Projecting Enthusiasm: The Key to Dynamic Presentations for Professionals

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments PART I: The Key to Being a Dynamic Presenter: Feel It! Project It! Chapter 1 Pedagogical Training That Works! Introduction The Importance of Pedagogy What's in It for Me? Two Weights on Your Shoulders Summary Chapter 2 To Present Is to Teach; To Teach Is to Present Introduction A Rose by Any Other Name … Sharing "Ah, Ha" Experiences Conversational Writing Style Learning is Fun(damental) Telling Quotations Presentation Is Everything! Summary Chapter 3 The Case for Presentations, Lectures, Spiels, and Other Talks Introduction What Do Audiences Think? Let's Hear It for Good Lectures and Presentations What's in a Name? Presenting It Live Should "You" Lecture or Present? TED Talks Summary Chapter 4 Enthusiasm: A Presentation Necessity Introduction Enthusiasm: A Presentation Necessity Enthusiasm: Useful Synonyms Enthusiasm: Its Relationship to Pedagogy Wanted! More "Oomph" It Can't Be That Simple, Can It? Passion: "Let's Kick It Up a Notch!" Enthusiasm: Can Too Much Be Too Much? Presenter Evaluations Enthusiasm and Subject-Matter Matrix Summary Chapter 5 Parallel between Acting, Teaching, and Presenting Introduction "Act" Your Age Teaching Is Teaching; Presenting Is Presenting A Yorkshire Story Power of Expectations: It Works Both Ways Summary Chapter 6 Educational Foundations: Presenters as Actors Introduction Sound Theory and Effective Practice Educational Foundations for Enthusiasm Theorists Speak; Let's Listen You Don't Need to Be an Einstein Award-Winning Presenters Speak; Let's Listen The Profession's Response, or Lack Thereof Summary PART II: Enthusiasm-Generating Skills! Introduction Might as Well Be Hanged for a Sheep as for a Lamb Yul Brynner: Row G, Seat 6 Chapter 7 A Craftsperson's Toolbox Introduction Tools for Boosting Presenter Enthusiasm Creating Your Teacher- or Presenter-Self A Craftsperson's Toolbox A Craftsperson's Knowledge A Craftsperson's Top-Tray Delivery Tools A Craftsperson's Other Delivery Tools Enthusiasm Rating Chart Summary Chapter 8 Animation in Body: A "Top-Tray" Tool Introduction We Are Designed to Move Value of Animation in Body Raise Your Left Hand How a Simple Change Made a Difference TED Talks Categories of Movement Do Nothing, but Do It Well Plan Where You Step Gestures Facial Expression Eye Contact Smiling Posture Behaviors to Avoid True Story? Maybe, Maybe Not! Summary Chapter 9 Animation in Voice: A "Top-Tray" Tool Introduction Great Orators Hurl Your Words How Do You Sound to Others? Vocal Fitness Paralanguage Spontaneous Voice Variations Deliberate Voice Variations Volume and Projection Whispering Rate Tone Pitch Quality Cadence and Inflection Pauses Dreaded "Ums" Creating Characters Laryngitis and Sore Throats Summary Chapter 10 Humor: A "Top-Tray" Tool Introduction Is Humor Too "Mickey Mouse"? Competent and Confident Benefits of Humor Humor: Its Impact on Audiences Categories of Humor Self-Deprecating Humor Lettermen's Top Ten Reasons Brainstorm Humorous Sentence Endings Humor in Patients' Hospital Charts What You Say May Not Be What They Hear Cartoons: A Safe First Step into Humor Using Humor: A Gaggle of Ideas Possible Unexpected Benefits of Humor Summary Chapter 11 Suspense, Surprise, and Storytelling Introduction Creating Suspense and Surprise Ignorance 101! Storytelling Relationship to Other Performance Skills Surprise! Don't Talk Using Suspense and Surprise Summary Chapter 12 Role-Playing Introduction Dr. Eakin: Great Scientists Speak Playing a Role Creating a Character Dead Poets Society Meeting of Minds The Role-Play Process Skinner versus Rogers The Actual Debate Storytelling: Here It Is Again Mime Summary Chapter 13 Use of Props Introduction Picture Props Sound Props Music, Movies, and Television Props Alex Trebek's Jeopardy! "Imagine": A John Lennon Prop "The Raven": Edgar Allan Poe Prop Spandex Reveals All Presenter Props Puppets as Props Selected Medical Props Using the Audience as Props Prop Box Guidelines for Using Props Technology Props Invade PowerPoint Notes as Props Summary Chapter 14 Space Utilization Introduction Lectern Lingering Proxemics Space and Its Limitations Blocking Venue Seating Where Audiences Choose to Sit Spontaneous Use of Space Summary Chapter 15 Creative Entrances and Exits Introduction Entrances and Exits Using "Hooks" Using Law Quotations as "Hooks" Ethics of Playing Musical Chairs Physical Entrances Verbal Entrances Musical Entrances Mister Rogers' Neighborhood What's in a Name or Title? Crafting a Title For the Love of Three Entrance Rituals Entrance Pageantry A Presenter's Marquee Ending on a High Note Stage Fright Showtime! Summary Chapter 16 Behind the Scenes Introduction Work behind the Scenes Behind the Scenes Suggestions Summary PART III: Engage Master Presenters Chapter 17 Engage the Masters: Learn from Them Introduction No Serious Challenge to This Book's Premise Knock on Their Doors; Pick Up Your Phone They Have Walked in Your Shoes Humility and Curiousness "Objection, Your Honor" Stop Spinning Your Wheels What Else Can You Do? Lots! Chapter 18 Conclusion Introduction Willingness and Courage A Presenter's Manner and Method The Curtain Comes Down Ferris Bueller's Day Off Appendix: Enthusiasm Rating Chart References Index

About the Author :
Robert T. Tauber, PhD, is professor emeritus, Penn State Behrend, The Pennsylvania State University, Erie, PA. He is the author of Classroom Management: Sound Theory and Effective Practice. He is well published with nine texts and numerous journal articles.