Speaking: Guidebooks

I also have two guidebooks I've written aimed at university students that are available as free electronic PDF ebooks online, and I regularly give presentations on campus.

A Speaker's Guide to Painless and Successful Public Speaking.
A Student's Perspective: A Crash Course in Career Seeking.

A Speaker's Guide to Painless and Successful Public Speaking

Drawing from his in-the-trenches background coaching others how to be successful public speakers, Kalev's latest 30-page guidebook is titled A Speaker's Guide to Painless and Successful Public Speaking, and its 30 pages tackle the subject head-on. More than any other fear, the fear of public speaking unites people in their common fright of walking up to the front of a room and speaking to an audience. The secret to painless and successful public speaking is to consider it as a holistic process and focus on each part in turn, from writing to speaking, technical issues to takeaways, content to style. Learn how to channel your nervousness into productive and constructive energy, engage your audience, talk to, not at them, and how to make the most of question and answer sessions. An entire section is even devoted to poster sessions, teaching the in's and out's of design, printing, shipping, and how to manage the two "i's" of presentations: interactive and interruptions. Designed especially for the undergraduate or graduate student, but applicable to all, this guide will take you from aspiration to applause, giving you the tools to become a master orator!

The first edition of this book has been published in its entirety on this site, available for download below.

A Student's Perspective: A Crash Course in Career Seeking

Building on his extensive experience in helping others prepare for the seeking process, Kalev's first guidebook is a 39-pager titled A Student's Perspective: A Crash Course in Career Seeking, which covers career and internship seeking from the standpoint of a student. From research to resumes, strategy to specifications, integration to interviews, the entire process of obtaining your ideal job or internship is covered in this book through Kalev's Six Steps to Success. Learn about researching companies, managing your online image, how to cast yourself in terms of accomplishments, using the A = V + D + O formula, getting your resume out there and customizing it to get a better response, and all the tricks to successful interviews. Designed especially for the undergraduate or graduate student, this guide covers a lot of material unique to the student seeking process. So, read on and learn all the things you've never heard before in a career seeking guide!

The first edition of this book has been published in its entirety on this site, together with the accompanying slideshow Kalev uses when presenting this material in his one-hour workshop series on career seeking.

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