MIAMI, Dec. 4, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imagine yourself standing at the podium, looking over the audience. Every seat is taken and all eyes are fixed on you. You open your mouth to speak but nothing comes out. You feel panicked, faint, and drenched in cold sweat. You have no thought as fear grips you. Your mind is completely blank. Have you ever had a similar experience like this? Are you scared to death of speaking in public? Banish your fear and develop your public speaking skills as author Ronnie K. Boodoosingh shares 101 rules of public speaking through his book, I Stood Before The Audience and My Mind Went Blank...
We speak in public almost every day. We make presentations. We talk, chat, lecture, ask questions and make requests of others. Speaking happens everywhere. There are those who are good speakers but once faced with the audience, their minds go blank. So how does one avoid this dilemma? How can one improve one's public speaking skills? The solution lies in adopting a structured approach to public speaking and I Stood Before The Audience and My Mind Went Blank... shows you how.
This book contains 101 rules that will help you get better at speaking in public. Presented in a simple and easy to read style, the author has tried to pull together in one place, simple propositions to polish your public speaking. These are the rules of the subject. These rules have been marshaled from his own public speaking and research, but also from listening to people speak and analyzing their effectiveness, reflecting on how to be creative in public speaking, and training law students to speak in the courtroom and in public.
I Stood Before The Audience and My Mind Went Blank... is for anyone who has to speak and needs ideas on how to do it. Read the rules, master them and follow them. If you use even some of these rules, you will refine your public speaking: you will outdo most of the people who speak to you. Have confidence that you can become an expert public speaker if you follow these rules.
About the Author
The author is the Director of the Trial Advocacy Programme at Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad & Tobago. He teaches lawyers and law students in the Commonwealth Caribbean how to speak in public and in the courtroom. He has also written the books, The Complete Advocate and Advocacy in Point Form.
I Stood Before The Audience and My Mind Went Blank... * by Ronnie K.
Boodoosingh
101 Rules of Public Speaking
Publication Date: June 18, 2008
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