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The author, a widely known communication consultant with four books and hundreds of media appearances, gives the ultimate lesson on how to impress and connect with people you're meeting for the first time. She covers everything you could possibly say or do, and is uncommonly astute about language and interpersonal dynamics. The lesson is at once chatty and specific, comprehensive, and, most of all, easy to understand, once you're accustomed to the author's delivery. Her exaggerated energy, or maybe her desire to sound enthusiastic, overshadows the depth of her ideas. Lowndes's delivery risks making this otherwise excellent presentation sound disconnected from her obvious desire to help. T.W. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Publishers Weekly
Lowndes helps readers focus on what's important and gives them a good chuckle along the way.

Regis Philbin
Every single person I know asks, ‘How can I meet her/him?’ At last I have the answer.

Book Description
Leil Lowndes' How To Talk To Anyone offers time-tested hints, tips, and techniques for confidently communicating with others. A best-selling author and renowned communications consultant, Lowndes focuses on ice-breaking skills and communication techniques that are proven successful when making a positive first impression, establishing instant rapport and credibility, and more. Packed with basic, no-nonsense advice and solid research evidence about which techniques work best in which areas, How To Talk To Anyone show readers how to: · Make small talk not so small · Use body language to captivate an audience · Look like you know what you're talking about--even when you don't How To Talk To Anyone is brimming with helpful hints, tips, and ideas for approaching, attracting and communicating with just about anyone. Whether you’re a shy guy or gal or you’re just looking for ways to improve your social skills.

About the Author
Leil Lowndes is an internationally acclaimed communications consultant and speaker whose work has been praised by the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Time Magazine. She is the author of five books, including the best-selling How to Talk to Anybody About Anything, How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You, and Talking the Winner’s Way, as well as the award-winning audiocassette series Conversation Confidence. Lowndes has spoken in every major city in the United States and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." — Larry King

"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." — Harvey McKay, author of ￯﾿ﾽHow to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive￯﾿ﾽ

What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"

What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.

The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques— she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you'll find: 9 ways to make a dynamite first impression 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!) 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive

In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," ￯﾿ﾽBare Their Hot Button,￯﾿ﾽ ￯﾿ﾽThe Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game,￯﾿ﾽ for big success in your social life, romance, and business.

How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter)is based on solid research about techniques that work!

By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!

SYNOPSIS

"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills."
—Larry King

"The ultimate guide to the thinking person . . . an invaluable tool for conversations."
—Sally Jesse Raphael

Become a master communicator and succeed in life, love, and business

Have you ever admired those successful people who seem to have it all? You see them chatting confidently at parties and being listened to in business meetings. They're the ones with the best jobs, nicest parties, and most interesting friends.

But wait a minute. They're not necessarily smarter than you or even better looking. What it comes down to is their more skillful way of communicating with other people. Now How to Talk to Anyone reveals the secrets of successful communication. With Leil Lowndes's ninety-two easy and effective techniques, you will discover how to become a master communicator in life, love, and business.

Combining the latest research with Leil's trademark wit and warm-hearted observations of human foibles, How to Talk to Anyone shows you how to: Make an unforgettable entrance and meet the people you want to meet Sound like an insider in any crowd, no matter how little you have in common Use body language to captivate audiences of all sizes Work a party the way a politician works a room Always come across confident, credible, and charismatic wherever you are

Leil Lowndes is among today's most sought-after communication consultants and the author of the international bestsellers How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You and How to Be a People Magnet.

FROM THE CRITICS

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