The Well-Spoken Woman: Your Guide to Looking and Sounding Your Best, Paperback

Sheryl Sandberg advises women to "lean in" to realize their full potential. To do so successfully, women need effective communication skills and a confident presentation style.In this must-have guide, one of the nation s premier speech coaches shares tested techniques from twenty years of coaching women on what works and what doesn t. The author details the practices and techniques of successful women to help all women improve their presentation and public speaking skills. With access to her expertise, you ll learn strategies that will help you present your best self in forums from PTA meetings to TV studios, conferences to classrooms, boardrooms to YouTube.
The author has advised First Lady Michelle Obama for her International Olympic Committee speech, provided speaker training to Hillary Clinton s presidential campaign, and coached corporate CEOs and more women elected officials than any other trainer. Every woman can benefit from studying the polished speaking skills of such powerful women.
Strategic advice on everything from messaging to hair and hemlines will allow you to come across as polished and prepared. The author includes easy-to-follow exercises so you can try out techniques immediately, from the use of sound bites and secrets to establishing eye contact to what not to do with your hands.
Filled with behind-the-scenes advice, this book is for every woman who wants to present herself well, express her ideas with confidence, and earn the respect of any audience."