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Effective Communication
Success at work isn't just about working harder. It means thinking and working smarter. The Self-Development for Success series helps you quickly improve basic but crucial professional skills--and ensure your ongoing career success. These brief, visually attractive, interactive books let you assess your current strengths, target weak areas, and build your knowledge and skills. You get an entire skills-training workshop--complete with charts, checklists, exercises, and questionnaires. With Effective Communication, you'll learn how * Improve your communication skills using a simple, effective program * Get your message across to your boss, your team, and your peers * Make written communications--reports, letters, memos--work for you * Learn not only how to communicate your ideas to others, but also how to get them to communicate effectively with you. Other titles in the Effective Delegation Effective Interviews Perfect Presentations Selection Interviewing Stress Management Telephone Techniques Time Management
95 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1999
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April 26, 200710 Worst Tips to Give Someone
Who Has To Speak In Public
Making a speech or preparing a presentation for the first time? Well-intentioned but misguided "experts" are quick to offer "advice" that may ruin your chances of success. Careful study of this revealing article will keep you on track.
By Alan Matthews
1. Learn the speech by heart or read it from a script.
This is meant to be a way of making sure you don't forget what you're going to say. Instead, it's usually a way of making sure you don't connect with your audience.
Most people who use a script end up reading it out and, unless you're a professional actor or a very experienced speaker, this will come across as unnatural and stilted and it will stop you looking at your audience.
If you try to memorise a script, you may find you are under even more pressure to remember what you want to say because, if you go off the script, there's no way back.
It's better to prepare some notes which can be a guide should you need one. By the time you've prepared the speech, you will know the main areas you want to cover.
Put these down as headings on paper or cards in LARGE PRINT so you can see them when you're standing up. You may then only need a couple of key words to add to these to remind you of the main points you want to make in each area.
If you need more than this, you may be trying to cover too much information. You may also think of a couple of really good ways of saying something, or a good story to use to illustrate a point. Jot these down so you don't forget.
Who Has To Speak In Public
Making a speech or preparing a presentation for the first time? Well-intentioned but misguided "experts" are quick to offer "advice" that may ruin your chances of success. Careful study of this revealing article will keep you on track.
By Alan Matthews
1. Learn the speech by heart or read it from a script.
This is meant to be a way of making sure you don't forget what you're going to say. Instead, it's usually a way of making sure you don't connect with your audience.
Most people who use a script end up reading it out and, unless you're a professional actor or a very experienced speaker, this will come across as unnatural and stilted and it will stop you looking at your audience.
If you try to memorise a script, you may find you are under even more pressure to remember what you want to say because, if you go off the script, there's no way back.
It's better to prepare some notes which can be a guide should you need one. By the time you've prepared the speech, you will know the main areas you want to cover.
Put these down as headings on paper or cards in LARGE PRINT so you can see them when you're standing up. You may then only need a couple of key words to add to these to remind you of the main points you want to make in each area.
If you need more than this, you may be trying to cover too much information. You may also think of a couple of really good ways of saying something, or a good story to use to illustrate a point. Jot these down so you don't forget.
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