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Bekenntnisse Eines Redners - Oder Die Kunst, Gehort Zu Werden (2009)

by Scott Berkun(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

389721993X (ISBN13: 9783897219939)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

O'Reilly Verlag

review 1: A unique, somewhat rowdy look at one man's experience with public speaking. I think this book includes some good pointers but, truly, the strength is it's curious format (part personal, blog-like essays, part instruction, part confessional) and humor. "Confessions" also has the interesting distinction, for me, of being the most noticeably male voice I've read in YEARS in contemporary self-help. In this time of being careful to sprinkle as many "she's" as "he's" across one's writing, I found Berkun's seeming not-noticing strange, annoying, and a mite amusing. The end effect, of course, is that the book felt like maybe it wasn't really for people like me -I was just visiting.
review 2: A surprisingly good book -- surprising because I'd never heard of author Scott... more Berkun before. But since I speak publicly for a living, I had to have a go. He basically takes you through principles of good public speaking in a totally narrative format, and it works. He is a great writer. I imagine also a good speaker. A couple of things I fundamentally disagree with: don't leave much, if anything, to a group vote (is it too hot in here? anyone too cold?) -- just take a stand and go with it; I don't think that it's too much to ask people to plug in for a day -- some well-conceived and well-executed workshops will keep people engaged for a whole day with great results; and having "grown up" presenting in a more traditional industry, I guess I would choose differently regarding attire (wear a suit) and language (don't curse). Also didn't care much for the chapter that included other speakers' anecdotes. Some were great and many were not. I would have happily bought the book without that chapter.Everything else about this book? Kind of fantastic. Loved the whole section on feedback and evaluation. I bought the Kindle version, and was confused about where the end of the book was. About 60% through, there were headings labeled "Appendix" and I thought it was some inside joke. I read it ALL and the end, about the design and typeface and whatnot, was its own bonus chapter. I won't spoil that for you, just make sure you read all the way to the last page. less

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