- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > 英文書
- > Business / Economics
Full Description
Master the mindsets and practices of the world's best public speakers
A team of veteran communication and speaking coaches delivers a groundbreaking new framework to becoming a great communicator. Thanks to the authors' decades of experience, readers will discover the six essential threshold concepts needed to give talks like the best TED speakers and Fortune 500 leaders.
Their practical and accessible approach will help you establish powerful habits in your speaking practice. You'll understand what's preventing you from being influential and persuasive, and build a new foundation toward being a highly effective communicator.
This trailblazing book goes beyond cliches like "overcome your fear" and obvious advice like "don't read your speech." It dives deep into the transformative, integrative, and challenging ideas that will enable you to level up your speaking.
Included here are:
Deep explanations of what it takes to become an effective communicator
Insights into the dispositions, behaviors, and skills that great speakers consistently demonstrate and how to develop them in yourself
Expert guidance on how to use the latest technologies to augment your public speaking development
A comprehensive framework for learning public speaking, The Motivated Speaker is the perfect resource for working professionals and leaders who want to learn to speak persuasively, confidently, clearly, and compellingly.
Contents
The Spark 1
About Us 8
The Threshold Concepts for Public Speaking 10
Principle 1 Speaking Is Habitual 11
Know What You Did to Be an Effective Communicator (Then Make It Your Habit) 15
Your Changing Audience Requires Continuous Learning (and New Habits) 20
Habits → Trust = Confidence 23
Principle 2 Speaking Is Messy 33
Effective Public Speaking Starts With Organizing the Mess 35
There Are Multiple Starting Points and Structures 38
Working on a Talk Takes Many Iterations 42
Writing and Speaking Are Different Messes 45
The Messiest of Them All: Speaking Always Has a Time Limit 48
Speaking Requires Adaptability to Drive Through the Mess of Actually Speaking 51
Principle 3 Speaking Is Social 65
Speaking Moves an Audience Toward a Goal 68
Communicating Verbally Is Inherently Risky 72
Words Fade 77
On Silence 80
Listen While Speaking 82
Principle 4 Speaking Contains Multiple Genres 89
A Genre Has Multiple Parts and Norms 90
A New Genre Will Require Study and Iteration 94
Genre Rules Can Be Broken 97
Principle 5 Speaking Is Embodied 103
You Must Decide to Stop Talking About the Talk and Deliver It 108
Narrative Transitions Usually Only Happen When the Talk Is Delivered 112
Performances Aren't Just for Theater 113
Dress Rehearsals Are the Final Inning of Embodiment 117
Principle 6 Successful Speaking Requires Feedback 125
Useful Feedback Aligns the Goal of the Speaker with the Perspective of the Audience 128
You Are Your Best Source of Feedback (Really) 134
The Timing and Format of Feedback Matters 138
Environments Must Be Safe for Feedback 141
Threshold Concepts Summary and Integrations 149
Your Speaking Toolkit 159
Advanced Skills 177
Technology and Speaking 179
Speaking Personas 189
Conclusion: On Practicing 199
You're a Motivated Speaker Now What? 203
Our (Speaking) Origin Stories 205
For More Study 213
TED Talks 215
Notes 217
Acknowledgments 223
About the Authors 227
Index 231
