Wake 'em Up: How to Use Humor and Other Professional Techniques to Create Alarmingly Good Business Presentations

Wake 'em Up! Has 19 Chapters In All and Includes 3 Bonus Chapters 1. Technical & Financial Presentations 2. Sales Presentations 3. Tips for Women Presenters by 12 of the Top Female speakers in the USA What other have to say about "Wake 'em Up" Wake ‘em Up teaches you to be irresistible as a presenter. Also, Foreword by: Mark Victor Hansen,Co-author of the #1 New York Times Best-selling series, Chicken Soup for the Soul Mastering the skills in Tom’s book will virtually guarantee that you will always be in demand as a speaker.

[...]... friend Tom has created a step-bystep systematic approach that allows anyone to apply the advanced techniques that top professionals use to sugar coat their poignant, powerful and sometimes painful messages Without this coating your audiences may not be willing to listen at all Humor is the shortest distance between somebody’s head and heart so that their 34/877 spirit is stabbed alive and is willing to. .. is willing to come to work You’ll learn how to Wake ‘em Up, Make ‘em Laugh, and move your audiences to action whether your message is technical or painful; educational or motivational; delivered to an all-male, all-female, or mixed audience; or given to support staff, professionals, executives or international audiences Tom will get you to convulse with humor that has been invisible to your previously... • Letters ◦ Fake Surveys • Magic • Malaprops and Usage Blunders • One-Liners • Parody • Props • Proverbs and Fortune Cookie Humor • Question and Answer Sessions • Quotations • Roast Humor and Insults • Self-Effacing • Signs • Simile • Toasts • Words and Sounds, Places, Food, and Numbers Chapter 14: Storytelling • Enthusiasm What to Do After Identifying a Story 27/877 • • • • Do's Don'ts Tricks Extra...ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tom Antion is an internationally acclaimed expert in the field of high-impact and humorous communication techniques He is a full time professional speaker and speaking coach who has been featured on major news media worldwide including the Canadian Broadcast Network, The Australian Broadcast Network, Associated Press, The Tokyo Today Show and hundreds of radio, television and print outlets... Tips Tom's Banquet/ APPENDIX G Selected Bibliography 32/877 APPENDIX H Wake ‘em Up Glossary FOREWORD Humor carries your message on wings that go straight to a person’s heart and funny bone which makes the message irresistible Wake ‘em Up teaches you how to be irresistible You’ll laugh your way through this book as you learn the professional secrets of being funny and of creating interesting presentations. .. your previously He’ll also manifest the ways you can use humor, stories, and little life incidents to make your message meaty, meaningful, and magnificently memorable Once you tap into this new source of power for your presentations, you will realize the time you spent reading and implementing the techniques in this book was well worth it Mark Victor Hansen 35/877 Co-Author of the #1 New York Times... Nunes, and Lola Gillebaard, for their contributions to Chapter 19 Mike Rounds, Doug Fox and Vern Hoven for their contributions to Chapter 17 And to my idol Charlie Jarvis, (folks there's not a funnier man on earth), for the countless hours he spent on the phone with me talking about humor If I forgot anyone out there, it's only because it's three o'clock in the morning and I'm desperately trying to get... Thanks to: Mom and Dad who have supported me in everything I have ever done (except the time I ran away from home and tried to survive on grass soup and hot dogs that lasted about three hours) Janice Stevens for her NOZZZZZs idea at our brainstorming session and her tireless late night editing Bonnie Davies for sticking with me through all the ups and downs Chris Davies for keeping my computer running and. .. great business mentor and for contributing to the involvement section 17/877 Sally Walton for keeping me up on diversity issues Bob Lunsford who was always there when I would get into some weird computer problem Dan Poynter who got me started writing and publishing many years ago and who is always ready with a good joke Marie Betts-Johnson and Mary Murray Bosrock two fine protocol experts that helped... author of the only video seminar of its kind The Wake ‘em Up Video Professional Speaking System This training course is considered the standard for training professional or aspiring professional speakers in the art of speaking and the science of marketing professional speaking and training services 14/877 You can also make quite a bit of money referring Tom for speaking engagements Visit http://www.antion.com/referrals.htm . ht- tp://www.antion.com/speakershop.htm 6/877 Wake ‘em Up!: How to Use Humor and Other Professional Techniques to Create Alarmingly Good Business Presentations by Tom Antion Your A to Y Guide (No ZZZZZs. the web” 5/877 • “Top Ten Ways to Make Money Speaking” • How to Start a Blog to Promote Your Business and Your Agenda” • “Blog to Book: How to Have Your Book Ready to