Speaking Career

What if your biggest fear was actually your greatest opportunity? Most people dread public speaking—but what if you could step on stage, into a boardroom, or in front of a camera with unshakable confidence? From Stage Fright to Standing Ovation is not just another public speaking book—it’s the ultimate blueprint to mastering persuasive communication, audience control, and personal presence. Overcome fear & anxiety—without tricks, gimmicks, or fake confidence. Command attention—so people lean in, listen, and respect your voice.

Learn how to tell a good story with Your Story, Well Told! Jam-packed with some of the best storytelling strategies, this manual gives creatives the confidence bump they need to make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress their date. The following is (not) a work of fiction. We've all got stories to tell - but how do you make your story the best story? In Your Story, Well Told!, The Moth veteran Corey Rosen inspires you to get on stage and tell your story.

Are you ready for your confidence to explode? Ready for your audiences to request you again and again? Ready to add some zeros and commas to your bank account? Regardless of your industry, profession, job, career, dream, or aspiration, there is a universal skill that you can develop that will be responsible for a large portion of your overall success. What is that skill? It's public speaking and presentation.

Giving a speech about someone is hard. Giving a funny speech that people are actually going to pay attention to is even harder. In How to Write a Funny Speech for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn't Want to Go to in the First Place, Leifer and Mitchell will teach you how to write the perfect speech so you can look awesome, make some people laugh, and get it over with. Quick and easy to use, this book is broken into short chapters full of priceless tips and advice.

Picture yourself speaking to an audience, no matter the size, and realizing you feel confident, prepared, and excited to share your message. To be a powerful communicator requires inner confidence, great technique, and the ability to share your vision with clarity and passion.

A compilation of stories, personal and historical, that remind us of the power of our voice—along with practical techniques for how to use your voice, on stage and off, in a way that will be the most effective. With over 30 years of experience in film, TV, and theater, Tricia Brouk uses her platform to create a safe, inclusive space for others to learn how to share their stories. The Influential Voice is a powerful reminder of the responsibility we have to use our voices for good, and that by staying silent, we are preventing someone from hearing our powerful story.

Whether your presentations are one-on-one or to thousands, Tony Jeary covers everything speakers need to positively inspire any autience.

Conversations are broken. And while effective dialogue is supposed to lead to greater fulfilment in our personal and professional lives, all the scientific evidence points towards us sharing fewer interactions than previous generations. From ever decreasing face-to-face meetings to echo chambers online, we no longer have the necessary tools to talk to each other. Nihal Arthanayake is bucking this trend. Part how-to and part manifesto, Let's Talk is Nihal's accessible, anecdotal and invigorating toolkit to having better conversations with anyone, any time.

Everyone has a story to tell. Sharing that story can change you, your community, or even the world. But how do you start? This inspirational guide invites listeners to unlock their truth and share it, whether in a TED talk, a blog post, or a conversation with their loved ones. Storytelling coaches Heather Box and Julian Mocine-McQueen reveal how to embrace the power of personal storytelling in a series of easy steps. Their practical and motivating advice fills this charming audiobook. It's a meaningful gift and a powerful reminder that stories matter.

Prepare: Creatively Structure and Rehearse Your Content will take you from concept to delivery, featuring scores of engaging and powerful tips. The better you prepare, the more successful your outcome. This book is where you start.

There are a lot of right leadership strategies and techniques our leaders have been using throughout history. In Bundle Leaders Guidebook, you will uncover the secrets to exceptional leadership. The books are designed to get you thinking about your own leadership style, and what you need to do to enhance your leadership.

Finally, a comprehensive resource to help you master speaking techniques and more. Learn from the world’s legendary professional speakers as they teach you how to tell your story, deliver a public speech, combat stage fright, control non-verbals, and persuade an audience. Even with the most difficult speaking subjects, learn how to use humor, quotes, and statistics to highlight a point.

How do effective lawyers persuade attentive and insightful jurors? How do CEOs confidently inspire and inform multibillion-dollar organizations filled with the brightest talent? How do doctors clearly and carefully explain complex medical conditions to worried patients? How do resilient and courageous military leaders fill their subordinates with courage in the face of drastic situations? Inside this concise volume, world-class speaking coach, Ken Fontenot, describes the two subjects every speaker must know in order to speak effectively before any audience in any condition.

Edited by filmmaker Sean Conant and with contributions from some of the country's leading scholars including Sean Wilentz, Craig L. Symonds, and Harold Holzer, this volume explores how in the century and a half since it was delivered, the Gettysburg Address has proven a seemingly inexhaustible source of somber reflection and soaring hope, and why its language continues to resonate with so many people seeking meaning for their own struggles and sacrifices.

Using humorous and insightful anecdotes, Lance Allred, the first deaf player in NBA history and TEDx star, takes any aspiring fan of TED Talks, "TEDsters", on his journey of hubris, awkwardness and catharsis that was his TEDx experience. Lance walks you through how you find the best odds of where you will be selected to give a TEDx talk, how to prepare and what worked and didn't work as far as: script writing, body language, drafts submitted, post-talk marketing, along with many other details and inside information that allowed him to become a TEDx Star with One Million views within two months.

Multiple award-winning speaker, Ramakrishna Reddy, presents the secrets, tools, and devices to help you giving speeches like a true professional in, The Ultimate Public Speaking Survival Guide. This is not theory. He has put together 37 Steps in question and answer format based on his research, his experience, and his testing.

Conversation Marketing will help you connect your brands, not just to the minds of your consumers, but to their hearts. Slick slogans and catchy ads may still work in some instances, but today's discerning consumers demand more. They want information and a reason to connect with a brand before they act. They want a conversation.

¿Alguna vez has sentido miedo al hablar en público? ¿Has tenido esa sensación de no ser capaz de decir todo lo que quieres? ¿Te pones rojo, te sudan las manos, te tiemblan la cara y las rodillas, etc.? Pues no eres el único, somos muchos los que hemos sufrido esa experiencia, pero ya llegó el momento de superarlo. Rompe el miedo y habla en público es mucho más que un libro, es una guía de entrenamiento llena de técnicas para superar el miedo escénico y disfrutar de una comunicación de verdad.

Women are steadily showing up in powerful positions, and better communication and public speaking give women the ability to develop their full potential, seize every opportunity, and realize their aspirations. Whether pitching for new business, delivering a talk at a conference, raising money for a non-profit, or communicating one-on-one with coworkers, women can become effective, powerful communicators when they learn to speak with authenticity and confidence.

Wouldn't it be nice to approach every time you're asked to speak in public as an opportunity, rather than a burden? The tools and techniques presented in this short guide will help you achieve public speaking success, without fear and anxiety. Public speaking is hard work; don't let anybody fool you into thinking otherwise. But you CAN learn how to capture attention, communicate effectively and avoid embarrassment the next time you step in front of an audience.