USEFUL BOOKS FOR SPEAKERS
We frequently get asked about books for would-be after dinner speakers; advice on how to make after dinner or motivational speeches or how to improve your public speaking technique. Here is a selection of some of the best including after dinner jokes, anecdotes and stories and books on motivational speeches. If you are interested in making an after-dinner speech, try some of these books. If you want to book a speaker, click on the categories at the foot of the page.
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Just Say a Few Words by Bob
Monkhouse.
If you need to make an after dinner speech - or any other speech for that matter - this book is a lifesaver. A
much-missed master of the art gives a brilliant insight on what you need to do.
Lots of useful tips and jokes for speakers at any level. Please click here for Just Say a Few Words....
Passing Time in the Loo - Volume One
A great book for speakers or would-be speakers. Unputdownable!
'There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke'. You might recognise that as a quote from Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower, but who said 'The role of a mother is to deliver children obstetrically once and by car forever after' or 'Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit'?*You might find answers to those in a dictionary of quotations, but what if somebody asked you over dinner about some of the most famous books in history, which you just never got around to reading ... Paradise Lost, Lord of the Flies, To Kill a Mockingbird, Faust, Macbeth or even 1984? Would you admit total ignorance or would you try to bluff your way through?
Now you don't have to do either. A must-have book called Passing Time In The Loo gives you all this information and plenty more besides. As well as including two-page summaries of these works and more than 115 others, it has brief biographies of religious and political leaders, business gurus, scientists, healers, artists and explorers. There is also a Word Power section designed to expand anybody's vocabulary and many witty and wise anecdotes that will amuse and educate at the same time.
Designed so the reader can dip in and out at whim, picking up easily-absorbed snippets of information without ever feeling bogged down with too much data, Passing Time In The Loo [of course, it can be read anywhere-not only in the loo] also includes sections on health and fitness, personal effectiveness and even foreign words and phrases.
The only question is- 'Will you have time to read it ALL in the loo?'
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After Dinner Speeches, Toasts and Stories: How to Prepare and Deliver Them by John Bolton.
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That's Funny : A Compendium of over 1,000 Great Jokes from Today's Hottest Comedians- by Michael Cader
A compendium of thousands of jokes from popular comedians and comics, including Tim Allen, Brett Butler, Jeff Foxworthy, Roseanne, Paul Reiser, and Steve Martin.
A Feast of After Dinner Jokes - Bill Stott
Jokes and anecdotes together with cartoons by Bill Stott.
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Janner's Complete Speechmaker by Greville
Janner.
A sixth edition of Greville Janner's guide to speechmaking, which provides advice on preparation, delivery, handling an audience, chairing a meeting, and introducing new speakers, as well as a selection of model speeches and anecdotal stories.
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Did I Ever Tell You About the Time...by Grady Jim Robinson.
How to develop and deliver a speech using stories that get your message across. Today's audiences expect to be entertained as well as informed, and speakers are expected to be able to present information in a dynamic and appealing way. In this book, the author explores the untapped power of the story, and reveals his personal trade secrets as a master storyteller. Please click here for details of this book....
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Public Speaking by Laurie
Rozakis..
Reveals the insider secrets of motivational speakers such as Harvey MacKay and John Gray, explaining how anyone can apply the same techniques. The guide focuses on four areas: the path to becoming a great speaker; methods that motivate; messages that motivate; and the person behind the persona. Please click here to discover more about this book....
Secrets of Superstar Speakers by Lilly Walters.
Reveals the insider secrets of motivational speakers such as Harvey MacKay and John Gray, explaining how anyone can apply the same techniques. The guide focuses on four areas: the path to becoming a great speaker; methods that motivate; messages that motivate; and the person behind the persona.
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Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins.
The author offers advice on such matters as mastering emotions, overcoming debilitating habits such as over-eating, drinking and drug abuse, unleashing the hidden power of body and mind, improving personal and professional relationships, and taking control of personal finances.
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Motivating Your Audience: Speaking to the Heart (Part of the Essence of Public Speaking Series) -Hanoch McCarty
The distillation of many years' speaking experience, this book gives you a very clear picture of how to do a motivational speech or keynote address.
It offers fantastic advice on crafting and delivering motivational speeches that connect with audiences and explains how to uncover and tap into the audience's existing motivation
Please click here to find out more on Motivating Your Audience.
Take Yourself to the Top : The Secrets of America's #1 Career Coach
- Laura Berman-Fortgang.
A recent trend in personal development is life coaching: it's somewhere between having a personal trainer and a therapist, someone to check up on you and make sure you are doing what you need to do to achieve your personal and professional goals. Life coaches focus on the future not the past, they look at obstacles to success and fulfilment not to open them up for introspection but to overcome them and achieve goals. In this guide the author acts as the reader's own personal life coach. She shares her secrets for getting out of a rut, learning how to go beyond "just getting by" and taking charge. This book is for those ready to make the leap to the next level of success.
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Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement by Aubrey C. Daniels .
Effective management of personnel leads to outstanding individual performances that, in turn, leads to great organizational performance. This text tells how to initiate organizational change so that employees will increase their efforts, their creativity, their co-operation and quality of work.
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