The New Articulate Executive

By Granville Toogood. Does it sound pretentions that I read this?

I skimmed through it really. There is a large section on working with teleprompters and being infront of cameras that I just didn't need.

I will probably go over the rest of the book again. It has a lot of good information on how to talk. I say talk and not present because the book is kind of anti-presentation. Too often people deliver a presentation that doesn't involve the people who are listening.

When you speak...

• Get to the point. In fact, make your point first and not as the conclusion.
• Don't wing it. Prepare.
• People will judge you by poor grammer and spelling mistakes. They are not that hard to eliminate, so put some effort into it.
• If you talk for longer than 18 minutes, then people will loose interest.
• If you are using Powerpoint, then don't use word slides unless you really have to. Don't read from the Powerpoint.
• Start talking about the next slide before you present it. This will show that you are talking about something you know and not reacting to the Powerpoint.