TY - BOOK AU - Coughter,Peter TI - The art of the pitch: persuasion and presentation skills that win business SN - 9780230120518 (hbk.) : AV - HF5718.22 .C68 2012 U1 - 658.452 COU PY - 2012/// CY - New York, Basingstoke PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Business presentations KW - Persuasion (Psychology) KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Sales & marketing KW - thema KW - Corporate finance KW - Business strategy KW - Public relations KW - Organizational theory & behaviour KW - Small businesses & self-employed KW - Business communication & presentation KW - Advertising N1 - "An Advertising Age book."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Everything is a presentation -- It\'s not about you -- How we connect -- The power of emotion -- How to be -- Authenticity -- Death by deck -- Organizing the presentation -- Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse -- Punctuation -- You never know -- Standing up N2 - Peter Coughter presents the tools he designed to help advertising and marketing professionals develop persuasive presentations that deliver business. Readers will learn how to develop skills to create the perfect presentation ER -