's easy to get lost. If you use a Mac, iPad, or iPhone, then you have a third...

ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER This book draws on the broad framework of rules outlined in Robert's Rules of Order to help organizations grasp the main points necessary to establish and adhere to their own rules of order. Inside, we discuss the creation and development of Robert's Rules of Order before we jump into the rules that can help us conduct meetings in a timely, ordered, and productive manner. These rules ensure that all business conducted runs...

Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à tirer parti du logiciel PowerPoint lors de vos présentations Qui n'a jamais dû utiliser PowerPoint, ce programme devenu incontournable dans la préparation des présentations ? Nous passons pourtant parfois des heures à tenter de réaliser un fichier esthétique et efficace. Mais, souvent, le rendu se révèle bien loin de nos attentes. Comment dès lors ne plus perdre son temps inutilement et...

"Hi, my name is David Beckett, I'm a pitch coach, and I'm here to ensure your ideas have a voice." The big pitch is coming up. You've got just a few minutes to convince that investor or your Board, that your idea is worth investing money, time and people in. What should you say? How should you say it? And how do you beat those nerves that are already building up inside? David Beckett has coached over 700 startups to raise over €170 million in investment....