How to Give a Speech: Second Expanded Edition

Easy-to-Learn Skills for Successful Presentations, Speeches, Pitches, Lectures, and More!

Your speaking abilities are key to your personal and professional success. Simply put, if you’re a confident communicator who can speak passionately about your ideas, you’ll be seen as a natural leader. This book gives you all the skills you need to understand audiences, enjoy public speaking more, and speak at your very best in any situation.

You’ll learn actor and speech coach Gary Genard’s powerful, easy-to-learn system of dynamic public speaking, The Genard Method. Professionals worldwide have used these theater-based techniques to succeed in speeches, presentations, sales pitches, meetings, lectures, and interpersonal communication. Discover the step-by-step method for reducing stage fright, organizing a presentation, engaging audiences, and speaking like a pro.

How to Give a Speech will help you:

• Reduce your nerves and boost your confidence

• Improve your rapport with listeners

• Create strong content aligned with your purpose

• Use storytelling to engage and persuade

• Develop compelling openings and closings

• Employ emotion to move audiences

• Improve your body language and voice

• Handle resistance and think on your feet

• Speak with poise and eloquence

• Master the art of stage presence

This expanded edition of Dr. Genard’s classic handbook includes new material on body language, breathing techniques, presentation technology, acting and speech performance, and the future of public speaking. More than ever, it’s the guidebook of great speaking for beginners, experienced speakers, and everyone in between.