TY - BOOK AU - Kogon,Kory AU - England, Breck AU - Schmidt, Julie. TI - Presentation advantage: how to inform and persuade any audience T2 - A FranklinCovey book SN - 9781941631225 AV - HF5718.22 .K647 2015 U1 - 658.4/52 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Dallas, Texas PB - BenBella Books KW - Business presentations KW - Business communication KW - Communication in management KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1: The Foundation: It’s All About Connecting -- 2: Develop a Powerful Message -- 3: Design Impactful Visuals -- 4: Deliver with Excellence -- Conclusion -- About the Authors -- About -- Franklin Covey -- Notes -- Index N2 - "The average attention span of an adult is eight seconds--eight seconds! That is tough news for a presenter. It means you may have a room full of people, but their minds are elsewhere. You're competing with a slew of activities demanding their attention--email, texts, Facebook, YouTube, chats, and apps, in addition to thoughts about their next meeting and projects that are behind schedule. How do you get a message across in a world like that? The inability to powerfully inform and persuade amid an unprecedented number of distractions is one of the greatest hidden and pervasive costs of the twenty-first-century workplace. Learn to connect with your audience, and you'll stop having unproductive meetings and wasted time. In Presentation Advantage, FranklinCovey outlines its 'Connect Model, ' the mental model that allows you to connect with the message, yourself, and the audience during any presentation ..."-- UR - https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1056575 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1056575 ER -