The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience

By: Carmine Gallo

Narrated by: Carmine Gallo

Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Whether he was introducing the latest iPad or delivering a keynote presentation, Steve Jobs electrified audiences with his incomparable style and showmanship. He didn’t just convey information in his presentations; he told a story, painted a picture, and shared a vision. He gave his audience a transformative experience that was unique, inspiring, and unforgettable.

Now you can do it too, by learning the specific techniques that made Jobs the most captivating communicator on the world stage. Using Jobs’s legendary presentations as a blueprint, communication-skills coach Carmine Gallo has mapped out a ready-to-use framework of presentation secrets to help you plan, deliver, and refine the best presentation of your life. You’ll learn how to:

• Create an inspiring brand story
• Answer the one question that matters most
• Paint a specific, memorable, and consistent vision
• Make numbers meaningful
• Deliver unforgettable moments
• Build visually engaging slides
• Master stage presence
• Make it look effortless
• Rehearse effectively
• Have fun

Every chapter provides tools and strategies for you to implement in your next presentation. Using actual presentations from Steve Jobs, Gallo helps you identify and adopt Jobs’s techniques to keep your audience on the edge of their seats, giving customers, clients, and coworkers alike an exciting experience.

With The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, you can take charge of any room, deliver your message concisely and clearly, convey the value of your products and services, and sell your ideas more persuasively than you ever imagined possible. Best of all, you’ll blow away the competition, turning prospects into clients and clients into evangelists for your brand.

Steve Jobs was a hard act to follow, but once you start using his techniques in your own presentations, you’ll be hard to forget.

©2012 Carmine Gallo (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Long time listener

The stories were great as the subject was the best presenter of all time.
There are many things to learn from this book.
This is a recommended title, and the author goes in depth of the details behind what makes a great expert presentation.
The one thing lacking in my opinion is a leave behind or transcript of directors notes to put into practice.

Lot to learn

This books is amazing, inspiring, and will need to relisten to absorb more. Don’t forget to practice

Must Listen

Perfect binge leading up to an important presentation or in general if you are looking to build up your speaking skills.

Maybe useful content; boring presentation

I couldn't make it past the first 10 minutes of this book. I tried. I wanted to listen to the content, but the presentation was so dry and boring, and the narrator's voice made me tune out. Like how you feel when someone gets up to present on an interesting topic that you want to learn about, but then proceeds to read text off of power point slides instead of engaging the audience. Maybe it gets better further in, but if you don't capture an audience in the first few minutes, it's a fail.

Brilliant

Loved this book, going to listen to again! In fact I already have. 😁
Thank you

Decent

This book has some decent basics when it comes to public speaking. I was a bit disappointed, however, that there was absolutely nothing other than glowing praise for Steve Jobs - no recognition of any faults.

Very thorough, thoughtful and well articulated

Admittedly, I was skeptical when I first stumbled upon this book. I tend to be very skeptical of books that claim to have "the secret formula" or the "10 simple steps" that magically turn a very intuitive and nuanced skill into prescriptive rules people can pick up, follow, and instantly achieve excellence.

This is not one of those books.

Rather, this book is an extraordinarily organized, thoughtful, and well written deep-dive into uncovering everything that made Steve Jobs an outstanding presenter. Gallo expertly shares not only the tactical & actionable elements of a great presentation, but also shines a bright light onto the spirit and intuition that accompanied Steve Jobs's tactics.

As someone who chooses his personal development content very carefully, I strongly recommend this (audio) book to anyone who wants to build on their skills as a presenter and up-level their ability to share ideas.

DO IT!

Do it and prosper, period.

Simple, effective, necessary actions to deliver successful presentations.

I'll listen to it again, starting tomorrow.

The fuel to your dreams and goals!

Absolutely a goldmine of a book. Necessary and unforgettable points about public speaking! Definitely worth it!

Not what I thought...

would of liked to hear more on presenting and less about the life of Steve.