The Everything Public Speaking Book: Deliver a Winning Presentation Every Time! by Scott S. Smith Adams Media © 2008 Citation Introduction Overview The trouble with most books on public speaking is that they have far more information than anyone can readily implement to improve their style. If you read any of these from beginning to end, you realize much of their content is just excessive repetition, slightly differently said, apparently because the writer was required to fill up space. Or the author beats to death a particular angle on the subject. A good deal is also fluff—in terms of knowing what is important about effective public speaking, there is much said that is trivial and that just makes it harder to clearly see what your priorities should be. This volume gets to the point for each topic, without sacrificing substance. You certainly do not need to apply every technique for reducing nervousness before you speak, but the most effective ones...