34/50-2022) Speak with Impact - Shapira

 This year, my obsession with the Harvard Business Review got even worse. I mentioned before that I read all the “10 must reads” and “Guides” and almost all issues of the magazine. Moreover, I started listening to their podcasts: Idea Cast, Dear HBR, Cold Case and Coaching Real Leaders ( I will write a post about these podcasts). I heard about this book on the Idea Cast because the author was interviewed a couple of times on the show. Alisson Shapira is a Harvard professor, and in this book she talks about public speaking. On the line of books about public speaking, I bring here a summary of her book.

She starts telling her story and how the arrived at the pubic speaking business. She actually was an opera singer, so she really knows how to use her voice. She mentions how she was also interested in business and public speaking. After joining a Toastmasters Club, she decided to start a business teaching public speaking. The book brings many updated techniques of public speaking, very similar to Toastmasters actually. Basically the hints are the following: know your audience, dominate your topic, believe in yourself, adjust your style to the audience and the topic and practice, practice, practice. Honestly, I didn’t finish reading the book because I had to return it to the libray so I didn’t have time and I dragged the reading a little bit because it started to sound repetitive to me because I was part of a Toastmasters Club already and I had read many books and articles on the topic. Anyway, I recommend this book and other works from Alison Shapira for people interested in public speaking.

Title: Speak with Impact: How to Command the Room and Influence Others 

Author: Allison Shapira

Year: 2018

Pages: 231

Link: https://www.amazon.com/Speak-Impact-Command-Influence-Others/dp/0814439713/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=CjwKCAiA76-dBhByEiwAA0_s9dIWWsd9iMZlRN_pHqy1ZlSztUQAMDzFx6Dls5dtYaPK_ei52P8oVxoCjX8QAvD_BwE&hvadid=322163692318&hvdev=c&hvlocint=9061122&hvlocphy=1001552&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=4239538432467065490&hvtargid=kwd-663950608973&hydadcr=21934_10172291&keywords=speak+with+impact+allison+shapira&qid=1672262986&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjgwIiwicXNhIjoiMS4zNSIsInFzcCI6IjEuMTIifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1