What's Your Presentation Persona? Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any Arena

A practical guide based on a proprietary skill assessment tool—a Myers-Briggs for presenters—that provides tips and strategies that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOU

What kind of presenter are you? Are you charming? Purposeful? Informative? Inspiring? Do you have natural charisma? A clear message? A powerful vision?

What’s Your Presentation Persona? is a revolutionary guide based on Badge, the first-of-its-kind proprietary skill assessment tool―a Myers-Briggs for presenters―that provides strategies and tips that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOU.

This groundbreaking book identifies 16 presentation personas, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, and shows you how to leverage your unique qualities to become a more powerful, persuasive, and successful presenter.

Take the self-assessment test in the book and discover your persona. Are you:

• The Director: a respected leader with an empathetic core (Oprah Winfrey or Ned Stark from Game of Thrones)

• The Captivator: a charismatic presenter with a natural, unrehearsed flair (Gary Vaynerchuk or Captain Kirk from Star Trek)

• The Producer: a successful speaker who believes in hard work—not luck (Martin Luther King Jr. or Walter White from Breaking Bad)

• The Scholar: an always-curious learner informed by their own wisdom (Elon Musk or Hermoine Granger from Harry Potter)

• The Liberator: an optimistic visionary who loves to inspire (Tony Robbins or William Wallace from Braveheart)

The key to reaching others is knowing who you are. Get to know yourself. Build on your strengths. Work on your weaknesses. Learn how to deliver your message with confidence, charisma, humor, and authenticity. Be yourself—but better.
Once you’ve mastered your presentation persona, explore others you’d like to experiment with and learn from. Incorporate techniques into your unique style to become the strongest, most well-rounded communicator you can be―so you can razzle-dazzle any audience on any topic anytime.

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What's Your Presentation Persona? Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any Arena

A practical guide based on a proprietary skill assessment tool—a Myers-Briggs for presenters—that provides tips and strategies that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOU

What kind of presenter are you? Are you charming? Purposeful? Informative? Inspiring? Do you have natural charisma? A clear message? A powerful vision?

What’s Your Presentation Persona? is a revolutionary guide based on Badge, the first-of-its-kind proprietary skill assessment tool―a Myers-Briggs for presenters―that provides strategies and tips that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOU.

This groundbreaking book identifies 16 presentation personas, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, and shows you how to leverage your unique qualities to become a more powerful, persuasive, and successful presenter.

Take the self-assessment test in the book and discover your persona. Are you:

• The Director: a respected leader with an empathetic core (Oprah Winfrey or Ned Stark from Game of Thrones)

• The Captivator: a charismatic presenter with a natural, unrehearsed flair (Gary Vaynerchuk or Captain Kirk from Star Trek)

• The Producer: a successful speaker who believes in hard work—not luck (Martin Luther King Jr. or Walter White from Breaking Bad)

• The Scholar: an always-curious learner informed by their own wisdom (Elon Musk or Hermoine Granger from Harry Potter)

• The Liberator: an optimistic visionary who loves to inspire (Tony Robbins or William Wallace from Braveheart)

The key to reaching others is knowing who you are. Get to know yourself. Build on your strengths. Work on your weaknesses. Learn how to deliver your message with confidence, charisma, humor, and authenticity. Be yourself—but better.
Once you’ve mastered your presentation persona, explore others you’d like to experiment with and learn from. Incorporate techniques into your unique style to become the strongest, most well-rounded communicator you can be―so you can razzle-dazzle any audience on any topic anytime.

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Overview

A practical guide based on a proprietary skill assessment tool—a Myers-Briggs for presenters—that provides tips and strategies that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOU

What kind of presenter are you? Are you charming? Purposeful? Informative? Inspiring? Do you have natural charisma? A clear message? A powerful vision?

What’s Your Presentation Persona? is a revolutionary guide based on Badge, the first-of-its-kind proprietary skill assessment tool―a Myers-Briggs for presenters―that provides strategies and tips that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOU.

This groundbreaking book identifies 16 presentation personas, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, and shows you how to leverage your unique qualities to become a more powerful, persuasive, and successful presenter.

Take the self-assessment test in the book and discover your persona. Are you:

• The Director: a respected leader with an empathetic core (Oprah Winfrey or Ned Stark from Game of Thrones)

• The Captivator: a charismatic presenter with a natural, unrehearsed flair (Gary Vaynerchuk or Captain Kirk from Star Trek)

• The Producer: a successful speaker who believes in hard work—not luck (Martin Luther King Jr. or Walter White from Breaking Bad)

• The Scholar: an always-curious learner informed by their own wisdom (Elon Musk or Hermoine Granger from Harry Potter)

• The Liberator: an optimistic visionary who loves to inspire (Tony Robbins or William Wallace from Braveheart)

The key to reaching others is knowing who you are. Get to know yourself. Build on your strengths. Work on your weaknesses. Learn how to deliver your message with confidence, charisma, humor, and authenticity. Be yourself—but better.
Once you’ve mastered your presentation persona, explore others you’d like to experiment with and learn from. Incorporate techniques into your unique style to become the strongest, most well-rounded communicator you can be―so you can razzle-dazzle any audience on any topic anytime.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781259860645
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 02/24/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Scott Schwertly is the CEO of Ethos3, an award-winning presentation design and training company with national and international clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to influencers such as Guy Kawasaki. It has served almost 600 clients in 20 countries and has designed more than 1,300 presentations.

Sunday Avery is the former content strategist at Ethos3, with many years of presentation-writing experience. She works with some of the world’s biggest brands.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: What is Badge? 1

Chapter 1 Exploring the Profiles 2

Part I The 16 Profiles

Chapter 2 The Activator 19

Chapter 3 The Advocator 29

Chapter 4 The Befriender 39

Chapter 5 The Captivator 49

Chapter 6 The Curator 59

Chapter 7 The Curator 68

Chapter 8 The Demostrator 79

Chapter 9 The Director 89

Chapter 10 The Educator 99

Chapter 11 The Liberator 109

Chapter 12 The Navigator 119

Chapter 13 The Performer 129

Chapter 14 The producer 139

Chapter 15 The Scholar 149

Chapter 16 The Scientist 159

Chapter 17 The Soldier 169

Part II The 4 Quadrants

Chapter 18 Be Your Best Badge Profile 181

Chapter 19 Quadrant 1: Exploitation 185

Chapter 20 Quadrant 2: Sharing 207

Chapter 21 Quadrant 3: Response 219

Chapter 22 Quadrant 4: Durability 237

Chapter 23 Into the Wild 251

Appendix: Extra Treats 255

Notes 261

Index 263

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