Five Stars

Five Stars
Author: Carmine Gallo
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1250183472

“As technology threatens to displace countless jobs and skills, the ability to communicate is becoming more important than ever. This book is full of examples to help you get better at transporting your thoughts and emotions into the minds of other people.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg How to master the art of persuasion—from the bestselling author of Talk Like TED. Ideas don’t sell themselves. As the forces of globalization, automation, and artificial intelligence combine to disrupt every field, having a good idea isn’t good enough. Mastering the ancient art of persuasion is the key to standing out, getting ahead, and achieving greatness in the modern world. Communication is no longer a “soft” skill—it is the human edge that will make you unstoppable, irresistible, and irreplaceable—earning you that perfect rating, that fifth star. In Five Stars, Carmine Gallo, bestselling author of Talk Like TED, breaks down how to apply Aristotle’s formula of persuasion to inspire contemporary audiences. As the nature of work changes, and technology carries things across the globe in a moment, communication skills become more valuable—not less. Gallo interviews neuroscientists, economists, historians, billionaires, and business leaders of companies like Google, Nike, and Airbnb to show first-hand how they use their words to captivate your imagination and ignite your dreams. In the knowledge age—the information economy—you are only as valuable as your ideas. Five Stars is a book to help you bridge the gap between mediocrity and exceptionality, and gain your competitive edge in the age of automation. In Five Stars, you will also learn: -The one skill billionaire Warren Buffett says will raise your value by 50 percent. -Why your job might fall into a category where 75 percent or more of your income relies on your ability to sell your idea. -How Airbnb’s founders follow a classic 3-part formula shared by successful Hollywood movies. -Why you should speak in third-grade language to persuade adult listeners. -The one brain hack Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Picasso used to unlock their best ideas.

Advanced Digital Image Steganography Using LSB, PVD, and EMD: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Advanced Digital Image Steganography Using LSB, PVD, and EMD: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Author: Swain, Gandharba
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2019-06-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1522575170

In the last few decades, the use of the Internet has grown tremendously, and the use of online communications has grown even more. The lack of security in private messages between individuals, however, allows hackers to collect loads of sensitive information. Modern security measures are required to prevent this attack on the world’s communication technologies. Advanced Digital Image Steganography Using LSB, PVD, and EMD: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides evolving research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of data encryption techniques and applications within computer science. The book provides introductory knowledge on steganography and its importance, detailed analysis of how RS and PDH are performed, discussion on pixel value differencing principles, and hybrid approaches using substitution, PVD, and EMD principles. It is ideally designed for researchers and graduate and under graduate students seeking current research on the security of data during transit.

The Secret of Communication

The Secret of Communication
Author: N. R. Brown
Publisher: Brown & Sees Publishing
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2011-04
Genre:
ISBN: 1450704344

Effectively Enhance Your Personal and Professional Relationships with Essential Elements! The Secret of Communication author N. R.Brown reveals how anyone can instantly improve their wealth or well-being using any of three highly essential elements! They can save you money, keep you from losing out on great opportunities, and add enjoyable experiences to your life. He explains in detail how to use these elements to create new relationships and build, revitalize, or salvage existing ones. Melt icy reactions, dissolve opposition, create team players, or bring the spark of excitement back into the eyes of a coworker or partner. Backed by over fifty years experience of serving clients, Brown's rare insights on how to communicate solve a variety of personal-life problems, and his tips and pointers make dealing with people easier, more satisfying, and fun! Brown attended Temple University, Arizona State University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the National Academy of American Psychology.He gives Communication Skills Development programs to businesses, service clubs, groups, churches, and non-profit organizations, and his unique communication-oriented business consulting approach has quickly and successfully unraveled knotty problems for small and major firms

Obama's Secrets

Obama's Secrets
Author: Gil Peretz
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2011-09-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781456506360

Obama's Secrets is the ultimate "communication bible." Learn how to be more persuasive, how to influence faster, and how to make a success of your own career. This one-of-a-kind book is not about President Barack Obama. It's about how you can hone your presentation and communication skills by using Obama's communication secrets. Obama's Secrets provides you with a wide range of tools from the arenas of persuasion, communication, presentation, psychology, and even from recent studies in the field of brain science! Now, whether you are a CEO, a corporate VP, a sales pro, a lawyer, a teacher, a minister, or a politician—you can use these secrets too. Based on their analysis of over 300 of Obama's appearances worldwide, from the 1990s until August 2011, and by utilizing their more than twenty-five years of experience, international communication guru Gil Peretz, and Defense Counsel and NLP expert Nili Peretz, have cracked the secret code of Obama's techniques and show you, step-by-step, how his "magical rhetoric skills" can translate into your own success.In the first part of the book, you will be exposed to the “street smarts” that will help you transform your messages so that they will penetrate the hearts and souls of your listeners.Part two will show you how the way you think helps to influence and persuade. Something more is required beyond tactics and methods, something much more basic and profound related to our way of thinking.In the third part, you will become acquainted with Obama's “message engineering.” You will be provided with a simple implementation toolkit that will enable you to quickly improve the way you convey your messages in all areas. You will be able to use the secrets of other charismatic leaders such as Winston Churchill, John Kennedy, and Bill Clinton, and business pioneers such as Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and Stephen Covey.In part four, you will discover how Obama made people fall in love with him in 2008 and become enthralled by his messages, and you will get to know how to activate these secrets of infatuation. You will upgrade your skills in creating human chemistry and intimate closeness with a heterogeneous audience–the key to influencing and leading people.Part five will expose you to the right tools to communicate with the "right brain" and tap into the subconscious mind of your listeners. It works like magic. You will be exposed to the naturalness with which the mind absorbs stories and the way in which they directly penetrate the subconscious. After that, you will see how Obama uses “thought programs” to “program” the audience's mind and “glue” messages thereto. You can use these secrets too, and–no less important –you will upgrade your alertness level when others try to influence you.In the sixth part you will learn how Obama uses effective linguistic patterns to convey messages. Here, too, you will be provided with a very useful toolbox, with emphasis not only on the tools themselves, but also on the reasons why these tools are effective. And finally, you will be exposed to the power of non-verbal communication, which is an integral part of any interpersonal communication. Often it is not what you say; it's how you say it.A brief and concise summary on the last page of each chapter will allow you to use the book quickly and efficiently when preparing for your next presentation, speech, or sales call.Do you want to be Magnetizing? Charismatic? Eloquent? Captivating? Persuasive? Heart-piercing? A master of words? When you know what they are, you will be able to use Obama's secrets in order to communicate your messages like a pro, inspire any audience, stimulate action, and gain a competitive advantage.Obama's Secrets: How to Speak and Communicate with Power and a Little Magic will transform the way you plan, prepare and practice for your next presentation, media appearance, or sales meeting–in a way no other book can. It might just be the new "Dale Carnegie for our era".

The Secrets of Successful Communication

The Secrets of Successful Communication
Author: Kevin T. McCarney
Publisher: Columbia Island Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Business communication
ISBN: 9780983124436

To succeed at work and in life, people need to know how to have great encounters - in person, online, and on the phone with customers, colleagues and clients. Kevin McCarney shows how readers can create positive results in every communication every day when they understand the secrets of the Big Brain and the Little Brain - the two communication brains we all use. The book not only helps readers build their own communication skills but also gives them simple, easy to remember ways to explain the art of communication to anyone, including managers and front line employees.

10 Simple Secrets of the World's Greatest Business Communicators

10 Simple Secrets of the World's Greatest Business Communicators
Author: Carmine Gallo
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1728225248

Based on author Carmine Gallo's career as a Fortune 500 communications coach and Emmy Award-winning television journalist, 10 Simple Secrets of the World's Greatest Communicators has been updated and revised to show business people how to achieve their personal and professional goals by mastering the ten simple secrets used by the world's greatest business communicators. The book offers techniques and proven tips that explain how these successful communicators connect with audiences who demand passion, inspiration, preparation, clarity, brevity, command presence, and simplicity, all delivered in a visually compelling package.

Talk Like TED

Talk Like TED
Author: Carmine Gallo
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466837276

Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. In order to succeed, you need to be able to sell your ideas persuasively. This ability is the single greatest skill that will help you accomplish your dreams. Many people have a fear of public speaking or are insecure about their ability to give a successful presentation. Now public speaking coach and bestselling author Carmine Gallo explores what makes a great presentation by examining the widely acclaimed TED Talks, which have redefined the elements of a successful presentation and become the gold standard for public speaking. TED ? which stands for technology, entertainment, and design ? brings together the world's leading thinkers. These are the presentations that set the world on fire, and the techniques that top TED speakers use will make any presentation more dynamic, fire up any team, and give anyone the confidence to overcome their fear of public speaking. In his book, Carmine Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED presenters, as well as the top researchers in the fields of psychology, communications, and neuroscience to reveal the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations. Gallo's step-by-step method makes it possible for anyone to deliver a presentation that is engaging, persuasive, and memorable. Carmine Gallo's top 10 Wall Street Journal Bestseller Talk Like TED will give anyone who is insecure about their public speaking abilities the tools to communicate the ideas that matter most to them, the skill to win over hearts and minds, and the confidence to deliver the talk of their lives. The opinions expressed by Carmine Gallo in TALK LIKE TED are his own. His book is not endorsed, sponsored or authorized by TED Conferences, LLC or its affiliates.

Secrets of Face to Face Communication

Secrets of Face to Face Communication
Author: Peter Urs Bender
Publisher: Stoddart
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Business communication
ISBN: 9780773761841

How can it be that in this age of sophisticated communications technology, our interpersonal communications are suffering? The answer is that few people take the time (or feel they have the time) to learn the skills needed for effective one-on-one communication. In fact, few are even aware that communication skills can be learned. Peter Urs Bender and Robert Tracz know differently. As they prove in this lively A to Z of key communication concepts, everyone can learn to communicate freely, persuasively, and with confidence. Secrets of Face-to-Face Communication is packed with helpful tips, illustrative anecdotes, and proven systems that, when applied, will improve your business and personal relationships alike. Whether you are an entrepreneur looking for more successful interactions with clients, a manager trying to deal with difficult people, or an employee seeking more productive relationships with your boss or coworkers, you'll find what you need in Secrets of Face-to-Face Communication. So stop wasting time on avoidable misunderstandings and bad feelings -- and start communicating with power! Book jacket.

You've Got 8 Seconds

You've Got 8 Seconds
Author: Paul Hellman
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2017-04-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0814438318

The average attention span has dropped to 8 seconds. To break through to people, you need to focus on your audience, be slightly different, and deliver with finesse. Every day at work, people do three things: talk, listen, and pretend to listen. Through fast, fun, actionable tips, You've Got 8 Seconds explains what works and what doesn't, what's forgettable and what sticks. With stories, scripts, and examples of good and bad messages, communications expert Paul Hellman reveals three main strategies: Focus: Design a strong message - then say it in seconds Variety: Make routine information come alive Presence: Convey confidence and command attention You'll discover practical techniques, including the fast-focus method that Hellman uses with leadership teams; how to stand out in the first seconds of a presentation; and 10 actions that spell executive presence. Whether pitching a project, giving a speech, selling a product, or just writing an email, You've Got 8 Seconds will make sure you get heard, get remembered, and get results.