The Choreography of Presenting: The 7 Essential Abilities of Effective Presenters

Master the right moves for high-impact presentations!

Like a great dance partner, an excellent presenter leads others with ease and confidence. By showing how verbal and nonverbal communication shapes every aspect of a successful presentation, this engaging book helps educators develop their skills for polished public speaking. Appropriate for all experience levels, this resource:

• Guides educators in developing the seven attributes of effective presentation
• Enables speakers to establish rapport and trust with an audience
• Shows how to smoothly overcome common presentation challenges
• Includes practice exercises in every chapter, focusing on body language, voice tone, and other aspects of communication

Author: Kendall V. Zoller, Claudette Landry
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 01/12/2010
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781412976923


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 262

About the Author
Landry, Claudette: - Claudette Landry is the principal of an elementary school in Davis, California. She has taught all grades, from kindergarten to eighth grade, and has worked extensively with teachers in implementing effective instructional strategies and in developing collaborative communities that maximize learning and human development. She has been a leader in professional and organizational development for the past 20 years, offering workshops, trainings, and presentations at the school, district, and national levels. Claudette has facilitated dialogues and discussions with groups from many different industries and fields to generate common understandings and to develop go-ahead strategies for overcoming challenges. She keeps teams task focused and goal oriented by further developing group members' communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.Zoller, Kendall V.: - Kendall Zoller is president of Sierra Training Associates and provides professional learning seminars and keynotes on facilitation and presentation skills and leadership to schools, districts, universities, state agencies, and corporations throughout North America. His international research focuses on identifying nonverbal patterns in the learning environment and their influences on thinking, memory, and learning. In 2007 he introduced Nonverbal Communicative Intelligence as a framework to explain the cognitive, neurological, physiological, behavioral, and social foundations of nonverbal communication.

He has extensive experience presenting to and coaching a diverse range of audiences, including sales teams, senior managers, university faculty and staff, law enforcement leaders, administrators, and teachers. He is a contributing author to Robert Garmston's Presenter's Field Guide and is a Cohort I Fellow and mentor to the National Academy for Science and Mathematics Education Leadership.