Speech Development

In a business world where we are told that time is money, the real currency is communicating clearly at a poised and measured pace. Better Business Speech: Techniques, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work by Paul Geiger focuses on the challenges of being a strong communicator in a range of business settings. It begins with the basic premise that all speaking for business is public speaking. Therefore, these are the communication scenarios where any lack of confidence in speech ability will be magnified.

Hard Talk reacquaints us with the social power of speech while affirming the humane value of listening. Cole also reflects on the neuroscientific advances we’ve made in understanding barriers to speech and how we might reduce them.

You are on a mission for your team, you along only in a supporting role. Suddenly the team member who is supposed to give the key presentation is in an accident and can't make it in time. Your team leader gives you the job of preparing the speech and delivering it the next day. There is a problem, you haven't given a speech in years. You have to prepare and deliver it from scratch.

The essential guide for helping children with language and listening problems. Does your child have trouble getting the right words out, following directions, or being understood? In this revised edition of Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems, speech-language pathologist Patricia Hamaguchi - who has been helping children overcome problems like these for more than 30 years - answers your questions to help you determine what's best for your child.

Wondering when to expect baby's first word? Want to get your toddler talking? Worried your child is not speaking as clearly as his peers? When it comes to language acquisition, all parents have questions, and Time to Talk has the answers.

Dem erfahrenen Pädagogen Udo Baer gelingt es, die Verhaltensweisen und Äußerungsformen von Kindern aller Altersstufen aus ihrer Perspektive zu entschlüsseln und den unbewussten Sinn darin deutlich zu machen. Die »Weisheit der Kinder« zeigt sich überall, wenn Eltern und Erzieher sie richtig zu deuten wissen und sensibel darauf eingehen.

Vous perdez facilement votre voix, vous êtes à bout de souffle, vous stressez facilement devant un auditoire ? Voici un programme de travail quotidien, facile à suivre, qui vous permettra d'utiliser votre voix sans la fatiguer. Vous pourrez travailler la respiration, le souffle, le rythme et la chaleur de votre voix. Des conseils et une banque d'exercices qui vous amuseront et que vous pourrez faire et refaire chez vous, au travail ou en automobile.

Steuererklärung, Unkraut jäten, den Keller aufräumen: Die meisten Menschen schieben unliebsame Aufgaben gerne auf. So fehlt uns dann häufig auch der innere Antrieb für die Dinge, die wir gerne machen und die unser Leben bereichern. Wie schaffen wir das, was wir müssen und gewinnen Zeit für das, was wir wirklich wollen? Trainerin, Coachin und Bestsellerautorin Nicole Staudinger verrät uns: wie wir die Dinge auf unserer "Ich muss"-Liste entspannt und motiviert erledigen, wie wir herausfinden, was wir auf unsere "Ich will"-Liste setzen, und wie wir beides aus Überzeugung und mit Freude tun.

Exposes how companies like Visa, Chase, PayPal, Bank of America, and Mastercard use their power to silence dissenting voices and hurt democracy through the practice of financial censorship Civil liberties activist Rainey Reitman introduces readers to the concept of “financial censorship”—a...

With a foreword by Napoleon's grandson, Dr. J.B. Hill, and introductory comments by Don Green, Director of The Napoleon Hill Foundation, and personal letters from family members and Senator Jennings Randolph, this fascinating exploration of the speeches given by the pioneer of the personal development movement is packed with a wealth of information. It is a revealing look at one man's quest for understanding why some men succeed, why others do not, and what makes success something that can be replicated.

Public speaking is a process of telling stories to get a message across - if we think of it this way, then we only need to work on getting better at telling stories. We tell stories every day. We tell them to our friends, to our families, to our colleagues. We even tell them to strangers on the plane. If we learn to share our stories well, then people will have a positive association. As salespeople, we can link stories to our key points.

Award Winning Humorist, Speaker and Corporate Trainer Peter Fogel assembles the "Dream Team" of Top Speakers from around the United States and Abroad and pulls back the curtain on their inside tips, tricks and tactics to building a successful speaking career, creating products, getting over your fear of public speaking, how to add humor to your presentation and much more. Rock, solid, content that paves the way for your own success whether you are speaking for fun or profit (hopefully both).

In 2013, following nine years of teaching in Istanbul after having received speech therapy at The City Literary Institute in London, writer, artist and lecturer Sean Bw Parker gave a TED talk titled Stammering and Creativity at TEDxModa. To speak or not to speak? Whether in English teaching, giving a public talk or anywhere else in society, people who stammer face unique challenges compared to the 99% speech-typical.

A neurobiologist reexamines the personal nature of perception in this groundbreaking guide to a new model for our senses. We think of perception as a passive, mechanical process, as if our eyes are cameras and our ears microphones. But as neurobiologist Susan R. Barry argues, perception is a...

Kazhdyj iz nas popadaet v takie situacii, kogda nuzhno proiznesti ubeditel'nuju i razvernutuju rech' - na jekzamene, na delovoj vstreche ili v druzheskoj kompanii. Jeta kniga pomozhet nauchit'sja dostojno vyhodit' iz polozhenija, ved' ona rasskazyvaet o tehnike rechi. Slushateli uznajut, kak postavit' dyhanie i golos, vyrabotat' horoshuju dikciju i pravil'noe proiznoshenie, a takzhe mnogoe drugoe. V zakljuchenii takzhe dajutsja uprazhne-nija, kotorye pomogut golos rech' bolee zvuchnym i krasivym.

Der Wunsch, sich geborgen zu fühlen, gehört zu den wichtigsten Gefühlen in unsicheren Zeiten. Einfühlsam zeigen die erfahrenen Therapeuten Udo Baer und Gabriele Frick-Baer Wege zu mehr innerer Geborgenheit auf – ob allein, zu zweit oder auch im Alter. Schutz und Wärme, Zugehörigkeit und Vertrauen sind unverzichtbar für gelingendes Leben – das beschreiben die Autoren anhand von vielen wahren Geschichten aus ihrer therapeutischen Praxis. Und auch, wie das Fehlen von "Geborgenheit" krank machen kann.

We need to keep in mind the fact that we are never creating a generic speech. Instead, we're creating a specific speech for a specific audience. What this means is that we need to customize our speech to our audience. Our ultimate goal is to be able to create a speech that is so good that we are able to cast a spell over our audience.

Man muss nicht allein sein, um sich einsam zu fühlen. Man kann zu zweit oder bei Freunden sein, mitten in einer Menschenmenge stehen und sich trotzdem einsam und innerlich leer fühlen. Es gibt viele Arten von Einsamkeit – und es gibt viele Wege hinaus. Die Autoren beschreiben fünf unterschiedliche Facetten des Einsamkeitsgefühls und weisen auf mögliche Ursachen hin. Aus ihrer therapeutischen Arbeit heraus zeigen sie, was gegen Einsamkeit hilft und zurück in ein Leben führt, das einen authentischen Austausch mit anderen bietet. "Erwarten Sie von uns keine einfachen Rezepte.

Finally, a comprehensive resource to help you master speaking techniques and more. Learn from the world’s legendary professional speakers as they teach you how to tell your story, deliver a public speech, combat stage fright, control non-verbals, and persuade an audience. Even with the most difficult speaking subjects, learn how to use humor, quotes, and statistics to highlight a point.

For speakers who want to make their presentations more impressive than the tens of thousands of speeches delivered (and immediately forgotten) every day, The How of WOW offers a refreshing antidote to the usual formulas. The How of WOW offers hundreds of practical tips, techniques, and illuminating examples to help speakers at every stage of the speech process, from considering an invitation to speak to making sure that the message is remembered even after the speech is over.