Patti Sanchez

Communicating to audiences remotely is an essential skill because the future of work is largely happening online. You've got to become a pro at virtual presenting so you can connect with others at a distance. This practical guide lays out a step-by-step process for planning, crafting, and delivering virtual presentations that will hold your audiences' attention and move them to embrace your ideas. Whether you have to give online presentations every day or every once in a while, this book will help you: Master the skill of presenting remotely so you can reach and influence audiences in any location or time zoneCommunicate ideas to remote audiences with greater clarity, creativity, and impact so your ideas are noticed, understood, and remembered, even when you're not presenting in personStrengthen your personal brand and reputation by showing up with a professional and memorable presence anytime you're presenting remotelyBuild better rapport with remote colleagues, customers, partners and other audiences through effective and engaging online interactionsOpen doors to new job opportunities that rely on excellent remote communication skillsYou'll learn proven techniques that are used by the experts at Duarte, Inc., who have crafted some of the world's best presentations for beloved brands, thought leaders, and causes. You'll find tips you can use right away to make you and your ideas shine online.

"THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD ARE THE ONES WHO DO." With these words, Apple Inc., and its leader, Steve Jobs, catalyzed a movement. Whenever Jobs took the stage to talk about new Apple products, the whole world seemed to stop and listen. That's because Jobs was offering a vision of the future. He wanted you to feel what the world might someday be like, and trust him to take you there. As a leader, you have the same potential to not only anticipate the future and invent creative initiatives, but to also inspire those around you to support and execute your vision. In Illuminate, acclaimed author Nancy Duarte and communications expert Patti Sanchez equip you with the same communication tools that great leaders like Jobs, Howard Schultz, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used to move people. Duarte and Sanchez lay out a plan to help you lead people through the five stages of transformation using speeches, stories, ceremonies, and symbols. This visual and accessible communication guidebook will show you how Apple, Starbucks, IBM, charity: water, and others have mobilized people to embrace bold changes. To envision the future is one thing, getting others to go there with you is another. By harnessing the power of persuasive communication you, too, can turn your idea into a movement.