Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story

by Gail Larsen

Book Overview

You can change the world--one audience at a time

Today's challenging times call for passionate visionaries who are authentic and articulate communicators. Speaking coach and consultant Gail Larsen presents a proven program that liberates the speaker within and transforms even the reluctant orator into an agent of change.

While most books on public speaking focus on polishing your presentation and overcoming fear, Larsen's holistic blend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587613425
• ISBN13: 9781587613425
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

How to speak publicly with heart, mind, and soul while empowering yourself in the process!

I have been speaking publicly for 17 years and am an active member of Toastmasters. Although I am not a beginner, I feel like I've just started on a most exciting public speaking journey since reading 'Transformational Speaking'. Gail Larsen shows us how to transform through our speaking, and in the process, be transformed ourselves. Ms Larsen shows us how to connect with our deepest self, our deepest message, and share ourselves in a way that benefits, no, 'transforms' others. No matter what business we are in, Gail Larsen teaches us how to be a transformational speaker while speaking to the audiences we are meant to serve. I love this book and am grateful for the wisdom I found in its pages.

A book on transformational speaking that will transform YOU!

I LOVED loved loved this book! Unlike other books on speaking that focus on the mechanics (and, really, if you're a public speaker, shouldn't you already know not to say "ummm"?) of speaking, this book focuses on how to use speaking as a powerful tool to get your unique message out to the world to help transform others. And that is truly exciting! Gail Larsen believes quite firmly that we all have our own particular message to bring to the world, and to speak effectively, we need to tap into and deliver that message. What's especially clever about the book is that it will help create the very transformation in its readers that it wants readers to create in others....it will help a reader find his or her own message, which really seems to be another way of helping the reader find his or her own life's mission. Once you're speaking from your heart, with sincerity and passion, the mechanics will come. Yes, Larsen gives some valuable advice in that regard, too, but this book is truly above and beyond a mere book on how to speak...it's really more of a matter of finding out WHY you want to speak first. It's a must-read for anyone who wants to change the world one speech at a time.

Public Speaking as a Spiritual Path

Transformational Speaking presents a spiritual path in a how-to book - what a rare find! It's beautifully written, passionate, and totally authentic. Gail is someone you WANT to learn from, and has so much to share. Her teaching is filled with depth and presence, and makes you realize that a podium is a meditation cushion in disguise. And vice versa, too. Become a better speaker, Gail's way, and you're bound to find more than a little enlightenment along the way.

Inspiring with practical steps to achieve

Gail's book is inspirational. She gives you tips that show you how to be the kind of speaker you like to hear. It takes courage to show up real and share your own wisdom; Gail helps you find that courage and wisdom and then how to share it in a winning way. Great book. Anyone who is a speaker or wants to become a great speaker should read her book.

Truly Valuable Public Speaking Advice for Change Agents

Reading Transformation Speaking, I was astonished to learn that even though I was an experienced speaker I had been largely suppressing my core emotional message, or the most passionate and authentic part of myself with the highest potential to move others. Transformational Speaking has given me the confidence to dare to allow all of my humanness to come through when I address an audience, and to speak from the truth of my own story. When I finished the book, I couldn't wait for the next speaking opportunity to step into my power and potential as a change agent. I also especially enjoyed perusing the book's long list of `Qualities of A Great Speaker', as well as the 266 `Voices' one might express, which helped me to get clear on exactly who I most want to be when speaking. Highly recommended reading for anyone wanting to have an impact through public speaking. It will teach you the importance of transforming your relationship with yourself so you can become a truly transformational speaker--something missing from all other public speaking programs I have experienced. Bravo! Camilla Rees Wide Angle Health, LLC