Review: Targeted Help for Young Adults On the Road to Success
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2012
This book is targeted to those in their late teens and early twenties who want to learn to be successful at giving public presentations. I love that the book is very clear about who the audience is and what the author aims for them to achieve: to avoid the pitfalls of public speaking mistakes and be on the path to successful presentations. He uses a Top Ten countdown approach covering the most common "stupid mistakes" made in school presentations and shows how to avoid them. For each mistake, he offers a positive alternative and explains why it is better. This is a quick read -- which is what this age group needs, especially while they are busy with assigned reading in school. He knows and cares about his audience, which comes through and has an encouraging effect. In reading the Author Biography, I learned that he is currently teaching young people in Hong Kong. His immediate relationship with his audience comes through, making the tone personal and conversational, (although, I thought the adjective "cool" was overused even though I am from California). I have been a professional public speaker for longer than his target audience has been alive and I agreed with every point he made. I only wish I had this book when my children were having to give presentations in their high school and early college days. I would heartily recommend this book for any student in that season of life and learning. Good job!Connie Neal, author of many books found at www.amazon.com/author/connieneal