With fifty years of communicating in high school assemblies, TV and radio, plus to over 156,000 parents attending Parents Inc Hot Tips for Parents seminars, New Zealander Ian Grant shares a treasure of ideas and skills to make you and your family winners in the communication game.
Communication and fun are the vital ingredients for any relationship to work. This book is full of creative ideas and skills on how to communicate: * To a crowd * To children * To a spouse * To a teenager * In the media. It explains the power of: * The ‘sound bite’ * The Story * Humour * Your Conviction * Your Experiences
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I enjoyed this book which is written in an easy “talking to you” style.
Ian Grant’s ‘Kiwi Bloke’ directness and humour comes across on every
page. It is not just about ‘public speaking’ but also helpful advice
when talking with your family and friends.
This book has a message too with clearly stated goals for all communicators.
The threefold task of a communicator is to:
Inspire
Share wisdom, and
Encourage
So this is communicating not “just talking!” Did this book communicate the above 3 goals to me?
Yes it did!
He explained how good communication helps us and our families – something a parent always strives for
He knows his stuff, and
He made it sound easy enough for us all to try some of the ideas.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in improving relationship issues as well as to those who do public speaking.
By the way – he uses bullet points a lot. (and they work well)