Life Is a Series of Presentations

Every time you speak — whether it's on the phone, face-to-face, or from behind a podium — you're making a presentation. Your ability to connect with other people and effectively communicate your message is the most important factor in your lifelong success.

Known as the business world's premier presentation coach, Tony Jeary has trained executives at more than 500 world-class organizations in the art of effective, winning presentations. Now he brings those same techniques and strategies to you. Jeary's easy-to-follow tips will help you gain confidence, improve self-esteem, enhance credibility, and maximize respect. Imagine having a greater ability to INFORM, INSPIRE, and INFLUENCE anyone, anytime and anywhere.

• Introduction
  Live and Learn…and Share It All
• PART I: WHY IT WORKS: UNDERSTANDING BEFORE ACTION
• CHAPTER 1: What Bill Clinton Has That Gary Condit Doesn't
  The Difference between a Good Presenter and a Poor One
• CHAPTER 2: Listen Up!
  What the Psychology of Compliance Says about How We Persuade People
• CHAPTER 3: Did You Say Something?
  The Importance of Sensory Acuity
• CHAPTER 4: A Miss Is as Good as a Mile
  The Impact of Mastery and How to Define Your Presentation Universe
• PART II: HOW IT WORKS: EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESSFUL INTERACTION
• CHAPTER 5: Essential #1: Know Thy Audience
  To Exceed Expectations, You Must Understand Personality Types, Character Identities, and How to Uncover Them
• CHAPTER 6: Essential #2: Explain "Why" Before Planning How
  The No. 1 Question Most Presenters Forget to Ask Themselves
• CHAPTER 7: Essential #3: Conquer the Sum of All Fears
  To Overcome Anxiety, Successful Presenters Eliminate "Unknowns" by Turning Them into "Knowns"
• CHAPTER 8: Essential #4: Arm Yourself
  Successful Presenters Do Research to Load and Organize Their Presentation Arsenals
• CHAPTER 9: Essential #5: Build Bridges
  Successful Presenters Prepare Their Audience
• CHAPTER 10: Essential #6: Feel Good, Do Well
  Manage Mental States — Yours and Your Audience's
• CHAPTER 11: Essential #7: Room to Breathe
  Involve Your Audience for Maximum Buy-In
• CHAPTER 12: Essential #8: Flex for Success
  Tailor the Presentation to Keep Your Audience Focused
• PART III: MAKING IT WORK: PRESENTATIONS IN YOUR LIFE
• CHAPTER 13: On YourMark and Get Set
  Assessing Presentation Effectiveness and Changing Your Habits

The title made me buy this book, which just goes to show how gullible I am.

This is a book written by some ghost-authors and labelled with the main authors name on top, to make it a selling tool for him and his company. It is shockful with statements on how successful he is and how important he is and how expensive his stuff is (aka, bigger or more expensive: the American definition of Quality :-) ). Also, it is not very coherent, but some borrowed theories are thrown in here and there, like Steve Covey's and NLP (and others…)

If you miss this book, you haven't missed much, but you may have saved a few bucks and some hours of reading drivel.