A handbook that promotes the art of good speaking, Pocket Guide to Technical Presentations provides basic guidelines that foster confidence. Up-to-date information in a simple, straightforward format-you will learn to speak competently, overcome anxiety, analyze the audience, research a topic, and to organize, illustrate, and deliver a professional-level talk. After a comprehensive and interesting overview about public speaking and technical presentations, this convenient pocket guide covers audience analysis, coping with anxiety, presentation organization, illustrating the presentation, graphics, delivery, evaluation, and adapting to different situations. Because of its convenient size, ease of use, and informative appendix, this guide is invaluable to those who need to present information from all walks of life: from students to trainer-facilitators to CEOs.
This Value Pack consists of Writing Proposals, 2/e Johnson/Sheehan (ISBN: 9780205583140); Pocket Guide top Technical Presentations and Professional Speaking, 1/e by Zwickel/Pfeiffer (ISBN: 9780131529625)
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This book provides brief guidelines and models for 16 different documents - from letters and memos to proposals and many types of reports.
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This is the process taught in most engineering survey courses: understand the problem, collect relevant information, generate alternative solutions, choose a preferred solution, refine the chosen solution, and so on.
The second part of external organization is the body of the speech. ... of these three main ideas would represent major headings in your outline under which you would develop arguments to support TO PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS your claims.
Twenty-first century engineers and technical professionals must master making the complex simple and the simple interesting. This book helps engineers do what they love most: take a complicated system and create a stronger solution.
This second edition contains new material on interactive training and questioning skills. It also includes extensive revisions and coverage of electronic presentations. Packed with tips, ideas, and examples, this book...
Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.