The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking Book Review
This book has 14 chapters of examples and insight into public speeching.
The author, who taught public speaking at seminars for 40 years, has
learned alot and communicates his ideals well in written form. I really
envy those who had a chance to listen to his public speeches. That is
the weakest part of this book, which the author admits. It doesn't
matter how much you read about speaking, you have to go out and do it,
or you can't get better. "Imagine a hero with no name" who would
remember him? Well, if you want to use an example with people, give
them names, it makes it easier for your audience to relate to them.
This
is this book's strongest foundation, the colorful examples and the
author ability to relate to his readers through them. He quotes famous
people like Lincoln and Julius Ceaser repeatedly. He also cites more
ordinary people to show how real people have good insights into life.
Overall,
the examples and the organization are interesting and add to its
strength. "Quick" is a good book, a good "primer" for new speakers. I
don't think more experienced speakers will enjoy it as much, but there
is enough here to please most people who want to improve their speaking
skill, novice or expert.
Fundamentals of Effective Speaking
1. Acquiring the Basic Skills
- Take heart from the experience of others
- Keep your goal before you
- Predetermine your mind to success
- Seize every opportunity to practice
2. Developing Confidence
- Get the facts about fear of speaking in public
- Prepare in the proper way
- Predetermine your mind to success
- Act confident
3. Speaking Effectively the Quick and Easy Way
- Speaking about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study
- Be sure you are excited about your subject
- Be eager to share your talk with your listeners
Speech, Speaker, and Audience
4. Earning the Right to Talk
- Limit your subject
- Develop reserve power
- Fill your talk with illustrations and examples
- Use concrete, familiar words that create pictures
5. Vitalizing the Talk
- Choose subjects you are earnest about
- Relive the Feelings you have about your topic
- Act in earnest
6. Sharing the Talk with the Audience
- Talk in terms of your listeners' interests
- Give honest, sincere appreciation
- Identify yourself with the audience
- Make your audience a partner in your talk
- Play yourself down
The Purpose of Prepared and Impromptu Talks
7. Making the Short Talk to Get Action
- Give your example, an incident from your life
- State your point, what you want the audience to do
- Give the reason or benefit the audience may expect
8. Making the Talk to Inform
- Restrict your subject to fit the time at your disposal
- Arrange your ideas in sequence
- Enumerate your points as you make them
- Compare the strange with the familiar
- Use visual aids
9. Making the Talk to Convince
- Win confidence by deserving it
- Get a Yes-response
- Speakin with contagious enthusiasm
- Show respect and affection for your audience
- Begin in a friendly way
10. Making Impromptu Talks
- Practice impromptu speaking
- Be mentally ready to speak impromptu
- Get into an example immediately
- Speak with animation and force
- Use the principle of the Here and the Now
- Don't talk impromptu--Give an impromptu talk
Thanks
Vanga Srikanth
The
Quick and Easy Way To Effective Speaking is a summary of the book
written by Dorothy Carnegie and Dale Carnegie. It provides a great
format for improving public speaking and basic communication skills.
Carnegie perfects the art by proving that it is easy to speak in public,
providing you follow a few simple, but important rules.
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
The
Quick and Easy Way To Effective Speaking is a summary of the book
written by Dorothy Carnegie and Dale Carnegie. It provides a great
format for improving public speaking and basic communication skills.
Carnegie perfects the art by proving that it is easy to speak in public,
providing you follow a few simple, but important rules.
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
The
Quick and Easy Way To Effective Speaking is a summary of the book
written by Dorothy Carnegie and Dale Carnegie. It provides a great
format for improving public speaking and basic communication skills.
Carnegie perfects the art by proving that it is easy to speak in public,
providing you follow a few simple, but important rules.
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
The
Quick and Easy Way To Effective Speaking is a summary of the book
written by Dorothy Carnegie and Dale Carnegie. It provides a great
format for improving public speaking and basic communication skills.
Carnegie perfects the art by proving that it is easy to speak in public,
providing you follow a few simple, but important rules.
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
The
Quick and Easy Way To Effective Speaking is a summary of the book
written by Dorothy Carnegie and Dale Carnegie. It provides a great
format for improving public speaking and basic communication skills.
Carnegie perfects the art by proving that it is easy to speak in public,
providing you follow a few simple, but important rules.
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
The
Quick and Easy Way To Effective Speaking is a summary of the book
written by Dorothy Carnegie and Dale Carnegie. It provides a great
format for improving public speaking and basic communication skills.
Carnegie perfects the art by proving that it is easy to speak in public,
providing you follow a few simple, but important rules.
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
Carnegie illustrates the use of the basic rules by citing informative and relevant examples based on individuals’ ordinary experiences. The five step programme shows you how to be an effective speaker in your every day working environment, how to deal with the demands of winning others over to your point of view, to persuade and get action. It demonstrates how to exchange the usual fear of self-consciousness in to confidence.
Part one looks at the fundamentals of effective speaking and acquiring those basic skills. Carnegie suggests you take heart from the experiences of others, keep your goal before you, pre-determine your mind to success and ensure you seize every opportunity. In developing confidence, Carnegie states that you must first act confident and prepare in the proper way, but never prepare a scripted version of your talk. An important aspect is to speak about something you have earned the right to talk about through experience or study. I recall one of my earlier experiences with public speaking, whilst I was bumbling through my speech, it was only when I connected the content of my talk with something specific to me, that I was able to engage my listeners and really share something because I had earned the right to speak about it. It is very easy to slip into a mechanical way of exchanging information without truly connecting to one’s audience, whether on a one-to-one basis or in the presence of a greater audience, the principles remain the same.
Part two looks at the speech, speaker and audience, namely limiting the subject and developing reserve power. In particular the kinds of examples and illustrations that can add to an engaging speech, for example by using familiar words that create mental pictures.
Part three explores the purpose of prepared and impromptu talks, such as making the short talk to get action and giving the reason or benefit the audience may expect, making communication more powerful.
Part four deals with the art of communicating and the delivery of the talk, crashing through the shell of self–consciousness and how to converse with the audience. Finally part five looks at the challenges of effective speaking and applying what you have learned by using specific detail in everyday conversation.
In my experience this book is a light and effective tool for everyday communication in the business world. It is just as relevant today as it was then; the modern business world is constantly looking at ways to work faster and smarter, which means we have to adapt our thinking and communication in the same way.
- See more at: http://www.peninsulagrouplimited.com/blog/book-review-the-quick-and-easy-way-to-effective-speaking-by-dorothy-and-dale-carnegie/#sthash.hgTsSboy.dpuf
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