I know you
have seen this; you’re walking in the mall or you’re in a restaurant, heck you
could be in just about any social setting and you see two, three, even four
people all clinging to their seemingly life-giving smart phones tapping away
texting, posting or tweeting like their life depended on it. You got to wonder
if they aren’t communicating to one of the people sitting or walking right next
to them. It also has to make you wonder if we will continue down this path to
the point where verbal communication will become extinct!
If we are to
avoid this fate, I get the feeling that the value of Lisa B. Marshall’s words
will surely increase with time. Her latest effort, Smart Talk: The Public Speaker’s Guide to Success in Every Situation is
an invaluable tool for not only those who are uncomfortable speaking a variety
of public settings, but also expand the repertoire of those who can yack it up
with the best of them.
Clear and
concise, Marshall walks you through a variety of both professional and personal
settings and gives you tools that will work in any setting. If you’ve ever been
caught short, have rumbled, bumbled or stumbled through an answer that you knew
cold, but couldn’t deliver, Smart Talk
will provide you not only the strategy, but easy to use action steps that work.
If you have
a friend or family member that is more comfortable with a screen in front of
their face than they communicating the old fashioned way, face to face, then
slip them a copy of Smart Talk. Tell
them they don’t have to read or listen to right away, but at some point I can guarantee
it will come in handy and they will thank you for it.
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