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Speak from the Heart: Be Yourself and Get Results
In Speak from the Heart, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, newspaper columnist, and motivational speaker Steve Adubato reveals the secrets to being a great communicator -- with a program that will dramatically change the way you talk, listen, and connect with others.
Steve Adubato's life experiences, both professional and as a husband, son, brother, and father, have taught him invaluable lessons about the power of personal, sincere communication. In Speak from the Heart, he demonstrates that being a truly great communicator is not simply about being articulate or being a "good talker." It is not about fancy visuals and PowerPoint presentations, or hard-core sales pitches, or even who has the most facts, figures, and technical wizardry. What really counts is making an authentic connection with other people that comes not merely from the intellect but from the heart.
If you want to make a lasting impact, Dr. Adubato shows you how to engage people through empathy and understanding, how to be a great listener, and how to make an audience -- whether one, one hundred, or one thousand people -- care about you and your message. He helps you to rely less on written speeches, teleprompters, and index cards full of too much forgettable information, and learn, instead, how to tell a compelling story and create excitement and enthusiasm. You will learn, for example, how to:
Steve Adubato's life experiences, both professional and as a husband, son, brother, and father, have taught him invaluable lessons about the power of personal, sincere communication. In Speak from the Heart, he demonstrates that being a truly great communicator is not simply about being articulate or being a "good talker." It is not about fancy visuals and PowerPoint presentations, or hard-core sales pitches, or even who has the most facts, figures, and technical wizardry. What really counts is making an authentic connection with other people that comes not merely from the intellect but from the heart.
If you want to make a lasting impact, Dr. Adubato shows you how to engage people through empathy and understanding, how to be a great listener, and how to make an audience -- whether one, one hundred, or one thousand people -- care about you and your message. He helps you to rely less on written speeches, teleprompters, and index cards full of too much forgettable information, and learn, instead, how to tell a compelling story and create excitement and enthusiasm. You will learn, for example, how to:
304 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2002
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August 29, 2011
The inside jacket makes many promises, which is very enticing but the book ends up as just a list of general, sort of obvious tips interspersed with the author's personal anecdotes. Though the title is Speak From the Heart, there is a lot of advice about, well, seemingly not speaking from the heart, or shallowly speaking from the heart, if that's possible. There's much business advice if that's what you're looking for but I found it's really about how to talk to rich/well-to-do white people.
May 15, 2015
SO basic. Steer clear.
Lessons include: Brush your teeth. Make eye contact. Keep handshakes firm but not too firm. Say the person's name. Groan.
This may be useful to kids learning speech for the first time, but it seems to be written for adults.
Lessons include: Brush your teeth. Make eye contact. Keep handshakes firm but not too firm. Say the person's name. Groan.
This may be useful to kids learning speech for the first time, but it seems to be written for adults.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews