Lend MeYour Ears All you need to know about making speeches and presentations Professor Max Atkinson London: Methuen, 1984 (reprinted by Routledge, 1988 onwards). Our Masters’ Voices: The Language and Body Language of Politics. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Structures of Social Action: Studies in Conversation Analysis (edited with John Heritage). Order in Court: The Organisation of Verbal Interaction in Judicial Settings (with Paul Drew). I will now have to find something else to do!’ Peter Hancock Managing Director, Peter Hancock International, Ltd.īy the same author Discovering Suicide: Studies in the Social Organisation of Sudden Death. I had planned, in my retirement, to write the perfect book on public speaking. Throughout I have read any book on oratory that I can lay my hands on and Max Atkinson’s Lend Me Your Ears is by far the best.
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No one surpasses Atkinson in the rigor and clarity with which he spells out how to move audiences to applause, get quoted in the media and become known as the most brilliant presence on any podium.’ Clark Judge Managing Director, White House Writers Group ‘Over the last 30 years I have spoken in 28 countries, launching cars, opening buildings and guest speaking at conferences. Lend Me Your Ears includes many new insights into the art of effective speaking, and will be invaluable to all those interested in making words count and using verbal communication to influence people.’ Paddy Ashdown Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 1988–99 ‘As a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, I relied for rhetorical direction on the great speakers from Demosthenes to Churchill, on the great guides from Aristotle to the President himself, and on Max Atkinson. There was scarcely a single major speech in my eleven years as leader of the Liberal Democrats that I made without benefiting either from it or from his personal advice and help. ‘For all those who are serious about the art of making speeches, Max Atkinson’s previous book, Our Masters’ Voices, was a bible. Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need to Know about Making Speeches and Presentations
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