Presenting with Confidence

Persuade and motivate your audiences by using this book as your personal presentation coach.
Today, presenting is more and more complicated. Presenters are expected to logically and concisely present a message while illustrating key points with professional looking PowerPoint slides. In Point, Click & Wow! The Techniques and Habits of Successful Presenters you will find the insider knowledge of public speaking that you need but were never taught. Create a winning presentation every time.

Your competence and credibility will soar as you learn the entire process from creating to delivering a masterful presentation.

First, you’ll learn the develop process to dazzle your audience from your first beginning statement, through your executive summary to your final closing comment.

Second, you’ll learn the design process, using the PowerPoint slides from the CD in the book, to capture and keep your audience’s attention.

Third, you’ll practice the delivery process, using “real” rehearsal guidelines, to impress colleagues all the way to top executives.

This is the definitive book for creating persuasive presentations and proposals.

Testimonials

“A world-class presentation resource, rich with essential tools and techniques to capture, motivate and dazzle your audience.”

Steve Siebold, CSP, author, 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class

“Claudyne’s book is a must-read for anyone who wants to convince and inspire an audience. Her approach translates the seemingly overwhelming presentation process into a clear recipe for success. I have a copy in my bookshelf and so should you!”

Shari Redstone, President of National Amusements

“There are lots of books written about presentation effectiveness. This book is a real roadmap for organizing and creating better communications. It impresses on us how we build our own careers by projecting real executive presence when we make presentations. I’ve already started to use some of Claudyne’s suggestions.”
Michael D. Jeans, President, New Directions, Inc.

This book is an essential resource for all professionals whose success depends greatly on how effectively they communicate with their many audiences, whether these be corporate clients, public policy-analysts, university academics, the public at large, or graduate students. In this book readers will find the insider knowledge of public speaking that we all need but were never taught.
Estela Mara Bensimon, Professor and Director, Center for Urban Education, University of Southern California

“My presentations persuade my audiences better than ever before!” Claudyne’s first book saved me hours of time by turning the formerly intimidating PowerPoint menu and templates into manageable, helpful tools to deliver appealing slides. Her latest guide helps me infuse these slides with coherent, compelling narrative threads.”
Dave Fink, Sales and Profit Training Consultant.

Talk about WOW, this book is not just another “how to create and present effective PowerPoints”, it’s about living, working and communicating in a community where people actually meet face to face and interact.  I know my presentations skills just got a big boost!
John Kalb, Futurist and founder of Home Preferred

Even the most polished speaker will find new tactics and even small but so thoughtful tips about using PowerPoint and organizing slide shows. Given the importance of making persuasive presentations, this should be required reading for every manager. I would particularly recommend it for university speech classes and MBA students.
Martin Kenney, Professor, Department of Human and Community Development and Senior Fellow, Center for Entrepreneurship, UC Davis

I’ve just finished reading “Point, Click, & Wow,” and now I know what to do to improve my next couple’s workshop. I’ll be giving new information right away, looking at the right people when I answer questions, and using facts, opinions and emotions in their proper order. And my power point slides will rock!! Thank you Claudyne for an excellent book.
Mona Barbera, Ph.D., Author of Bring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn
Disconnection into Intimacy

This book is one that you should read through from cover to cover – in an emergency, the easy to use format also let’s you dive into it a section at a time to find last minute help for an ailing presentation. Her checklists and templates work wonders!
Lynne Richer, Director of Learning & Development, Avid Technology

This book is worth its weight in gold. Once you buy it, you’ll have, in one place, a fantastic resource that can unlock for you all the secrets of the greatest presenters.  And, thanks to Claudyne’s enthusiasm for the subject, you’ll find Point, Click and Wow! to be a fun read, as well!
Dennis Ricks, President & CEO, CrystalGraphics, Inc

Point, Click & Wow! has all the elements to provide those with a point the power to present, with clarity and conviction. No other book provides so much practical help for presenters.
Stephen J. Resch, Assoc. Professor, Indiana Wesleyan University, College of Adult and Professional Studies.

“Point, Click & Wow! distills Claudyne’s wisdom about making your presentation clean, clear, and concise, to get the outcome you want. A “must read” for any presenter, from the factory floor to the Boardroom.”
Tom Caldwell, Summit Associates of Bedford LLC

“A first rate guide with tons of practical tips to improve and fine tune your presentations. Organized to the “T” and easy to digest. Applied learning at its best!”
Jon Rosen, President, Impact Communications, Greenwich, CT

This is a book that will keep you the presenter from running yourself ragged because of an unorganized approach to developing your presentation. After reading read this book, you will never approach developing your presentation as before, because all of the practical approaches are at your fingertips.
Leonard C. Beckum, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor The Pacific Graduate School of Psychology-Stanford , Palo Alto, California

Anyone who has to give presentations must have a copy of this book and refer to it frequently. If you are not using Claudyne’s suggestions then you are probably not giving a good presentation!
Steve Mandel, Founder Mandel Communications, Inc. and author of Effective Presentation Skills

“Whether you are a novice or seasoned presenter, Point, Click & Wow! has critical insights for you to look, sound and feel like a winner. Claudyne is clearly the ‘John Wooden’ in the world of successful presentations.”
Gary A. Williams, co-author, The 5 Paths to Persuasion.

This powerful book covers everything that’s needed to deliver influential presentations. I’ll keep near me at all times when I’m working, on the road and in the office, it’s fast and easy to find the essential wisdom and practical tips that will draw your audience in and hold their attention.
Stephanie Wu, Senior Vice President of Program Development, City Year

Claudyne Wilder is one of the most articulate and organized presenters out there today. This book served as a wake-up call for me, not just as a refresher but a revitalizer. Claudyne gives us what we all need in order to produce our best presentations.
Jim Tull, International Conflict Resolution Specialist

Point, Click & Wow is a resource that all must have if giving presentations. This practical and easy-to-read book provides the novice as well as the seasoned presenter with the tools and techniques to be successful. I recommend this book to everyone I coach on presentation skills!
Marci Bloch, Director of Learning & Development
Fresenius Medical Care – North America