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For nearlt two decades the private coach for top executives at Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Yahoo!, Intuit, and hundreds of other companies, Jerry Weissman, is now available to share his battle-tested techniques of presentation skills with large audiences.

His keynote speeches are professional, interactive and immensely useful for every type of business. Audiences will leave his keynote with the techniques they need to win over their audiences.

You can choose any of these keynote speeches.

How to Handle Tough Questions

Before you can think of answering a tough question, you must be certain of the key issue. If not, you will be accused of not listening, one of the universal problems in human communcations. In this keynote speech, Jerry Weissman shows your audience the fine art of active listening, one of the many techniques in his book In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions...When it Counts and its companion DVD In the Line of Fire: An Interactive Guide to Handling Tough Questions.

Active listening includes:

1. How to identify the Key Issue
2. Sub-vocalization
3. Visual Listening
4. What to do if You Don't Understand the Question

This keynote speech includes interactive exercises with the audience. It also includes illustrative video clips drawn from the Power Presentations Program and the DVD, In the Line of Fire: An Interactive Guide to Handling Tough Questions

The Art of Telling Your Story.

Every presentation has one goal: persuasion. Whether standing before a large audience or giving an informal pitch, telling your story is the most important aspect of a presentation. Jerry Weissman’s battle-tested techniques are at the core of his bestselling book Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story.

In this keynote speech, Jerry presents the main techniques from his book with examples from his world-famous client base. The program includes an audience participation exercise in how capture any audience with a strong opening sequence.

The Complete Power Presentation

There are five essential factors necessary for every presentatuion:

1. Story Development
2. Graphics Design
3. Delivery Skills
4. Tools of the presentation trade
5. Questions and Answers

In this keynote speech, Jerry Weissman presents selected techniques to help your audience learn about each of the factors. This speech is illustrated with examples from his world-famous client base, as well as video clips of noted public speakers.  

Book Jerry Weissman to speak at your event

Contact: Tom von Metzger, 805-569-0654

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