Speak Easy : the essential guide to speaking in public / Maggie Eyre   (428.41 E98S)

          Surveys show that for many people public speaking is the most frightening experience they will ever face.
           Thankfully for us, Maggie Eyre has had many years' experience as a media trainer, communications consultant and performer. In Speak Easy, she takes the reader through the complete process, from initial concept to final delivery.
Included in the book are chapters on:

• Body language
• Voice
• Health
• Warming up
• Managing your audience
• Fear
• Media skills
• Grooming
• Learning your lines

            The text is illustrated with many anecdotes and case studies based on Maggie's own work and experience, with useful tips and summaries, and includes a foreword is written by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke. Practical and authoritative, this is the ideal book for anyone facing a business presentation or an after-dinner speech.