Your Public Best: The Complete Guide to Making Successful Public Appearances

by Lillian Brown, Edwin Newman

As you rise to shake hands with an interviewer, approach a podium, or greet an audience from a television set, you are being judged based on your appearance. These few seconds can mean the difference between making a vital connection with a person or audience and losing a job, viewers, or the respect you deserve. In this no-nonsense, definitive sourcebook, Lillian Brown, the expert’s expert, distills over forty years of “insider” experience as a consultant for countless familiar faces, including Diane Sawyer, Dan Rather, and six U.S. presidents beginning with John F. Kennedy, to help you at any stage of your career and life with personal appearance, voice improvement, public speaking, handling the media, and appearing on television. Plus, she answers the most frequently asked questions,

Genres: Reference, Business

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1989

Reviews

[David Gray · Rating 2 out of 5]

Since I've been doing TV interviews lately I thought I should read up on how to give better interviews. This book was probably very useful when it was written, but it is serioulsy out-of-date today. The internet did not exist when this was written and though it claims to have been "updated" it refers to HDTV as something "that will be coming in the 90's"! The examples of on-air personalities and events are from the early days of TV to the 1980's at the latest. Even advice on men having haircuts that don't expose the ears as they can be "distracting" feels very 1980's.

The only reason I gave the book 2 starts instead of one is that some of the specific advice is still relevant... just not much of it. There are certianly more useful and timley books available.

[Rachael · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great how-to before appearing in a public setting