Talk Your Way to the Top: How to Address Any Audience Like Your Career Depends On It Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition

First line

"WHEN I WAS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD, my father, Arthur Daley, won a Pulitzer Prize (see Figure 1-1)."

From the rear cover

Communication Strategies for Mastering Each Speaking Opportunity--and Always Making a Positive Impression

This book is about people--people like you who have to speak in front of critical listeners as part of their business lives. Since you can't avoid these situations if you want to advance your career, you may as well get good at them. Talk Your Way to the Top introduces you to a number of situations common to everyday business, then details the skills you need to communicate without fear and make the best impression--whether you are speaking to an audience of 1 or 1,000.

Praise for Talk Your Way to the Top

"Kevin Daley is a giant among speech coaches. Let him be your coach by reading Talk Your Way to the Top. You won't regret it."

--Ken Blanchard, Coauthor, The One Minute Manager(R) and Whale Done!(tm)

"No one knows as much about the art of presentations as Kevin Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella. Talk Your Way to the Top is a must read if you want to succeed."

--Jack Trout, Author, A Genie's Wisdom

"During my three decades with Merrill Lynch, I was often told that one of my greatest assets was my ability to communicate effectively in all environments. Kevin's Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella's techniques were a major reason why, and I would highly recommend his book to all."

--Winthrop H. Smith, Jr., Former Chairman, Merrill Lynch International

Kevin Daley is one of today's most accomplished corporate coaches. The founder and chairman of Communispond, Daley has provided communications training to over 450,000 business executives throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Laura Daley Caravella has been designing programs and coaching executives for 18 years. Her clients have included Citibank, Coca-Cola, NBC, and numerous other brand-name, global organizations.