Product Description

The second edition of this concise, practical and easily accessible book aims to provide a basic framework for all health care professionals and trainees to give a competent presentation. How to Present at Meetings has been fully revised, offering advice on skills such as how to prepare presentations of varying lengths (10, 20, 45 minutes) and how to work with Powerpoint, complemented by entertaining chapters such as the hilarious ′How Not to Give a Presentation′ by Richard Smith.

With well known contributors from medical academic and media backgrounds, this book is the ideal companion for healthcare professionals, clinical researchers and anyone making presentations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #281990 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 88 pages

Review
"This really is almost an idiot guide to presentation skills but at the same time it is much more.... The book has a nice style and reads almost like a novel with an informal yet informative nature. It is easy to read and good value for money." (Urology News, May/June 2009)

From the Back Cover
This practical and easily accessible book aims to provide a basic framework for all health care professionals and trainees to give a competent presentation. Now in its second edition, How to Present at Meetings has been fully revised and covers all aspects of presenting – from the timed presentation to dealing with difficult questions.

Contents include:

• Principles of communication
  
• Preparation of the talk
  
• The three talks – 5, 15, and 45 minutes
  
• Visual aids
  
• Computer–generated slides: how to make a mess with Power Point
  
• How to appear on stage
  
• How to sell a message
  
• How to present a talk
  
• How to deal with questions
  
• How not to give a presentation
  
• How to chair a session

With well known contributors from medical academic and media backgrounds, this book is the ideal companion for healthcare professionals, clinical researchers and anyone making presentations.

About the Author
George M. Hall, Professor of Anaesthesia, St George’s, University of London, UK

Customer Reviews

Review from Urology News, May/June 09
The "How to......" series from BMJ books published by Blackwell, who of course are now Wiley Blackwell are an excellent set of books with a common style and a uniform format. As such many comments and observations are applicable across the range. First and foremost these books are nearly all the same handy size, each a different colour and look good on the shelf.

With the exception of the front cover these books are a world of black and white, even the boxes of importance are a sparkling shade of grey! We are all too aware of the global thought in relation to colour publications: The rainbow is in!!

This is the second book in the series to be a collaboration, this time there are 11 chapters and again each one has it's own author. Once again this places it at an advantage compared with the single author texts. Rather than dive head first into presentation skills, this book begins with the principles of communication, which I was shocked to learn is not related to decibel level!
The book then goes on to offer tips on preparation, visual aids and slideshows before describing how to appear on stage what to wear and how to speak. This really is almost an idiot guide to presentation skills but at the same time it is much more. Fielding questions and being interviewed by the media are also tackled as is chairing meetings.
This book has a nice style and reads almost like a novel with an informal yet informative nature. An easy read and good value for money.
Reviewer: Ian Pearce, Consultant Urological Surgeon.