Speaking with Confidence

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Does the thought of delivering a presentation make your heart skip a beat? Do your pitches fall flat no matter how much preparation you put in? Are you often comparing yourself to more eloquent speakers and wondering how they capture the room? At some point in our careers we will need to speak in front of an audience; whether to present our ideas to a group of five in a meeting, pitch for investment in front of a panel or deliver a keynote speech to one thousand delegates. Yet glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, is incredibly common and can inhibit our chances of career progression by up to 15%. In Speaking with Confidence, Expert and managing director of Speakers' Corner Nick Gold, shows how anyone can learn to be a confident public speaker and use their surroundings to give them the support and structure they need to achieve maximum impact and success from their speech. His decades of experience coaching and producing some of the best speakers in the country have been condensed here into one expert guide to help you connect with your audience every time. Introduction 1. Show and Tell 2. What’s Your Brand? 3. What’s Your Message? 4. Telling Stories 5. Understanding the Audience 6. Be at One with the Environment 7. On the Day 8. Delivering the Speech 9. Turning the Speech into a Conversation 10. After-effects: Delivering a Lasting Impact 11. From Competent Speaker to Professional Speaker 12. Speaking in a Digital World Afterword Acknowledgements Appendix: Advice from Leading Speakers Index