Speak with Impact, Allison Shapira
Speak with Impact, Allison Shapira
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Speak with Impact
How to Command the Room and Influence Others

Author: Allison Shapira

Narrator: Allison Shapira

Unabridged: 2 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: AMACOM

Published: 10/16/2018


Synopsis

When you know what to say and how to say it, people listen. Find your powerful voice, and step into leadership. Speak with impact. Every day, you have an opportunity to use your voice to have a positive impact -- at work or in your community. You can inspire and persuade your audience -- or you can distract and put them to sleep.Presentation styles where leaders are nervous, ramble, and robotic can ruin a talk on even the most critical topics. As your performances become weak, your career prosects start to dim. To get ahead and make an impact, you need to deliver well-crafted messages with confidence and authenticity. You must?sound?as capable as you are.Public speaking is a skill, not a talent. With the right guidance, anyone can be a powerful speaker. Written by former opera singer turned CEO and TEDx speaker Allison Shapira, Speak with Impact unravels the mysteries of commanding attention in any setting, professional or personal.Whether it’s speaking up at a meeting, presenting to clients, or talking to large groups, this book’s easy-to-use frameworks, examples and exercises will help you:Engage your audience through storytelling and humor Use breathing techniques to overcome stage fright Strengthen and project your voice by banishing filler words/uptalk Use effective body language and build your executive presence Compose a clear message and deliver confident, authentic presentations Learn to conquer fear, capture attention, motivate action, and take charge of your career with?Speak with Impact.

About Allison Shapira

Allison M. Shapira(Washington, DC) is founder and CEO of Global Public Speaking LLC. She teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School and offers keynote speeches, workshops, and executive coaching for Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofits around the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ell on September 16, 2018

As a 5’3” (barely) woman with a naturally quiet voice I have had to learn to command attention. It is never given freely to me. I have written my fair share of speeches and talking points for others during my career and one thing I know to be true is no matter how eloquent or succinct one’s words ar......more

Goodreads review by Craig on August 27, 2024

The skills to speak well can be practiced and made better. There are tried and true methods for gaining confidence, influencing others and developing an executive presence. The case for getting there is concisely made and effectively spelled out in the 2018 book Speak with 'Impact: How to Command th......more

Goodreads review by Avi on September 27, 2023

My boss recommended this book. Since I'm giving a big speech in a week, I thought I ought to check it out. I'm glad I did! Speak with Impact is the best book I've read on presenting so far. I found her three questions, for example, especially helpful to clarify my speech: 1) Who is your audience, 2)......more

Goodreads review by Horia on June 08, 2023

Extraordinary book. With lots of practical advice. I Highly recommend it to anyone that's involved in talking to groups of people. Be it in office, publicly, in communities, or events, or conferences, or teaching, or whatever involves a room that is focusing its attention on the speaker. I'm doing a l......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on September 23, 2024

Great book filled with a ton of information about speaking in multiple settings. This will be a book to keep as reference to turn back to to help you before any speech. Allison has summarizes chapters for a quick review. She also has laid the book out to make it easy to following or jump around diff......more