Presentations: Proven Techniques for Creating Presentations That Get Results (Adams Critical Skills for Your Business)

The ability to communicate your ideas to others -- to make your pitch, sell your product, convince others of your point of view -- is one of the most important skills you can have in today's business world.

Presentations offers an easy-to-read, easy-to-apply introduction to making presentations -- ranging from sales pitches to motivational speeches to dealing with the media -- that can help you present like a pro. It offers thorough coverage of the basics of developing and delivering presentations that work. Presentations shows you how to define your audience, pick visual aids or handouts that will get your message across, research your topic, rehearse and prepare your presentation, improvise and respond to interruptions. It also includes dozens of innovative, proven methods that will make your presentations both memorable and ef