An award winning author's tips on business networking and public speaking, presented in a unique, convenient, pocket sized format, measuring approximately 9x17cm (3½x7 inches).

This book will help you deliver effective business presentations.

It contains eight links to web-based audio and video resources, so you're getting much more than just a handy book, you're getting access to professional information that helps overcome public speaking phobia and answers the question, why is public speaking important?

The 64 pages lead with two chapters on networking, before moving on to public speaking. The main body of the book shows how to overcome the fear of public speaking and would be equally useful for sales presentation training as well as for making the five minute presentation to the weekly staff meeting. There is a chapter showing how to make a PowerPoint presentation with a link to the website containing an example of a good PowerPoint presentation. The closing chapters give more information on social networking sites and other internet resources.

The full table of contents is presented below, along with a description for each chapter:

1. Value networking and presenting: An introduction to networking and public speaking, illustrating the differences and similarities between the two.

2. Network with confidence: This chapter examines business networking in detail and provides public speaking tips that you could use at business networking lunches and other business networking events.

3. Define the purpose of your presentation: When designing audio visual presentations and thinking how to deliver effective business presentations, people often neglect the most basic requirement, which is to have a clear message of benefit to the audience.

4. Structure your message: The presentation tips in this chapter focus on structuring information for effective business presentations. The author provides a four stage structure suitable for use in all your business presentations, including those delivered at business to business networking events.

5. Make them sit up and take notice: The start of any public speaking performance is critical and this chapter tells you exactly how you should start your business presentation for maximum impact.

6. Put the power in PowerPoint: PowerPoint presentations are a vital part of every day business life and yet so many of them are crushingly boring. This chapter shows you how to make a PowerPoint presentation that will knock their socks off!

7. Look and feel confident: This chapter focuses on confidence and how to be confident. The key to confidence on stage lies in breathing and this chapter outlines a breathing exercise that you can use to increase your confidence.

8. Time your presentation perfectly: Over-running your public speaking engagement is poor practice and is sure to upset your audience. This chapter gives you tips for finishing on time and what to do if circumstances force a last minute change of plan.

9. Don't do it like this: A consolidated list of what not to do when it comes to public speaking.

10. Make the most of the internet: More information on business networking and social networking sites, such as LinkedIn and Twitter.

11. Find out more: Where to go for more tips on public speaking and business networking.

12. Competitive difference checklists: This chapter contains two checklists. One for business networking and one for public speaking, giving you easy access to all the contents on two pages in easy to read checklists.

Chris Davidson is a professional inspirational speaker, vocal expert and stage coach. He provides voice coaching and voice lessons to business people, giving them the skills to maximise their business networking and public speaking opportunities. In short, he helps them sell more.

Successful Speaking Secrets Quick Reference is a distillation of his earlier, award winning, mixed media box set, Successful Speaking Secrets, Volume Two.

Motivational speaking has been an important part of Chris's life for many years and he has been a full time, professional motivational speaker since 2002. His clients include such notable organisations as Ernst & Young, the Bank of England and Virgin, in addition to many medium sized enterprises and professional associations. He has established an excellent international reputation as an inspirational keynote speaker, particularly in continental Europe, where audiences enjoy hearing his inspirational words and attending his business networking and public speaking workshops.