Mastering Presentations: Be the Undisputed Expert When You Deliver Presentations (Even if You Feel Like You're Going to Throw Up) -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Why This Book Was Written -- Chapter 1: The Presenter Who Speaks with Poise and Confidence Is Always Seen as the Expert -- You are the Expert -- Chapter 2: A Simple Way to Design Presentations in 15 Minutes or Less -- Create a Concise Presentation Based on the Needs/Wants of the Audience -- Make Your Bullets Complete Statements -- Avoid Asking Questions in Your Bullets -- Prove to the Audience that Your Bullet Points are True -- Once You Have a Good Outline, Use Stories to Prove Your Points -- Chapter 3: Add Tremendous Impact to Your Presentations and Become the "Go-To" Expert -- Impact Idea #1: Stories and Examples are Your Ace in the Hole -- Impact Idea #2: Audience Participation Gains Consensus -- Impact Idea #3: Analogies Make Complex Ideas Easy to Understand -- Impact Idea #4: Anecdotes-A Fun Way to Add Humor and Rapport -- Second-Person Story Anecdotes -- Impact Idea #5: Demonstrations -- Impact Idea #6: Quote Another Expert to Increase Your Credibility -- Impact Idea #7: Showmanship Adds Drama and Energy to the Presentation -- Impact Idea #8: A Sample Will Give the Audience Something Tangible to Refer to -- Impact Idea #9: Name Drop -- Impact Idea #10: Any Visual Aid that is not a Powerpoint Slide -- Use at Least one Impact Idea for Each Bullet -- Chapter 4: Putting Your Dynamic Presentation Together and Delivering It without Any Notes -- What Happens When You Don't Have Control Over the Content? -- Break Up the Big Presentation into Multiple Presentations -- Insert a Short Break -- Give Printed Material for all of the Content But Deliver Only a Few of the Points -- Deliver Every Point, But Reinforce a Few of the Points Separately.

Chapter 5: PowerPoint Mistakes That Will Kill Your Chances of Doing Well and How to Avoid Them -- Mistake #1: Treating Powerpoint as the Presentation and not a Visual Aid -- Mistake #2: Using Too Many Powerpoint Slides -- Mistake #3: Including Too Much Content (Too Many Bullets, Charts, and Graphs) -- Mistake #4: Using Too Much (Frivolous) Animation -- Mistake #5: Including Too Many Busy Charts -- Mistake #6: Improperly Using Pictures -- Mistake #7: Not Practicing Your Presentation with the Slide Show -- Mistake #8: Sitting Down to Deliver Your Presentation -- Mistake #9: Read . . . Click . . . Read . . . Click . . . -- Mistake #10: Letting Someone Else Design Your Slide Show -- More Powerpoint Tips are Available Online -- Chapter 6: Speaking Venues That Can Generate More Clients and Credibility -- Social Clubs, Chambers of Commerce, Libraries, and Recreation Centers -- Lunch-N-Learns for Specific Companies/Groups -- Teleseminars and Webinars -- Association Meetings -- Trade Shows -- Marketing Seminars by Reservation -- Paid Public Seminars -- Paid Consulting Meetings -- Radio and TV Shows -- Joint Venture Seminars -- Chapter 7: How to Make Millions of Dollars Using Presentation Skills on YouTube and Podcasting Websites -- Give Information Away to Attract a Funnel of New Customers -- Charge a Fee for Your Expertise -- Use a Podcast to Generate New Customers and Revenue -- Chapter 8: If You Want Big Contracts, Get Really Good at Short List Presentations -- Dig Your Well Before You are Thirsty -- Show Clients How You Can Help Them Get What They Really Want -- Show the Committee That You are a Team -- Use Showmanship to Make You and Your Team Memorable -- Chapter 9: Fearless Question and Answer Sessions -- When to Use Question and Answer Sessions -- Questions for Clarity -- Questions to Test the Presenter.

Chapter 10: Seven Deadly Sins That Will Turn Off Audiences -- Sin #1: Going Over Time Without Permission -- Sin #2: Using Useless Words -- Sin #3: Speaking in a Monotone Voice -- Sin #4: Speaking Shoptalk -- Sin #5: Speaking While the Audience is Reading Your Slide -- Sin #6: Reading the Entire Slide or Visual Aid to the Audience -- Sin #7: Dumping Data on the Audience -- Master Your Presentations and Avoid These Deadly Sins -- What's Next?.