As Ty Boyd stated in his book The Million Dollar Toolbox: A Blueprint for Transforming Your Life & Your Career with Powerful Communication Skills,
"communication is a skill worth millions of dollars"
The focus is on how to open your toolbox to connect with audiences of all sizes, manage fear of presenting, how to survive hostile audiences, and how to tap into energy and passion in ways that can change your world. But to expand your knowledge and learn a bit more about some other presentation and communication tips, we’ve researched and listed some of the top effective communication books out there.
It's reported the number one fear among American adults is public speaking. But in today's competitive business world, effective communication is a crucial skill, and the cost of being less than effective is quite high. From the White House to boardrooms worldwide, Tim Koegel has strengthened presentations, media relations and communications skills of CEOs and world leaders alike with his renowned coaching abilities. His book, The Exceptional Presenter, lays out his techniques in a format perfectly suited to today's busy world.
Another one from Tim Koegel, The Exceptional Presenter Goes Virtual: Take Command of Your Message, Create an “In-Person” Experience, and Captivate Any Remote Audience, goes beyond the in-person presentation. This is a critical tool for any professional who needs to deliver effective, engaging presentations at a distance. It covers all types of virtual, online, or distance presentations. It includes conference calls, webinars, virtual meetings, video blogs, sales calls, speeches, interviews, negotiations, this book covers it all, offering practical tips, tricks, worksheets, and checklists for overcoming the hurdles to engagement that occur when you aren't in the same room with your audience. This is the first of its kind on the national market. Every day, more and more professionals are required to present to distant audiences - to save money, to save travel time and costs, and to connect with new customers and colleagues. No other book on the market offers business people the tools they need to approach these presentations with confidence. It is written by a presentation guru at the forefront of online engagement. Through his work with such companies as Cisco Systems, a leader in virtual technology, and Forbes Online, the leader of online content delivery, Timothy Koegel has garnered unique insights into what it takes to deliver persuasive, compelling presentations at a distance.
Communication Skills: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Social Intelligence, Presentation, Persuasion and Public Speaking (Positive Psychology Coaching Series Book) (Volume 9) by Ian Tuhovsky addresses the lack of communication skills in most people's lives. If you don’t know how to communicate properly, you will have problems both in your intimate and family relationships. You are going to be ineffective in work and business situations for it's going to be troublesome managing employees or getting what you want from your boss or your clients on a daily basis. Overall, effective communication is like an engine oil which makes your life run smoothly, getting you wherever you want to be. There are very few areas in life in which you can succeed in the long run without this crucial skill.
To bring the tips and advice from the books on effective communication into influencing others and decision making, we’ve provided one more that is slightly outside of the communication focus. Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say "yes"—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly acclaimed book.
Presenting and communications skills are invaluable assets that help you make it or break it in the business world and within your family and social circles. Mastering your communication skills is the first step to being successful in all areas of your life and there is no shortage of information out there to help you. Take control of your fear of communicating and never stop improving!
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