The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course

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This new and important addition to McGraw-Hill's acclaimed 36-Hour Series will help you develop the kind of strong, accomplished business presentation skills that you need in today's highly competitive business climate. In just 36 hours of convenient, self-paced study, you'll learn to gain visibility for yourself and your ideas through powerful presentations, designed to command listeners' attention and influence their thinking. Presentation expert, educator, and author Lani Arredondo shows you how to master all the elements that make the difference between a run-of-the-mill presentation and a memorable one...including defining your objectives; understanding - and interacting with - your audience; structuring your presentation effectively, and making points convincingly; using imaginative language, humor, and story-telling devices to add impact and variety; projecting yourself with confidence from the platform; handling questions and disruptions with ease; and much more! Comprehension checkups, including chapter-end self-tests (with answers), are integrated throughout. At the end of the book, there's a Final Exam that you can take. Send in your answers, and if you get 70 percent or more correct, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement - proof that you are now ready to put your skills into practice in your business career!