Wake 'em Up!

by Tom Antion

Book Overview

How to use humor and other professional techniques to create alarmingly good business presentations. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0926395165
• ISBN13: 9780926395169
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Anchor Publishing (MD)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Useful

An excellent book full of immediately useful tips to turn any business presentation into an interesting presention. Trying to put to death the idea that if the presentation isn't boring no one will take it seriously. Tom shows readers that even important topics can benefit by interesting presentations. A must for every business library!

Audiences Love Humor

This book will not help you tell jokes. It describes how to make your presentations more entertaining. Tom Antion's secrets on room setup and how to open a speech are worth more than the price of the book. Whether you are speaking to a large group or to a small sales meeting, the tips in this book will help you get your point across. For coverage, click on Table of Contents in the left-hand column of this page.Tom Antion is a marketing genius who teaches speakers how to speak and how to sell themselves. A gifted professional speaker, he shares his years of experience in these pages. As a professional speaker and the author of 113 books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I highly recommend this book to anyone who has to get their point across to groups. DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com.

A 'must read' for anyone who speaks before audiences.

Wow! Tom Antion did it. "Wake 'em Up! is a masterpiece. This is a 'must read' for anyone who speaks before an audience, regardless of the size. His tips will both keep you out of trouble and guide you toward mastering the art of public persuasion. Be careful, if you do what he suggests, you might start getting 'too many' speaking invitations. -Edwin Richard Rigsbee, Professional Speaker

A treat for Any one Who Presents

This book is brimming with insights on to be effective in front of a group. The author draws upon his own experience as well as that of others to offers concrete advice. Well worht the time and the money, even if you only give a handful of presentations a year.

Wow!! I loved this book. So clear and useful!!! :) :)

"Wake 'em up" was a fantastic book on speaking and humor. I teach speaking classes at two community colleges as well as offering workshops on speaking to corporate, non-profits, and educational organizations. I have many books on speaking. There are none better than this one.I highly recommend this book to anyone who speaks, including teadchers at all levels. The book is well organized and so easy to follow. Tom Antion has utilized his background to provide a magnificant resource to those who speak and also write.Don't miss reading this wonderful book.