The Presenter's Fieldbook: A Practical Guide

by Robert J. Garmston

This guidebook is ideal for all of us who have ever had to stand up in front of a group and make a presentation novices and experts alike! This book is a practical, hands-on resource full of ideas and success-proven strategies that not only put you at ease when you're the focus of everyone's attention, but actually help you improve the effectiveness of your presentations.

Genres: Education, Business

248 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

Robert J. Garmston is an educator, author, and cognitive theorist. He is Professor Emeritus, School of Education, at California State University, Sacramento.

Reviews

[Stuart Macalpine]

An utterly brilliant book about presenting for adult learning - best I have ever read. There are some silly bits about prejudice which show a persistent myopia about cultural assumptions, even whilst the author is explaining we should be sensitive to them. But outside of this it is an absolutely fantastic book that builds upon the foundations of cognitive coaching and neurolinguistic programming to explore the ways in which presenters can support participants in accessing rich transformative ways of thinking. Some of it is a little dated but the fundamental principles are excellent. The section on non-verbal communication and the use of space re-caps understandings from existing works such as “Hearing gestures”, but is nonetheless excellent for that. A crazy-good book for leaders and influencers.

[Chris]

Good tips on presenting techniques.