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Summary: Fear begone!
Review: Shed the "shakes" of speaking in public forever with Lee Glickstein's "Be Heard Now!" A powerful look at becoming a powerful, self-actualized professional speaker. Lee share's incredible insight. A must read for all speakers! I love this book!
Rating:
Summary: Fear begone!
Review: Shed the "shakes" of speaking in public forever with Lee Glickstein's "Be Heard Now!" A powerful look at becoming a powerful, self-actualized professional speaker. Lee share's incredible insight. A must read for all speakers! I love this book!
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Summary: The seminars may be helpful; the book is not
Review: You'll note the favorable reviews all came from people who have attended the group sessions described in the book. Basically, the author founded these groups, called Speaking Circles, to help people overcome their fear of public speaking. At a Speaking Circle, you are allowed to speak in front of people who are specifically forbidden to give you any negative feedback. According to Speaking Circle rules, they must say only positive things, and their comments must pertain to you personally, rather than the content of your talk. In other words, if you're the speaker, you get nothing but comments such as, "Your description of how you overcame diabetes was very moving," etc. The author contends---and it may well be true---that once you realize no one is going to say anything negative about your talk (because they're not allowed to), you will relax and be able to become a more fluent and effective speaker. He further maintains that once you achieve this comfort level within your Speaking Circle, you will automatically be able to transfer it to ANY group setting---whether it be a job interview, business presentation, State of the Union address, etc.I strongly question this premise, but am willing to concede that it may work for people who attend the groups. However, it does not work if you just read the book, which consists of a lot of touchy-feely material that may be appropriate for people preparing inspirational speeches, but is worthless for those making business presentations or operating outside the realm of group therapy. If you want to buy this in conjunction with a seminar you're attending, fine. If you're just looking for information in book form, save your money.
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