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Persuasive Presentations:

A Pocket Guide to Persuasive Presentations & Public speaking beyond Presentation Design. Public Speaking Playbook for the Exceptional Presenter.

Includes 300+ PPT Templates

Marc Roche

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Topics Covered in this guide:

How to give persuasive presentations, public speaking, presentation skills, presentation design and how to be an exceptional presenter.

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Contents

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Plato.

I could not possibly list all the people who have influenced me through their work, but I will try to mention a few of the ones who spring to mind in no particular order. These are my business heroes, and without their contribution through their work, I would never have been able to write this book.

If you have never read their books, and are interested in business and entrepreneurship, I implore you to go out, and buy them and read them over, and over again.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Pat Flynn

Dan Meredith

Timothy Ferriss

Dale Carnegie

Danny Rubin

Hassan Osman

Megan Sharma

William Strunk Jr.

Confidence can sometimes desert you when you really need it, but there isnt a single successful professional out there who doesnt have a few cringe-worthy stories about situations where confidence was non-existent and awkwardness took over. Were going to get right down to the core of what makes people confident in their communication and see how you can use the latest research to succeed. However, I want to stress that if youre anything like me, your lack of super-human confidence comes from a tendency to sit on the fence and not fully commit to the things youre doing. If this is true to any extent for you and you feel like its holding you back, then its time to change. Youre either ALL out, or youre ALL in and you go 1000% into whatever it is that youre doing or saying.

Communicating with confidence is a skill, which means that anyone can develop it. It just takes patience, thicker skin and a willingness to learn from mistakes. It comes down to practice, practice and more practice. No magic, no Ouija boards, and no praying to the sky. Just practice and willingness to not judge yourself, so that you can adapt and learn, the way mother nature intended you to. So get rid of all that bullshit that society has put on you, and go back to basics. Practice, make mistakes, adapt and learn, no judging.

Confidence, emotional intelligence (EQ) and empathy are all closely linked. Emotional intelligence is a trait, which hiring managers, business partners and colleagues value highly, and many successful individuals have it in abundance.

The more emotional intelligence you develop the more able youll be to prevent those confidence-sucking awkward situations from occurring. Picking-up on what people think is also a vital skill to have for self-reflection and self-guidance. This doesnt mean that you should worry about what people think, but the better you are at picking-up on peoples reactions to you, the better you can become at evaluating yourself from a neutral place.

Peoples reactions to you are valuable feedback that can help you correct mistakes before they cause any damage. Again, this is not to say that you should worry about what people think. There will always be people who like you and people who dont. Crowd pleasers are genuinely liked by few, and genuinely respected by even fewer.

There is some debate about what emotional intelligence should or should not include, but thats beyond the scope of this book, as I dont think its very helpful to sit around debating the semantics. For the purpose of this book, we will define emotional intelligence as your ability to perceive, assess and manage your and other peoples feelings appropriately in relation to yourself and the world around you in that moment.

Having a high degree of emotional intelligence will help you have more self-control in emotionally intense situations, and it will help you respond appropriately to your own and other feelings.

Its fair to say that most people are not true introverts or total extroverts, and that instead, they act differently according to how familiar they are with particular situations.

Whether youd class yourself as a true introvert or just someone who feels less confident when you find yourself in unfamiliar or uncomfortable social settings, the chances are you have a high level of ability when it comes to gauging what people are thinking or feeling. Ironically, its probably this fine-tuned, bad-ass Bruce Lee, APEX predator-like survival instinct thats holding you back. Let me elaborate

If you walk around full of self-confidence yet completely oblivious to what other people are thinking or feeling, it may give you the ability to talk to anyone and even to get along with most people on a superficial level. However, you lack an integral APEX predator survival skill, which is being able to read people and gauge social dangers. Without this instinct youre essentially at the bottom of the food chain so to speak.

If you have a highly effective instinct to warn you about potential dangers, your brain is doing its job, and you just need to interpret the message the way it was meant. Its a warning of a potential danger, almost like when youre driving a car and you see a curve ahead.

If we scratch a little deeper under the surface, introverts can have a highly fine-tuned sense of what people are thinking and feeling, which can lead them to being more sensitive and shying away from social situations in business and/or in everyday life.

Contrary to what people often believe, introverts often pick-up on communication signals much better than extroverts, and are better listeners and often rated more highly on their communication skills when they choose to interact.

Leave your ego and worries behind. Being defensive or timid because of pride or fear are two sure-fire ways to FAIL at interacting with people. The simple answer is that its about practice, practice and more practice. To improve the quality of your interactions you essentially just go out there and interact with people! You will make mistakes and you will learn from those mistakes. This will allow you to adjust and fine-tune your skills.

Successful people know a great deal about their field of expertise and their job, and the roles of those around them, but it has become clear that to truly succeed, you need more than just the standard intellect.

Emotional intelligence is central to helping you reach your goals and to achieving success, as it boosts your levels of morale, motivation and co-operation (Strickland, 2000).