Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Presentations are required in a hugely diverse range of situations, and the ability to get your message across clearly, succinctly and without boring your audience, is vital. Most of us find speaking in public a daunting task, but The Complete Presentation Skills Handbook will ensure you are prepared for and confident about giving presentations.Covering all the questions you need to ask yourself, and giving you a checklist that enables you to tailor presentations to your particular circumstances, this book is an authoritative and straightforward guide to giving the right presentation to your audience. Making sure your presentation fits your audience means you can render your presentations short and effective, saving you and your audience both time and money.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. vii)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• 1 Why Give a Presentation At All? (p. 5)
• Are presentations worth the effort? (p. 5)
• Benefits of a successful presentation (p. 7)
• 2 Setting Expectations (p. 11)
• The delegate's kit (p. 12)
• Booking venues (p. 15)
• Greeting the delegates (p. 16)
• 3 Researching Your Audience (p. 20)
• 4 Audience Behaviours (p. 25)
• Learning preferences (p. 25)
• Aiming (p. 28)
• Encoding (p. 31)
• Transmission (p. 32)
• Receiving (p. 33)
• Decoding (p. 34)
• Responding (p. 34)
• 5 How People Remember, What They Forget (p. 38)
• The four stages of memory (p. 38)
• Associations and differences (p. 41)
• Numerical information (p. 43)
• Primacy and recency effect (p. 45)
• 6 Selecting Your Subject and Organizing Your Information (p. 47)
• Setting SMART objectives (p. 48)
• Organization methods (p. 51)
• 7 Writing the Script (p. 54)
• Structuring a script (p. 55)
• Scriptwriting rules (p. 58)
• Style and vocabulary (p. 60)
• 8 Visuals (p. 65)
• Brightness and afterimage (p. 65)
• Layout, templates and typefaces (p. 69)
• Using presentation software to the full: the power of hyperlinks (p. 70)
• How to prepare a hyperlinked show (p. 72)
• Adapting information for slide shows (p. 74)
• 9 Staging the Presentation (p. 76)
• Space (p. 76)
• The presentation area (p. 79)
• Lecterns (p. 80)
• Lighting (p. 80)
• Acoustics (p. 81)
• Optional extras (p. 81)
• 10 Voice and Performance Skills (p. 82)
• The voice itself (p. 86)
• Does my accent matter? (p. 96)
• 11 Nerves and Body Language (p. 98)
• Charisma, authority and influence (p. 100)
• Use of space (p. 101)
• Learning to observe (p. 101)
• Proxemics (p. 103)
• Displacement activities (p. 104)
• Creating rapport (p. 105)
• Spot the liar (p. 105)
• Putting body language together (p. 106)
• 12 Using Microphones and Autocues (p. 107)
• What you need to know before you use a microphone (p. 107)
• Types of microphone and how to use them (p. 109)
• Autocues (p. 111)
• 13 Rehearsals (p. 113)
• 14 Equipment and Visuals (p. 120)
• Clicker/Wireless Pocket Presenter/Presentation Remote (p. 120)
• USB flash drive (p. 121)
• Image banks (p. 121)
• Presentation checklist (p. 121)
• After the presentation (p. 124)
• 15 The Question-and-Answer Session (p. 126)
• Preparing for the question-and-answer session (p. 127)
• Types of questions to expect (p. 130)
• Tracking the question-and-answer session (p. 133)
• 16 Delivering the Presentation (p. 135)
• First impressions (p. 135)
• Credibility - what the audience believes (p. 135)
• The charisma recipe (p. 137)
• Starting with a bang (p. 138)
• Your final bow (p. 140)
• 17 Technical Presentations and Demonstrations (p. 141)
• Technical presentations (p. 141)
• Setting demonstration objectives (p. 144)
• Demonstrations (p. 147)
• The sales cycle (p. 151)
• 18 Controlling the Audience (p. 155)
• Handling interruptions (p. 157)
• 19 Handling the Media (p. 158)
• Just before an interview - taking control (p. 162)
• Preparing for an interview - the five-step preparation process (p. 163)
• Getting help before an interview (p. 163)
• The actual interview (p. 166)
• Handling discussions (p. 167)
• Other hints and tips (p. 169)
• 20 Training People to Give Presentations (p. 170)
• Training yourself (p. 170)
• Training others (p. 173)
• 21 The Role of the Master of Ceremonies (p. 177)
• The MC's duties before the presentation (p. 177)
• The opening welcome and introduction (p. 179)
• 22 Following Up the Presentation (p. 183)
• 23 Alternatives to Presentations (p. 186)
• Successful meetings (p. 186)
• Tasks necessary for any meetings (p. 187)
• Attendees' checklist for meetings (p. 190)
• Leader's checklist (p. 191)
• Attendees' personal checklist (p. 191)
• Organizer's checklist (p. 192)
• Teleconferencing and video conferencing (p. 192)
• 24 Handling Disasters (p. 194)
• Appendix Templates, Checklists and Reminders (p. 196)
• Master checklist (p. 196)
• Personal profile (p. 198)
• Self-assessment (p. 199)
• Feedback sheets (p. 200)
• Delegate kit (p. 204)
• Evaluation form (p. 205)
• Sample course questionnaire (p. 206)
• Rehearsal checklist (p. 207)
• Templates (p. 210)
• Hints and tips on preparing presentations (p. 217)
• Flip chart questions and answers (p. 219)
• Index (p. 221)