Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience

The average attention span of an adult is eight seconds - eight seconds!<br><br>That is tough news for a presenter. It means you may have a room full of people, but their minds are elsewhere. You're competing with a slew of activities demanding their attention - email, texts, Facebook, YouTube, chats, and apps, in addition to thoughts about their next meeting and projects that are behind schedule.<br><br>How do you get a message across in a world like that?<br><br>The inability to powerfully inform and persuade amid an unprecedented number of distractions is one of the greatest hidden and pervasive costs of the twenty-first-century workplace. Learn to connect with your audience, and you'll stop having unproductive meetings and wasted time.<br><br>In <i>Presentation Advantage</i>, FranklinCovey outlines its &quot;Connect Model,&quot; the mental model that allows you to connect with the message, yourself, and the audience during any presentation by:<br><br>Structuring relevant and purpose-driven messages<br>Understanding how our brains best synthesize and remember key information<br>Using visuals such as PowerPoint to inspire instead of torture your audience<br>Aligning your message, body language, and tone of voice for a powerful delivery<br><br>Whether to one person or one hundred, effective presenting is today's top business skill, and the experts at FranklinCovey help you master it. With the <i>Presentation Advantage</i>, you can deliver dynamic, compelling, and truly effective presentations every time.