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    Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
    Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
    Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter
    Audiobook1 hour

    Get to the Point!: Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter

    Written by Joel Schwartzberg

    Narrated by Jeff Hoyt

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    About this audiobook

    In this indispensable guide for anyone who must communicate in speech or writing, Schwartzberg shows that most of us fail to convince because we don't have a point-a concrete contention that we can argue, defend, illustrate, and prove. He lays out, step-by-step, how to develop one.


    In Joel's Schwartzberg's ten-plus years as a strategic communications trainer, the biggest obstacle he's come across-one that connects directly to nervousness, stammering, rambling, and epic fail-is that most speakers and writers don't have a point. They typically have just a title, a theme, a topic, an idea, an assertion, a catchphrase, or even something much less.

    A point is something more. It's a contention you can propose, argue, defend, illustrate, and prove. A point offers a position of potential value. Global warming is real is not a point. Scientific evidence shows that global warming is a real, human-generated problem that will have a devastating environmental and financial impact is a point. When we have a point, our influence snaps into place. We communicate belief, conviction, and urgency. This book shows you how to identify your point, leverage it, stick to it, and sell it and how to train others to identify and successfully make their own points.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers
    Release dateOct 16, 2017
    ISBN9781523094103

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a great book with excellent advice and practical tips for improving communication skills. It is relatable, insightful, and impactful, providing useful everyday tips. Some reviewers appreciate the focus on making your voice heard, while others find it to be a tool for women and people of color. However, a few reviewers mention that there is too much praise for Democrat figures and would prefer less politics. Overall, this audiobook is considered practical, concise, and to the point, with the potential to greatly improve communication skills.

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    • 4/5
      Informative and to the point, but too much praising Democrat figures. Leave the politics for political books.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very interesting. The author articulated his points. A great book on sales and public speaking
    • 5/5
      Great short book about making effective communication- I will apply the simple steps to enhance my communication-
    • 1/5
      The examples and the way they are presented make it the point of being something one would learn in the 5th grade.
    • 5/5
      Great book with many insights, learned a lot. Thank you.
    • 5/5
      Anyone offering criticism must offer Corrective suggestion or present the criticism as a corrective recommendation
    • 5/5
      Practical and impactful in making your voice heard. A tool for women and people of color.
    • 5/5
      Precise crafting of message,direct to point with clear intent.Get the book to get just that!
    • 5/5
      Practical. Humorous at times. Needed to hear what he shared.
    • 5/5
      To the point. Very focused and practical. I recommend. Concise?

    • 4/5
      Useful everyday tips to consider when speaking and preparing documents
    • 3/5
      The book is to fhe point and goves good perspective, but I would want to get more details and examples from a book
    • 5/5
      I thought this was very precise in a way that's practical for being an adept communicator.
    • 5/5
      I love this - so straightforward ? so true. This would be so useful for YouTubers - get to the freaking point! Would listen again, now leisurely.
    • 4/5
      Many practical points in each chapter - can't want to get to apply these to my next presentation.
    • 5/5
      ?Unexpectedly helpful.
      I want to point out that I think the author made some good POINTS about getting to the point!
      The hour recording goes by fast especially if you increase the speed.
      ?
    • 5/5
      Great book, great summary in audiobook and awesome advices, thanks.
    • 5/5
      I hadn't listened to a book for a long time that gave me so much practical information. my performance in my speeches is definitely going to improve.
    • 5/5
      Relatable, insightful, and powerful! Goodbye Roy, you are no longer welcome in my life!
    • 5/5
      If you can’t explain simplify it means you don’t understand enough
    • 5/5
      Concise and clear. A quick read that's definitely worth your time.
    • 5/5
      This is an excellent approach that hits the core , well deserved 2 hrs to spend listening, will defenitetly improve your Coversation Skills
    • 5/5
      I believe that investing in yourself with this audiobook is the best way to improve and develop your communication skills!