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ISBN-10: 0-471-32159-1
ISBN-13: 9780471321590
Publisher: Wiley
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Year: April 26, 1999
Edition: 1
Size: 15.24 x 22.86 x 1.78cm
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 363gr
Binding: Paperback
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»Lilyan Wilder has trained more broadcasters, politicians, and business executives than anybody.« – Charles Osgood, Anchor, CBS News Sunday Morning.
When people say they'd rather die than address an audience, they're not kidding. Fear of public speaking has even topped death in some surveys. But now top communications consultant Lilyan Wilder offers some sound advice on how to overcome the crippling inhibition of public speaking. Her clients have included media icons Oprah Winfrey and Charlie Rose, former President George Bush, John Sculley, and Katharine Graham. 7 Steps to Fearless Speaking will teach you how to cope with the panic, avoidance, and trauma of speaking as you give the gift of your conviction and experience your voice for the first time.
»Lilyan Wilder is the industry's undisputed grand dame of broadcast coaching.« —The New York Times.
»Lilyan Wilder understands how to make the essential connection between a speaker and an audience. In this book, she tells you how to do it as she has told so well to so many famous communicators.« —Charlie Rose.
»7 Steps to Fearless Speaking has helped me to speak with persuasion and conviction … Follow Wilder's sage counsel, and you'll find your public speaking much improved and more rewarding.« —Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO, Bell Atlantic.
»Lilyan Wilder is simply the best. I continue to use many of her exercises on a daily basis. They're wonderful.« —Dr. Bob Arnot, Chief Medical Correspondent, NBC News.
»Lilyan Wilder is simply awesome, personally and professionally.« —Maria Shriver, Correspondent, NBC News.
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Yes, the 7 steps can teach people in all types of careers and lifestyles to improve their oral communications skills but some of her methods are a bit »out there«. For example: learning to focus on your voice as an instrument. The CD includes examples and anecdotes from Wilder's own work, and a number of exercises to help the reader implement the ideas set forth. If you're looking to overcome your fear of public speaking, join Toastmasters and skip this CD.
Lilyan, please just stick to talk about public speaking! Do you know Dalai lama was the biggest slave owner in the modern human history? Under his ruling, the average life expectancy of the Tibetans are only about 30. And now, it becomes about 70 something. Dalai lama was not driven out of Tibet-he failed in a military coup and he escaped after being released by the Chinese government. And do you know Dalai lama himself is an active suppressor of religion freedom?[ … ] Please don't be so arrogant and point your fingers to other people as if you know everything. Things are a lot more complicated than you think. Every Chinese know why American government wants to support Dalai lama in demonizing the Chinese government. Smart American people know it is just another strategic plan to contain China rather than a moral campaign. So you are either brain-washed or you volunteer to be part of the containment effort (by the way, this effort is highly immoral- to make Tibet to regress back to the integration of religion and politics, which you people have abandoned a long time ago). Please just stick to public speaking techniques.
As part of my Lotusphere preparation, I've been reading 7 Steps To Fearless Speaking by Lilyan Wilder. She's a communication consultant who has coached a number of broadcast correspondents. In this book, she outlines seven steps to take in order to become a more effective public speaker. The seven steps are: Experience Your Voice; Get A Response And Structure Your Thoughts; Establish A Dialogue; Tap Your Creativity; Learn To Persuade; Achieve Your Higher Objective; and Give The Gift Of Your Conviction.
It's not a »short-cut« or »quick fix« book, in that she has exercises that you need to work through to get the most benefit from the program. However, if you're willing to work at it and follow the path she lays out, you will emerge as a more confident and composed speaker when you find yourself called upon to speak in front of a group.
The first few tracks of the audio CD does an excellent job of identifying all of the fears of public speaking, HOWEVER the majority of advice given in this book is theoretical. The book goes into stating the individual step (the theorectical help) then gives pseudo-testimonials of how her steps have been implemented by former students towards giving a great speech. There are seven primary steps, followed by several sub-steps. As you attempt to follow along you begin to forget what step you are on. I felt that the organization of the book was not effective and the advice given was based on theory. When it came down to it, there were only a few practical steps on getting over the fear. This book would be the equivalent to a book on Getting Rich which states »make wise investments that will only double your money« but neglecting to spell out what type of investments to make. I would not recommend this book as a way to overcome the fear of public speaking. Just my $0.02.
I purchased this book expecting a book that would ease my anxiety of public speaking, and Ms Wilder certainly »claims« in her introduction that this book is to help you become less fearful, but the tips actually are for speakers who are ALREADY fearless but just need to improve their speech skills: For example: Get immediate response from audience. You know, the last thing I want to do in a presentation is further prolong it by asking what they think of it. My plain goal, Ms Wilder, is just to complete a mediocre if dull presentation WITHOUT anxiety, not get responses from my audience and so forth. I can hardly find any good books on stage fright. They either don't help at all or are off the subject.
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