{"product_id":"speak-like-churchill-stand-like-lincoln-isbn-9780761563518","title":"Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln","description":"\u003cb\u003eTurn any presentation into a landmark occasion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“I love this book. I’ve followed Humes's lessons for years, and he combines them all into one compact, hard-hitting resource. Get this book on your desk now.”—Chris Matthews, \u003ci\u003eHardball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver wish you could captivate your  boardroom with the opening line of your presentation, like Winston Churchill in his  most memorable speeches? Or want to command attention by looming larger than life  before your audience, much like Abraham Lincoln when, standing erect and wearing  a top hat, he towered over seven feet? Now, you can master presentation skills, wow  your audience, and shoot up the corporate ladder by unlocking the secrets of history’s  greatest speakers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor, historian, and world-renowned speaker James C. Humes—who  wrote speeches for five American presidents—shows you how great leaders through the  ages used simple yet incredibly effective tricks to speak, persuade, and win throngs  of fans and followers. Inside, you'll discover how Napoleon Bonaparte mastered the  use of the pregnant pause to grab attention, how Lady Margaret Thatcher punctuated  her most serious speeches with the use of subtle props, how Ronald Reagan could win  even the most hostile crowd with carefully timed wit, and much, much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether  you're addressing a small nation or a large staff meeting, you'll want to master  the tips and tricks in \u003ci\u003eSpeak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eI love this book. I've followed Humes's lessons for years, and  he combines them all into one compact, hard-hitting resource. Get this book on your  desk now.”\u003cb\u003e—Chris Matthews, \u003ci\u003eHardball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames C. Humes,\u003c\/b\u003e a professor of language and leadership at the University of Southern Colorado, is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eNixon's Ten Commandments of Leadership and Negotiation, Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill.\u003c\/i\u003e He served briefly in Eisenhower's White House and was a speaker, in London, for ceremonies commemorating Churchill's 125th birthday. Mr. Humes lives in Pueblo, Colorado.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300821520613,"sku":"NP9780761563518","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780761563518.jpg?v=1767737042","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/speak-like-churchill-stand-like-lincoln-isbn-9780761563518","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}