9 Fast & Flawless Presentations for Women Speakers
In my PR/communications work in medicine, business, law, and the arts, I have come across many talented and knowledgeable professionals whose presentations and pitches reveal a lack of strategic planning, preparation, polish, and persuasive power—leading to missed opportunities because the benefits and value propositions of their ideas were not as clear and compelling as they could be.
Lois Phillips’ 9 Fast and Flawless Presentations for Women Speakers provides busy women professionals and subject matter experts with an outstanding, go-to resource to help establish credibility, keep listeners engaged and win audiences over in presentations of various types. Practical, actionable, and insightful, this useful and reader-friendly guide of templates reflects Dr. Phillips’ decades of high-level experience and expertise in public speaking, leadership development, and communications theory and practice. I highly recommend this workbook for any woman who has said YES to a speaking engagement and needs the perfect prep partner.
— Nancy Balik FitzGerald, Communications/PR Consulting
This book is an essential part of the tool kit for any woman who wants to be a memorable and credible speaker. This brilliant little book with templates and worksheets will teach you everything you need to know to present a flawless presentation. The workbook is an investment in you, your career, and you clients. 9 Fast & Flawless Presentations for Women Speakers represents the quintessential work on presentation skills for women.
I wish the author much success with this workbook, an extraordinary reference guide for women to prepare for their presentations.
— Stephanie Ball, JD; Director of Continuing Legal Education and Professional Development
How fortunate we are to have Lois Phillips keeping her trained eye and ear on the pulse of what’s happening at the nexus of communication and self-actualization. Lois, thank you for having the foresight to create another resource that helps lift women’s voices and broadens the tent for all women. Keep on writing, keep on pushing so that more women can be seen , heard and successful in key leadership roles across the board!
— Natalie Orfalea, Founder & President Natalie Orfalea Foundation
In 9 Fast & Flawless Presentations for Women Speakers Dr. Lois Phillips has perfectly synthesized decades of teaching, coaching, and practicing professional public speaking into a series of on-point templates. These outlines provide plug and play solutions for a variety of speaking purposes, while addressing biases women face as public speakers. Teaming up with Dr. Anita Perez Ferguson, the authors help women develop and deliver well-organized, credible messages to today’s audiences, even addressing the use of humor to speak truth to power. Whether you are scared to death of public speaking or a seasoned professional, Fast & Flawless Presentations will give you the actionable tools you need to project your best self and successfully deliver your message in front of any audience.
– Dr. Nancy D. O’Reilly and the Women Connect4Good Team
Whether you are preparing for a keynote speech, presenting data at a professional conference, soliciting a political campaign donation, testifying during public comment at a heated City Council meeting, or just chatting at an informal reception – to make your points stick, it’s not just the words you choose to say that makes your point, it’s how you choose to say it. It’s those presentation details that can transform a good comment into a memorable moment, especially when you may be the only woman at the table. Lois Phillips’ 9 Fast and Flawless Presentations for Women Speakers takes the mystique out of the technique with practical tools, tips, and common-sense advice on speaking up, establishing your authority, and thinking on your feet under challenging circumstances. What a great resource!
– Helene Schneider: Santa Barbara Mayor 2010-2018
Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal
Responding to the prompts in each chapter of the Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal will foster self-awareness and self-confidence, helping women overcome any reticence they might have about asserting their opinions and ideas in public venues. We need more women to have “a place at the table,” and when they are elected or appointed, to become a force for social policy changes that will benefit everyone. The political path is not an easy road, and dynamic speaking skills are essential for every woman’s success.
— California State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara
No matter how talented, businesswomen are often struggling with how best to be heard in order to make an impact. That’s why this new Speaker’s Journal will certainly provide the tools they wish they had “yesterday.” The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal provides a pathway to learn how to confidently express their capability and the value they bring to leading their family business into the future.
— Fran Lotery, PhD, Family Enterprise Consultant, Los Angeles
CEOs require a particular skill set that include presentation and self-promotion skills and a forceful delivery style, leadership qualities that woman are historically less comfortable with. Specifically, it seems to me that most women are not socialized to be unapologetically competitive. To advance, women need insight into ways to convey strength and command. The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal gives invaluable insight and many chapters of thoughtful written journal exercises that will provide women with everything they need to attain their leadership goals.
— Joanna Klein, 20 year TV Development Executive and TV Executive Producer
The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal is a clear, concise and strategic guide for women preparing presentations, speeches or testimony. The WSH Journal is the resource to assist women in becoming ‘the voice of authority’ in their presentations.
— Kelly Scott, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Santa Barbara County
The greatest challenge facing women is being willing to stand up for what we believe in and advocate for our issues. We can do this by developing our own authentic voices. Lois Phillips and Anita Perez Ferguson have written a masterful text that takes you on a trip using self-examination. The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal provides specific strategies and successful delivery skills that will enable women to use their voices and become more effective leaders. This is a must-read for all women entering the public square.
— Hon Susan Rose, Former Board of Supervisors Santa Barbara, California; Founder Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee
As a fortunate female leader who has had the firsthand opportunity to be personally coached by Lois Phillips, I can attest that The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal acts as a straightforward and honest toolkit that can and should inspire women to be both “seen and heard” at their best. Written with the clarity it advocates in its speakers, The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal offers timely and versatile advice to every professional woman.
— Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg, Co-Owner & Co-President, Valerie Wilson Travel
Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers
“When it comes to corporate business as of 2018, only 4.8% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. How can this be? Having vision and intellectual ability are not enough for women to attain high level corporate management positions anywhere near parity with men. CEOs require a particular skill set that include presentation and self-promotion skills and a forceful delivery style, leadership qualities that woman are historically less comfortable with. Specifically, it seems to me that most women are not socialized to be unapologetically competitive. To advance, women need insight into ways to convey strength and command. The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal gives invaluable insight and many chapters of thoughtful written journal exercises that will provide women with everything they need to attain their leadership goals.
— Joanna Klein, 20 year TV Development Executive and TV Executive Producer
“Campaigns are a great training ground for women candidates who are forced to engage in difficult debates, address controversial issues and compete for voters’ support, but campaigns also require that one speak forcefully about one’s intellectual and emotional capacity to lead. This is new territory for women who have historically been more comfortable being backstage rather in the spotlight. Responding to the prompts in each chapter of the Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal will foster self-awareness and self-confidence, helping women overcome any reticence they might have about asserting their opinions and ideas in public venues. We need more women to have “a place at the table,” and when they are elected or appointed, to become a force for social policy changes that will benefit everyone. The political path is not an easy road, and dynamic speaking skills are essential for every woman’s success.”
— California State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara
“Dr. Phillips and Dr. Ferguson’s book is a timely and valuable resource for women in all fields – whether in politics, public or private sectors. A record number of women won elections across the United States in 2018, making it the so-called ‘Year of the Woman.’ However, we still see that women have to earn respect and credibility as speakers, and women continue to face a number of complicated dynamics and stereotypes as speakers. The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal is a clear, concise and strategic guide for women preparing presentations, speeches or testimony. The WSH Journal is the resource to assist women in becoming ‘the voice of authority’ in their presentations.”
—Kelly Scott, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Santa Barbara County
“Women face many hurdles in the political arena: deciding whether to run, getting their message out as candidates and being heard once in office are among the most difficult. Women often enter politics to effect social justice and propose new public policy. The greatest challenge facing women is being willing to stand up for what we believe in and advocate for our issues. We can do this by developing our own authentic voices. Lois Phillips and Anita Perez Ferguson have written a masterful text that takes you on a trip using self-examination. The Women Seen and Heard Speaker’s Journal provides specific strategies and successful delivery skills that will enable women to use their voices and become more effective leaders. This is a must-read for all women entering the public square.”
— Hon Susan Rose, Former Board of Supervisors Santa Barbara, California; Founder Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee