Chapter 8

Choosing Resources and Rehearsing Your Presentation

In This Chapter

arrow Finding great resources

arrow Improving your performance

Communication that positively impacts people translates into the language of leadership. When you discover how to not just use, but leverage, the powerful five secrets of presentation success to help reimagine, reinvent, and remake your presentations, you see new vistas opening up and a world of opportunities coming your way. By applying these secrets, your ideas sparkle, your audience welcomes your recommendations, and your presentations rise to new levels.

In this chapter, we explain the fifth secret of presentation success: presentation resources and rehearsing. First, we talk about the different types of presentation resources you need and relay a story about what happens when you don’t take the time to consider the resources you must have for your presentation. We then discuss the one indispensable resource — you, the presenter — and give you pointers for rehearsing your way to presentation success.

tip.eps We show you how to use the secrets for presentations, but don’t stop there! — You can apply these secrets to your daily communications. Well-known business ...

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