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Secrets of Communication Skills from a TED Talks Star"A must-read from the master of communication, Julian Treasure." --Michael Charnley-Heaton, Founder & CEO, Radioworks
2019 Audie Award Winner for Best Audio Book in Business and Personal Development
HuffPost 20 Best Business Books of 2017
Winner of the Best Voiceover-Audiobook Narration at the 2018 Voice Arts Awards
Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Renowned five-time TED Talks speaker and author Julian Treasure reveals how to speak so that people listen-and how to listen so that people feel heard.
Develop effective communication skills. As this leading sound expert demonstrates via interviews with world-class speakers, professional performers and CEOs atop their field, the secret to how to be heard lies in developing simple habits that can transform your communication skills, the quality of your relationships and your impact in the world.
Effective speaking, listening, and understanding skills. How to be Heard includes never-before-seen exercises to develop your communication skills that are as effective at home as in the boardroom or conference call. Julian Treasure offers an inspiring vision for a world of effective speaking, listening and understanding.
Read How to be Heard and discover:
How to make sound work for you
Why listening matters
The four cornerstones of powerful speaking and listening
How to avoid the seven deadly sins of speaking and listening
How to listen and why we don't
The power of your vocal toolbox and tricks of great speakers
Exercises and methods to achieve clarity, precision, and impact
How to deliver a great talk
If you have read books like Talk Like TED; Simply Said; 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work--Anywhere; or Just Listen; you will want to read Julian Treasure's How to be Heard.
Contents
The Outline
• Sound affects us all: how to make it work for you and improve your
wellbeing, effectiveness and happiness. Why listening maSers. How listening
and speaking affect one another (we always speak into a listening).
• The seven deadly sins of speaking and listening, and how to avoid them; the
four cornerstones of powerful speaking and listening (HAIL).
• How to listen and why we don't. Your listening filters, and how to use them.
Five simple exercises to achieve conscious listening. Tips from great listeners.
Inner listening.
• Your voice: the instrument we all play, and how to play it beautifully. The
power of your vocal toolbox and how to build your speaking power; tricks of
great speakers; simple exercises and prac>ces to develop your voice.
• Saying what you mean: how to plan and structure content so you always hit
the bullseye. Clean language. Secrets of rhetoric; great speeches unpacked; exercises and methods to achieve clarity,
precision and impact. Five danger words to avoid.
• Stagecraft: how to deliver a great talk. Practice, preparation, tools and aids,
common mistakes and how to avoid them, stage presence - how to act and
talk like a top professional speaker and win over any audience. The five most
common errors and how to avoid them.
