Stanley K. Ridgley

The Complete Guide to Business School Presenting (eBook, PDF)

What your professors don't tell you... What you absolutely must know

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

'The Complete Guide to Business School Presenting: What your professors don't tell you... What you absolutely must know' reveals the secret expectations harbored by business school professors when viewing your presentations. Offering a competitive advantage to anyone interested in a career in business, this award-winning guide provides a truly unique means of developing powerful presentation skills.

The guide identifies the seven verities of speaking that form the bedrock of superior presenting in the twenty-first century, and which imbue any speaker with power, energy and confidence: stance, voice, gesture, expression, movement, appearance and passion. These presentation techniques can transform a person's professional life, ignite the potential for landing a higher position, and distinguish a business student from the vast majority of their competitors all by correlating directly with the inherent values of corporate America.

The book also discusses the utility of business analysis tools, such as SWOT, PEST, value chain analysis and Porter's Five Forces, and demonstrates how to work seamlessly and effectively with PowerPoint to deliver concise and persuasive presentations. It also addresses the innate challenges of working as a group and preparing group presentations a requirement of all business students and a highly sought-after skill amongst corporate recruiters. In addition, a section on preparing for case competitions a major rite of passage for business majors and MBAs is included. The result is a masterpiece of business school wisdom and practicality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857285515
• Artikelnr.: 44360883

Autorenporträt

Stanley K. Ridgley

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: THE WORLD OF PRESENTING
Chapter 1. I Hate Presentations
Chapter 2. Public Speaking: The Twenty-first Century Presenter
Chapter 3. Basics of Your Talk
PART II: THE SEVEN SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL SPEAKERS: FROM STICK-PUPPET TO 3D PRESENTING
Chapter 4. Stance
Chapter 5. Voice: “I Feel Especially Powerful Today!”
Chapter 6. Gesture
Chapter 7. Expression
Chapter 8. Movement: No More Stick-Puppet Presenting
Chapter 9. Appearance
Chapter 10. Passion: Evoking Emotion, Displaying Earnestness
PART III THE STORY
Chapter 11. Storytelling I: The Secret Weapon
Chapter 12. Storytelling II: What Kinds of Stories?
Chapter 13. Storytelling III: How Do We Tell a Story?
PART IV: GROUP PRESENTATIONS
Chapter 14. The Curse and Blessing of Group Presentations
Chapter 15. Group Presentations I: Getting Ready
Chapter 16. Group Presentations II: What to Do?
Chapter 17. Tools of Analysis: Orient, Eliminate, Emphasize, Compare
Chapter 18. The Case Competition
Conclusion
Glossary
Index