Speak Easy: The Essential Guide to Speaking in Public - Paperback

by Maggie Eyre (Author)

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 languageVoiceHealthWarming upManaging your audienceFearMedia skillsGroomingLearning your linesThe 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

Author Biography

Maggie Eyre is an internationally recognized expert in personal presence and leadership motivation, with over 30 years' experience in business, public relations and performance. She has trained many senior business executives, public figures and academics to harness their maximum potential and shine with authentic voice and action, and her career is focused on showing clients how to think and act as a personal brand. Her previous book, 'Speak Easy: The essential guide to speaking in public' (Exisle Publishing) is sold around the world.

Helen Clark is the former New Zealand Prime Minister, now Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme.