Perfect Speeches for All Occasions

Perfect Speeches for All Occasions
Author: Matt Shinn
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2010-07-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1409063038

Have you been asked to give a speech? Are you worried your nerves will get the better of you? Do you need some tips on how to deliver your message clearly and effectively? Perfect Speeches for All Occasions is an indispensable guide for anyone who has to give a talk or presentation. Written by Matt Shinn, a professional speech writer with years of experience in the field, it explains how to structure your speech so that it has the most impact and gives practical advice about controlling your nerves on the big day. Whether you're been asked to say a few words at a party or need to put together a high-level presentation, Perfect Speeches for All Occasions has all you need to make sure you perform with style and confidence. The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book contains all you need to get it right first time.

Speeches and Toasts for All Occasions

Speeches and Toasts for All Occasions
Author: Foulsham Books
Publisher: Foulsham & Company Limited
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1991-12-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780572000035

This book is a practical and comprehensive guide to public speaking. It can help the most inexperienced and timid speaker make a high-quality, competent, and richly interesting speech on any occasion.

Perfect Letters and Emails for All Occasions

Perfect Letters and Emails for All Occasions
Author: George Davidson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010-07-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1409062945

Perfect Letters and Emails for All Occasions is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to get the most out of their written communication. Covering everything from advice on how to write to your MP to tips about 'netiquette' and avoiding offensive blunders, it is a one-stop-shop for anyone who wants their writing to get results. Whether you're sending a reply to a formal invitation or a covering letter for a job application, Perfect Letters and Emails for All Occasions has all you need to make sure you get your message across elegantly and effectively. The Perfect series is a range of practical guides that give clear and straightforward advice on everything from getting your first job to choosing your baby's name. Written by experienced authors offering tried-and-tested tips, each book contains all you need to get it right first time.

Speeches for Every Occasion

Speeches for Every Occasion
Author: David Belson
Publisher: Citadel Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2002
Genre: Public speaking
ISBN: 9780806524283

The book that puts the words right in your mouth!

Welcome Speeches for Special Days

Welcome Speeches for Special Days
Author: Cheryl Kirk-Duggan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780687022748

This useful resource incorporates recitations, suggested scripture, prayers, poetry, speeches, and responses for celebrating a variety of special days in the African American church. Perfect as a worship planning tool for pastors and worship leaders, Welcome Speeches for Special Days is ideal for celebrating those special Sundays that congregations highlight throughout the year.

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It
Author: Joan Detz
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2000-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466804211

Why do some speakers succeed while many bore their audiences and lose their listeners? Speaking coach Joan Detz has worked with top clients for more than 15 years and has the answers. In this useful and lively book she presents strategies and tips for speeches, sales presentations, brief remarks, job interviews, Q&A sessions, panels, and more -- every situation that requires something to say. Topics include: organizing your message * finding terrific research * using storytelling techniques * preparing the room * handling technical glitches * working with other speakers * measuring your effectiveness * making the most of your voice * mastering humor * using body language * conquering nervousness * building audience rapport * tapping the power of persuasion. Filled with checklists, tip sheets, self-evaluations, and practical advice on every page, this thorough and invaluable guide takes the mystery out of our most dreaded experience. This book will help you say it better-whether you're talking to one or one thousand.

The Perfect Gentleman

The Perfect Gentleman
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1860
Genre: Eloquence
ISBN:

"...500 toasts and sentiments for everyboy, and their proper mode of introduction. How to use wine at table, with rules for judging the quality of wine, and rules for carving. Etiquette; or, proper behavior in company, with an American code of politeness for every occasion; and etiquette at Washington. Remarkable wit and conversation at table, etc., etc., to which are added, the duties of chairmen of public meetings, and rules for the orderly conduct thereof, together with valuable hints and examples for drawing up preambles and resolutions."--Title page.

Lend Me Your Ears

Lend Me Your Ears
Author: William Safire
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 1066
Release: 1997
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780393040050

William Safire's invaluable and immensely entertaining Lend Me Your Ears established itself instantly as a classic treasury of the greatest speeches in human history. Selected with the instincts of a great speechwriter and language maven, arranged by theme and occasion, each deftly introduced and placed in context, the more than two hundred speeches in this compilation demonstrate the enduring power of human eloquence to inspire, to uplift, and to motivate. For this expanded edition Safire has selected more than twenty new speeches by such figures as President Bill Clinton, Senator Robert Dole, General Colin Powell, Microsoft's Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama, Edward R. Murrow, Alistair Cooke, the Buddha, and the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. They prove that even in a digital age the most forceful medium of communication is still the human voice speaking directly to the mind, heart, and soul.