Projecting Enthusiasm: The Key to Dynamic Presentations for Professionals
byRobert T. Tauber, PhD, is professor emeritus, Penn State Behrend, The Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA. He is the author of Classroom Management: Sound Theory and Effective Practice. He is well published with nine texts and numerous journal articles.
20190930
Praeger
| Pages | 218 |
| Topics | Audience;Business;Communication;Marketing;Practitioners;Presenting;Professional Development;Speech;Storytelling;Teaching;Theatre;Business: Business Communications;Business: Careers |
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Tauber, Robert. Projecting Enthusiasm: The Key to Dynamic Presentations for Professionals. Praeger, 2019. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440872631.
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Regardless of your profession as a teacher, doctor, writer, or business associate, every presentation is a performance. To know your material is important, but to project your enthusiasm for the subject is just as vital to engage your audience.
- Provides a chapter-by-chapter toolkit of performance skills that can be applied immediately
- Shares accessible, well-researched content written in a conversational style
- Demonstrates insightful parallels between acting and presenting
- Offers presentation inspiration using contemporary schools of thought
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Projecting Enthusiasm: The Key to Dynamic Presentations for Professionals
Author(s): Tauber, Robert;Contributors: Tauber, Robert;Abstract:Regardless of your profession as a teacher, doctor, writer, or business associate, every presentation is a performance. To know your material is important, but to project your enthusiasm for the subject is just as vital to engage your audience.
- Provides a chapter-by-chapter toolkit of performance skills that can be applied immediately
- Shares accessible, well-researched content written in a conversational style
- Demonstrates insightful parallels between acting and presenting
- Offers presentation inspiration using contemporary schools of thought
SortTitle: projecting enthusiasm: the key to dynamic presentations for professionalsAuthor Info:Robert T. TauberauthorRobert T. Tauber, PhD, is professor emeritus, Penn State Behrend, The Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA. He is the author of Classroom Management: Sound Theory and Effective Practice. He is well published with nine texts and numerous journal articles.
eISBN-13: 9781440872631Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440872631.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440872624Imprint: PraegerPages: 218Publication Date: 20190930Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Dedication v6
- Contents vii8
- Preface xv16
- Acknowledgments xix20
- Part I: The Key to Being a Dynamic Presenter: Feel It! Project It! 122
- Chapter 1: Pedagogical Training That Works! 324
- Chapter 2: To Present Is to Teach; To Teach Is to Present 728
- Chapter 3: The Case for Presentations, Lectures, Spiels, and Other Talks 1233
- Chapter 4: Enthusiasm: A Presentation Necessity 1839
- Introduction 1839
- Enthusiasm: A Presentation Necessity 1839
- Enthusiasm: Useful Synonyms 1940
- Enthusiasm: Its Relationship to Pedagogy 2041
- Wanted! More “Oomph" 2142
- It Can’t Be That Simple, Can It 2243
- Passion: “Let’s Kick It Up a Notch" 2243
- Enthusiasm: Can Too Much Be Too Much? 2344
- Presenter Evaluations 2445
- Enthusiasm and Subject-Matter Matrix 2546
- Summary 2647
- Chapter 5: Parallel between Acting, Teaching, and Presenting 2748
- Chapter 6: Educational Foundations: Presenters as Actors 3354
- Part II: Enthusiasm-Generating Skills! 4162
- Introduction 4162
- Might as Well Be Hanged for a Sheep as for a Lamb 4263
- Yul Brynner: Row G, Seat 6 4263
- Chapter 7: A Craftsperson’s Toolbox 4364
- Introduction 4364
- Tools for Boosting Presenter Enthusiasm 4465
- Creating Your Teacher- or Presenter-Self 4465
- A Craftsperson’s Toolbox 4566
- A Craftsperson’s Knowledge 4667
- A Craftsperson’s Top-Tray Delivery Tools 4667
- A Craftsperson’s Other Delivery Tools 4768
- Enthusiasm Rating Chart 4869
- Summary 4970
- Chapter 8: Animation in Body: A “Top-Tray” Tool 5071
- Chapter 9: Animation in Voice: A “Top-Tray” Tool 6687
- Chapter 10: Humor: A “Top-Tray” Tool 79100
- Introduction 79100
- Is Humor Too “Mickey Mouse 80101
- Competent and Confident 80101
- Benefits of Humor 81102
- Humor: Its Impact on Audiences 83104
- Categories of Humor 84105
- Self-Deprecating Humor 86107
- Lettermen’s Top Ten Reasons 87108
- Brainstorm Humorous Sentence Endings 88109
- Humor in Patients’ Hospital Charts 88109
- What You Say May Not Be What They Hear 89110
- Cartoons: A Safe First Step into Humor 90111
- Using Humor: A Gaggle of Ideas 92113
- Possible Unexpected Benefits of Humor 93114
- Summary 94115
- Chapter 11: Suspense, Surprise, and Storytelling 96117
- Chapter 12: Role-Playing 111132
- Introduction 111132
- Dr. Eakin: Great Scientists Speak 111132
- Playing a Role 113134
- Creating a Character 114135
- Dead Poets Society 114135
- Meeting of Minds 115136
- The Role-Play Process 116137
- Skinner versus Rogers 118139
- The Actual Debate 118139
- Storytelling: Here It Is Again 120141
- Mime 121142
- Summary 121142
- Chapter 13: Use of Props 122143
- Introduction 122143
- Picture Props 123144
- Sound Props 124145
- Music, Movies, and Television Props 124145
- Alex Trebek’s Jeopardy! 125146
- “Imagine”: A John Lennon Prop 126147
- “The Raven”: Edgar Allan Poe Prop 128149
- Spandex Reveals All 129150
- Presenter Props 130151
- Puppets as Props 131152
- Selected Medical Props 132153
- Using the Audience as Props 133154
- Prop Box 134155
- Guidelines for Using Props 135156
- Technology Props Invade 136157
- Power Point 137158
- Notes as Props 137158
- Summary 138159
- Chapter 14: Space Utilization 139160
- Chapter 15: Creative Entrances and Exits 147168
- Introduction 147168
- Entrances and Exits 148169
- Using “Hooks 148169
- Using Law Quotations as “Hooks 149170
- Ethics of Playing Musical Chairs 149170
- Physical Entrances 150171
- Verbal Entrances 151172
- Musical Entrances 153174
- Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 154175
- What’s in a Name or Title? 155176
- Crafting a Title 157178
- For the Love of Three 158179
- Entrance Rituals 158179
- Entrance Pageantry 159180
- A Presenter’s Marquee 160181
- Ending on a High Note 160181
- Stage Fright 161182
- Showtime 163184
- Summary 164185
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