101 Tips Public Speaking

By Peter Clark

A book for beginners needing to carry out the occasional public speaking event, perhaps a wedding, a presentation, a birthday speech or a reading at a solemn event.

101 Tips Public Speaking, provides the answer to many aspects, that would be first time speakers fear. In fact it is suitable to assist anyone needing to speak in public intermittently.

The author draws on his vast experience, over thirty years of public speaking events, both formal and informal. Learn the pitfalls to avoid and how to avoid them, easily, before they can occur. Be the speaker asked to speak again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Clark
• Release date: Nov 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311684363

Peter Clark

An engineer with international experience over 30 years. 30 years of industrial experience including public speaking, investigative skills, negotiation, management, teaching and instructional manual preparation and design. Now an author, publisher and consultant.

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101 Tips Public Speaking: Tips for All Occasions

Peter Clark

Copyright © 2012  Peter Clark

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Why a Book of Tips

How To Use This Book

1, All Types

2, The Wedding Speech

The Presentation

A Thank You

5, Persuasive Speech

6, A Funeral

7, Hecklers

In a Nutshell

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Why a Book of Tips?

In writing this book of tips, I have had to overcome my own reluctance to write such a book. You see I don't believe that a book of tips is enough to make someone an effective speaker. Why try to remember a whole bunch of tips, when it would be more productive to learn to speak in public properly? I have always seen the tips approach a little like learning to drive by reading a book of tips.

I have been convinced by others, that many people do want and need tips, that help them through various situations. These can be heckling, animosity as participants do not want to attend your talk, they are forced by superiors to attend, jokes, keeping the audience attention, not dying of embarrassment when a projector fails. The list is endless.

To do something well it is necessary to learn the skills appropriate for the task. Undoubtedly, this is true; however, occasions do occur that require almost immediate action. In such circumstances, it is impossible  to go learn the skills required in such a short time.

By using a book of tips, some of the uncertainty can be removed from