by James C. Humes
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Turn Any Presentation into a Landmark Occasion
Ever wish you could captivate your boardroom with the opening line of your presentation, like Winston Churchill in his most memorable speeches? Or want to command attention by looming larger than life before your audience, much like Abraham Lincoln when, standing erect and wearing a top hat, he towered over seven feet? Now, you can master presentation skills, wow your audience, and shoot up the corporate ladder by unlocking the secrets of history's greatest speakers.
Author, historian, and world-renowned speaker James C. Humes—who wrote speeches for five American presidents—shows you how great leaders through the ages used simple yet incredibly effective tricks to speak, persuade, and win throngs of fans and followers. Inside, you'll discover how Napoleon Bonaparte mastered the use of the pregnant pause to grab attention, how Lady Margaret Thatcher punctuated her most serious speeches with the use of subtle props, how Ronald Reagan could win even the most hostile crowd with carefully timed wit, and much, much more.
Whether you're addressing a small nation or a large staff meeting, you'll want to master the tips and tricks in Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln.
"As a student of speech, I very much enjoyed this intriguing historic approach to public speaking. Humes creates a valuable and practical guide."
—Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO, FOX News
"I love this book. I've followed Humes's lessons for years, and he combines them all into one compact, hard-hitting resource. Get this book on your desk now."
—Chris Matthews, Hardball
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Not COMPLETELY useless, but close, 2008-06-23
I did get one useful idea from this book (write your speech in lines like a poem), but I gave up on it (which wasn't hard) when he quoted John Paul Jones as saying, "I've just begun to fight." If he can't even bother to make sure his quotes are right, I don't think I have much to learn from this guy.
Jones ACTUALLY said, "I have not yet begun to fight." And even if we learned that quote wrong in school, it's a whole lot better, and he should have talked about that.
I'm not too impressed by credentials like writing speeches for Eisenhower. Speaking now is a lot different, and I need tools I can use, not politically biased vitriol and outdated examples.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Very good book., 2008-05-15
I'm not really a "reader" or a "book reviewer," but I must say , I have really enjoyed this book.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Presence, Poise and Power, 2008-03-11
Twenty-one tricks of the greatest communicators and change makers of history by an author who wrote speeches for five American presidents. Five!! Imagine the experience of the author. Many of the 21 techniques are truly amazing. For example, Churchill's method of preparing a speech for the ear, Napoleon's power pause, or how to use effectively statistics in a speech. I'm convinced that applying and mastering only a few of the 21 techniques will supply the reader with the presence, poise, and power to electrify his or her talk.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Quick read, excellent content, 2007-08-23
I would title this book, "The language of leadership". It's content is excellent and well organized. It teaches ways to speak and act like a leader and therefore command such authority through the power of the spoken word.
The chapter titles all begin with "Power", but the author practices what he preaches by getting across the information in a well organized and easy to get through manner. If you look at the highlights in each chapter and skim through, you get the jist of information, hence making it easy to comprehend in a day.
Every chapter has its content and then real life examples from the author's experience. The examples are both historic and contemporary, very useful, convincing & often interesting, although ocassionally unecessary to get the message accross.
The criticisms I've seen of this book are that it is patronizing or too long winded or redundant. I don't find any of these things to be true. I however admit, that instead of reading the book cover to cover and sentence by sentence, I read it as any executive would read a proposal or document - skim to get the highlights and then go back in for more detailed reference when needed. I got a great deal out of the book this way.
I purchased the book for a Dean of a Business school and a high power executive. While skimming through it, I found myself quite absorbed. Since then, I've found myself continually thinking back to what I read there and I ended up buying myself a copy for reference and one as a gift for the CEO of my company as well.
Makes a great gift for a Type A executive or anyone in a position of leadership of any kind. This isn't just a public speaking book, and it's not about overcoming shyness or a "Toastmasters" type thing. It's about how to make what you say be powerful and effective.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 You should own it if you plan giving speeches, 2007-02-14
Well written with great examples. Not your typical textbook, which makes for a refreshing approach to leadership classes.
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