PUBLISHED BOOKS
Spoken with Authority team members Christine Clapp and Bjørn Stillion Southard have co-authored three books on workplace communication and presentation skills with insightful, practical, and immediately useful tools, strategies, and advice for your confidence and influence to grow.
Presenting Now: A Guide to Public Speaking and Leadership Communication Online, in Person, and Beyond (2022)
By Christine Clapp and Bjørn F. Stillion Southard
Created for busy, results-oriented professionals — from early career professionals and subject-matter experts to emerging leaders and experienced executives — Presenting Now is deliberately light on theory and purposely loaded with potent and practical tools, methods, and insights you need to rise to any workplace speaking situation. It is an essential resource that you will reference regularly to improve communication outcomes in routine meetings, networking conversations, formal reports, high-stakes pitches, job interviews, panel presentations, webinars, conference speeches, and beyond. Equipped with these foundational strategies, your confidence and influence will grow.
Presenting Virtually: A Guide to Public Speaking in Online Contexts (2020)
By Christine Clapp and Bjørn F. Stillion Southard
Presenting Virtually is intended to immediately support professionals navigating the dramatic transition from presenting mainly in person to presenting almost entirely virtually. It reassures speakers that the fundamentals of connecting with other humans through oral communication still apply to technology-mediated formats, and addresses the nuances of how to adapt content and delivery to virtual-speaking situations.
Presenting at Work: A Guide to Public Speaking in Professional Contexts (2016)
By Christine Clapp and Bjørn F. Stillion Southard
Solve critical problems. Build key relationships. Inspire greatness in others. Achieve your full potential. Leave a lasting legacy. What do these goals have in common? They all directly and indirectly depend on superior presentation skills —and that’s precisely what you can learn to achieve within the pages of Presenting at Work.
