How to own the room : women and the art of brilliant speaking /
Women and the art of brilliant speaking.
Viv Groskop.
- vi, 233 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents note continued: ch. 10 Be More You: The Trouble with Nerves, Reading Your Speech Like Mr Bean, and the Women Drummers -- The dos and don'ts of owning the room -- Cheat sheet: once you are in the room -- FAQs -- A guide to creating speaking opportunities -- Further reading.
Most books about public speaking don't tell you what to do when you open your mouth and nothing comes out. And they don't tell you how to get over the anxiety about performance that most people naturally have. They don't tell you what to do in the moments when you are made, as a woman, to feel small. They don't tell you how to own the room. This book does. From the way Michelle Obama projects 'happy high status', and the power of J.K.Rowling's understated speaking style, to Virginia Woolf's leisurely pacing and Oprah Winfrey's mastery of inner conviction, what is it that our heroines do to make us sit up and listen really listen to their every word? And how can you achieve that impact in your own life? Here's how.