{"product_id":"the-modern-art-of-public-speaking-9798258944429","title":"The Modern Art of Public Speaking","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jose Valladares\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Business Communication - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe public-speaking book that doesn't try to inspire you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost public-speaking advice is written for the keynote stage. That is not the room most of us stand in. The room we stand in is the Tuesday board meeting, the all-hands on Zoom, the wedding toast next month, the sales pitch on Friday, the eulogy on Saturday - the ordinary, consequential speaking that decides whether the project ships, the deal closes, the family copes, or the team aligns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern Art of Public Speaking\u003c\/b\u003e is a practical guide to the speaking that actually fills a working life. It is built on six recurring concerns every speaker handles, every time, in every format: \u003cb\u003eaudience, message, structure, delivery, presence, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003epractice\u003c\/b\u003e. Twenty-one chapters apply that framework to the rooms working professionals actually stand in.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat's inside\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFoundations\u003c\/b\u003e - what public speaking actually is, how to read an audience, the relationship between message and structure, and the basics of voice and body.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe toolkit\u003c\/b\u003e - openings, storytelling, persuasion, closings, Q\u0026amp;A under pressure, and slides that support the speaker instead of competing with the message.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFear and presence\u003c\/b\u003e - stage fright treated seriously as biology, with a thirty-day exposure program for building steadier composure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eModern contexts\u003c\/b\u003e - video calls, podcasts, sales pitches, sermons, toasts and eulogies, teaching, panels, and workshops.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe long arc\u003c\/b\u003e - a fifteen-to-thirty-minute weekly practice that compounds across years, and what speaking looks like over the course of a career.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlus practical tools\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-event checklists for an in-person talk, video call, sales pitch, and sermon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA thirty-day fear-reduction program.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA short, honest reading list of books worth returning to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat this book is not\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a book of inspiration. It will not tell the reader to be bold, authentic, or fearless. Those words do no work. It is not a parsing of famous speeches - your situation is not Steve Jobs's, and the great orators have been quoted into exhaustion by other books. It is not a bag of tips, because a list of thirty-seven things to do with your hands is not a skill. The book is organized around principles that generate behavior, not behaviors to memorize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking professionals who need to speak well in difficult rooms - managers, founders, clergy, teachers, salespeople, and anyone whose work requires standing up and saying something that matters. A reader with a board presentation next week, a podcast tomorrow, or a eulogy on Saturday can read Part I for the framework and then jump directly to the chapter for that situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalm voice. No celebrity examples. No motivational creep. Just the discipline.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883347263639,"sku":"9798258944429","price":1428.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798258944429.webp?v=1781101309","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-modern-art-of-public-speaking-9798258944429","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}