{"product_id":"9781781331033","title":"Hook Your Audience: Anecdotes, Quips and Quotations for Business Speakers","description":"Presentations can be dull, boring and the phrase \"death by PowerPoint\" has entered the language; but they are usually important.\u003cp\u003eIt is worth taking steps to enliven them. This book shows how some light touches and a little humour can enliven your presentations, meetings and training sessions. You can use the power of apt quotations, anecdotes and stories to make your message more striking, memorable, effective - and entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book Patrick Forsyth, a well-known speaker, trainer and writer (and the author of several books on the techniques of making effective presentations) explains how to inject such enlivening elements and uses a wide range of examples to show how it can be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is practical and addresses an important and useful issue - but it may also make you smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Forsyth is a consultant, trainer and writer and the author of many successful business book. One reviewer said of his writing: Patrick has a lucid and elegant style of writing which allows him to present information in a way that is organised, focused and easy to apply (Professional Marketing).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rethink Press Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064908923120,"sku":"9781781331033","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781331033_p0.jpg?v=1763715242","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781331033","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}