Maximize Your Presentation

Maximize Your Presentation Skills
How to Speak, Look, and Act on Your Way to the Top

Ellen A. Kaye

5 CPEU or CE hours

Course: $38
Includes book & CE exam

CE exam only: $28
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Description
The difference between a mediocre and magnificent career usually hinges on one simple thing: how you present yourself to management, clients, coworkers and the public. In Maximize Your Presentation Skills, professional speech and image coach Ellen A. Kaye reveals how you can take your career to the next level by communicating like a seasoned business leader. Presented in an easy-to-use Q&A format, this indispensable guide answers more than 100 specific questions about public speaking, business etiquette, and leadership image, while dozens of valuable exercises help you hone your new career skills. This powerful and insightful book will help you master these critical career skills and stand out from the crowd, whether you're just starting out in the business world or have been running a company for years. If you don't want to walk up the career ladder, but rather sprint, let the invaluable advice in Maximize Your Presentation Skills be your guide.

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0761563520
ISBN-13: 9780761563525
Format: Paperback, 244pp
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
Publication date: 2002

Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Leadership Image
Preplan Those First Impressions
Body Works That Boost Your Image
Create a Confidence Zone
Clothes Do Make a Difference
Control the Emotional Climate
Use Timing to Your Advantage Potpourri

Chapter 2: Conversations
Put Your Best Self Forward
Giving Voice to Your Message
Talking with Clients
Interacting with Coworkers
The Art of Listening Phone Talk Potpourri

Chapter 3. Difficult Situations
How to Handle Difficult Clients
Mistakes Happen
Body Politics
Teamwork Troubles
Potpourri

Chapter 4. Meetings Set Yourself Up for Success
Whose Body Is This Anyway?
Meet Your Boss on Your Terms
Potpourri

Chapter 5. Speeches Who Are These People?
What Do They Want from Me?
You're On Stage Now!
The Dazzle Is in the Details
Rehearsal Blues
Technical Difficulties-The Black Hole of Despair
Potpourri

Index
Book Author

Book author
Ellen A. Kaye, a former actress and model, is a nationally recognized career and life coach, expert speaker, and consultant who has coached hundreds of executives from major corporations, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Boeing companies, and Bank of America. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Reviews
"If you want to become a better speaker and communicator, this book will be an excellent guide. It is down to earth, easy to read, and very informative." - Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager

"Ellen Kaye educates, cultivates, and motivates so that her clients are far more capable, entertaining, and charismatic. I've seen it hap[pen. I encourage you to read her book and benefit from her coaching." - Nancy Lauterbach, owner, FIVE STAR Speakers and Trainers, and president, International Association of Speakers Bureaus

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
1000 Professional skills
1090 Media skills
1100 Photography, video and graphic production
1130 Verbal communication skills, presentations
1140 Written communication skills, publishing