Talk the Talk

Leading communications expert Terry Prone shares some of her witty and commonsense advice about how to say what you want and get what you want by talking and also how to understand the way other people talk. Talk the Talk is for those who need to communicate verbally as part of their lives and/or their work, either formally or informally: in other words everyone who lives in human society. It includes advice on: Communication in the workplace: job interviews, salary reviews, assessment, communication issues for management and staff; Making presentations that are part of your work; Informal speeches: weddings, funerals, golf club, retirement events; Negotiation in all aspects of life: how to get what you want by communicating what you want and why; How to do interviews and get publicity - for those who seek publicity (for example to highlight an issue) or who find themselves in the public eye because of their work; and Politics as communication: how to understand the way politics communicates and miscommunicates. In her inimitable style, Terry Prone includes hair-raising and hilarious stories about communication gone badly wrong: disasters that are avoidable for those who read this book and follow its precepts.